How are schools like in the United States?

Well plain and simple.....shitty

I'm so glad you asked. Basically, the students are more focused on looking cook then studying. Well most are anyway. And yea there is lots of social problems lots of drugs, gangs, bullies you name it. Go to southern California to get the most gangs

Each class is about 1 hour, 7 classes total, always expect drama in high school (-_-), Christmas break, spring break, summer break, lunch is paid for by you unless paid by school is needed, lunch at 12, 5 minutes between class, and remember, if you mess with someone in high school you're going to get messed with, and you ain't gonna like it.

-textbooks are often handed out and expected to keept in good condition through the year. you tunr them back in at the end, and if not, you must pay a large fine. most lockers are free as well. publics schools rarely have uniforms. -usually you get your class schedules in the mail from the school office. or you can show up on a "meet the teacher" night, and ask for one, or even a parent meeting. -you have "core classes" that are required to take and pass. there are slots for classes that you need to fill with art, music appreciation, woodworking classes, etc. -some high schools permit students of certain age to leave campus for lunch. there are several assigned shifts to take lunch at spaced- out intervals so as to clean and students to exit the cafeteria. students can scan IDs to access their lunch account balance. they usually wait in line to recieve their small varieties of food. (think prison...haha!) -usually around 7-7:30 for start and maybe ends around 3. (8 hours.) -national holidays there is no school for that day. for christmas about a week off, for easter- about 3 days, spring break-about 2 weeks. -There are few cliques. jocks (sports obsessed idiots,) preps (really bitchy overachievers that suck up to teachers,) emos (slack off in class and wear weird clothes.) -Bullying happens in all schools. it is unavoidable at this point in american education. when noticed, it is usally apprehended. -there will always be social problems. -there are sometimes pregnancies.

My public high school: They give you books for free. Although if you damage them or lose them you have to pay for the damage or the book. At the beginning of each year you pay 6 bucks for a locker and lock. There's no uniforms, although they have a dress code which isn't too strict(no offensive t-shirts,really slutty clothes,etc.) They usually have a tour around the school where you pick up your schedule, get your ID and yearbook picture taken, get all of your books, p.e clothes, order yearbooks, etc. They give everyone 3 classes that are required to take and the other 3 are your choice of p.e(basketball, soccer, football, swimming, and more), your choice of language(german, spanish, french), and a choice of an elective(which is like art,music,asb,etc.) They give us 5 minutes in between classes to get to our other class. They also give us a 10 minute breakfast break and a 30 minute lunch. You can't go outside of the school for lunch unless you're a senior and have good grades and a parent signature. You can bring food or they sell it at the lunch stands. School starts at 7:25am. Ends at 2:30pm. We have thanksgiving break, winter break, president's week break, spring break, and summer break. All of them are a week long besides winter which is 2 weeks and summer which is about 3 months. My school is in a very conservative area so we don't have a pregnancy center or anything like that. There's a lot of cliques. And occasionally there's bullies but their usually upperclassmen who are loners in their grade. Most people won't let other people bully if a kid is bullying another kid more than once other people will stand up and help the kid out. The social problems in high school are overrated. Yeah there's gonna be kids who do drugs. But they do a pretty good job of keeping it out of the school with drug dogs and drug presentations and stuff. If you stay with a good clique you most likely will never even see drugs. Edit: I live in southern California. The majority of southern California's schools do not have gangs. There are some bad places everywhere. But it's a minority. My school doesn't and I live in San Diego.

If you have a foreign accent, especially british or austrailian, you are automatically cool.

Every year you have to pay some small fees, book fee at my school $20, then theres locker locks $6, then for some elective class there will be fees if its like a computer class where you use a lot of paper and ink, or if its like a shop class where wood or metal stock is used. Your not required to have a back pack in high school but are helpful and useful. Some private schools require uniforms but not public schools/ About a month before school starts you can go online and thats where you can print off your schedule for the up coming school year. Your homeroom adviser will also give you a schedule on the first day of school. You have about two weeks from the first day of school to drop, and add classes or change your schedule. There are basic classes, Special Education, AP, CP, honors classes. For the advanced classes you need a teacher recommendation. But you are able to choose all of your electives. At most schools passing time is anywhere form 3-7 minutes depending on the school. My school is five and its so much time to talk do stuff because my school is pretty small. Lunch is provided at school but it isn't to good, you can bring a packed lunch or bring money and get pizza from the concession stands everyday, but its crazy expensive. You can go outside but my school is a closed campus so you can't leave the school grounds for any reason without a parent permission. But if you turn 18 your senior year you can sign yourself out. School stats the firt of September, and goes until early June then you get summer for 3 months. The school day varys a lot depending on the school mine is 7:55-3:00. You get Christmas, Easter, a few days for Halloween, not always a spring break but it comes every other year. There are days called teacher inservice days where it a random day off but the teachers have to go. There is a fair share of cliques, bullies, social problems, and pregnancy is a big one but the kids are not always having sex and stuff like that. ****I don't know where your from but in the US if you fail middle school it doesn't matter at all you go to high school. There is no gpa requirement there are credit requirements, most are anywhere from 21-25.My school is 22. Some people say you feel like a number in public school, but I disagree because the teachers are good, you can talk with them like normal people, well at my school you can, ,maybe it depends on the size.

Public schools aren't necesarily better. Depends on the area you live cause some private schools provide more in big cities. At my school (population a little over 1000 students) The school pays for our books but the books are borrowed and used over every year till the school can afford new ones. At my school you pay a small fee for a locker. About $4. The students pay for their bookbags and school supplies. We don't have uniforms though some schools near by does. I think you have to go to the school office and ask. Or go on the school website. The school will give you a schedule. Doesn't matter who, they'll find you. Math, algebra to calculus. English 1-4. PE. Computer. Sciences, chemistry, biology, etc. Social studies, civics, world and us history. And you gave to take art elecitves like art or chorus or band. Then languages like french or spanish. There are many classes you can choose to take and even some online. Classes you can take depend on your grade and how high a level you can take them. Honors, ib, and ap are available. We have 8 classes a year, 4 each semester. 6 minutes between each class....if your next class is far away then you have no time. You have to stay in school(30 min lunch) you can bring your own or pay for the digusting crap they serve. Times are 11-1:30 Summer(2-3 months) fall(few days) winter(1 week) spring(1 week) then the random holidays give you a day off every few weeks. Depends on the area of the school. Not a lot of cliques, a few bullies but I haven't met any. Different social groups like preppy, normal, unusual kids and gangsters and hispanics. Only gangsters and hispanics usually get pregnant but its about 5 girls a year who's pregnant. Everyone usually gets along if mixed together in the same class but the higher rank a class usually contains more preppy kids or nerds than anything else.

Hey , ok so for intermidiate or highschool: Text Books are given to use to pretty much borrow throughout the year without a cost, but if the books are damaged or lost you must pay for them. Book bags and back packs and such you would go out and buy your own. Depending on the school some might have really strict uniforms that you buy from the school, or for me in intermidiate(middle school) we had a light uniform policy which we could only wear polo's and no shorts and only jeans on friday with a 'spirit shirt' that the cheerleading commitee sold. Or in most highschools you get free dress where you can wear. Anything except booy shorts and strapless shirts , or anything un appropriate. When you statt a new year if your brand new you must obviously sign up registraye for the school. Than there will be a certain date you come to pick up your books, student I.d. Card which proves you go to thay school and you would normally scan that for lunch...you also either get your schedule the same time you get your books or they will post up what class you have first than on the first day in your first period class they'll give you the rest of your schedule. You have 7 main periods than obiviously.lunch between 11:30-12:30? Normally..they'll have something called A.lunch B.lunch and C.lunch which are split up in diffrent times usually only 30min per lunch. You have 2 electives ehich are fun classes you choose, than 4 main classes, also like speech clas or tech class you must take. Holidays, memorial day, christmas break, spring break, thanksgiving break, uhm and plenty more! Ujm some big holidays can last up to a litrle over 2weeks some are just a day. Cliques, yes many depending on the school th ou dont always know which cliwue is the populat clique. Cheerleader ,i am myslef one, and not everyone on my team is all that great...theres only a few that are considered cool. Theres football, track, volleyball girls, softball girls, girls who just look pretty really girly, the black group more getto, goth, crackheads,basketball boys, baseball guys, At my school you have to be 'Real' which is you have to be straight up not messy cant talk behind ppls back and be FAKE. Which is someone who goes around saying this but does that. Lemme tell you though I HATE all the people who think.l theyre so damn real cause all of that just causes Drama! If your rude to someone expect to be treated the same way. Highschool is like a.popularity contest full of people who try way to hard. Be carrful who you trust people will stab your back. Turn on you. Haha well hope I helped(: