What’s your “type”?

Original post by pinkpanda1

8 classes! in the equivalent of high school we only do lk 2-4 classes. dy have like a big exam after middle school? for us GCSEs (taken 15-16) are actually the stuff u use to apply for jobs

anyways how does that work, how many classes do you have a day? how long do you spend in each one?

i’m surprised that students are taking job exams at 15/16, here high schoolers would only have a part-time job at most. and then usually either get a full-time job after turning 18 or go to university at that point.

in middle school, for us we had about 6 to 8 periods per school day and schedules were usually weekly. so we had maybe a dozen or so different classes each year, some of them only once a week, others daily, and some in between (like 2 or 3 periods every week).

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Original post by Emily's Teapot

I'm at a girls school. I have to sneak out to meet guys... 🤭

that’s so cool, when and how often do you sneak out?

i have no idea how this works but it is super interesting, because it was never really even a realistic option for me…my parents were extremely strict and i would’ve gotten into soo much trouble if i ever tried something like that lol

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Original post by pinkpanda1

r u doing a-levels now? is it a grammar school? i meet my gf as we both need to go to the train station to gegt home after schools so even tho we go different schools we still get 2gthr

that’s rly nice, public transit is almost nonexistent here especially down in america. i don’t think i’ve ever heard of anyone taking a train to school before 🤯

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Original post by PenguinWhale

anyways how does that work, how many classes do you have a day? how long do you spend in each one?
i’m surprised that students are taking job exams at 15/16, here high schoolers would only have a part-time job at most. and then usually either get a full-time job after turning 18 or go to university at that point.
in middle school, for us we had about 6 to 8 periods per school day and schedules were usually weekly. so we had maybe a dozen or so different classes each year, some of them only once a week, others daily, and some in between (like 2 or 3 periods every week).

so i had 7 periods a day and we operated ona 2-week schedule in 'middle school'. i had maths, english, biology, chem, physics, history, mandarin, anciend histiry and p.e as exam subjects along with Religion and extra stuff. i had 45 minute periods. i got actually deccent gcses (9 is top, 4 is pass)
maths, english lang. history ancient history mandarin 9
p.e chem bio phys 8
religion 7
high school (16-18) is basically just for uni

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what age are u guys? i have no idea what that level would be equivalent to over here 🙈

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Original post by PenguinWhale

that’s rly nice, public transit is almost nonexistent here especially down in america. i don’t think i’ve ever heard of anyone taking a train to school before 🤯

its pretty awful tho. i have to get up at 6:20 and catch the 7:14 train. its pretty often late but its quite handy if u want to meet freinds after school or i i wanna hang out with my gf i can just say i missed the train

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Original post by PenguinWhale

what age are u guys? i have no idea what that level would be equivalent to over here 🙈

gcses are year 11 so 16 year olds do them

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Original post by pinkpanda1

nah so u only have one big exam 😲.what if u fumble it can u retake it?

not rly, so those tests were only for getting into a particular high school program and ppl don’t rly take it anywhere as seriously as they do with university admissions. entrance into those programs is primarily based on middle school grades anyway. and our school board did a very controversial thing where as long as you surpassed a minimum mark you would get put into a lottery for spots, and your chances of getting in would be the same as with every other student who also cleared the same bar. so yeah it was def kinda a weird system for sure

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Original post by Emily's Teapot

Dont judge my messed up sleep pattern! 🤫

it really can’t be much worse than mine haha, at least what i was going on a few years ago (right after i moved out of home)

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for high school entrance, mostly u just use gcses.
for secondary school entrance, you have to take a separate exam called 11+ or 13+

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Original post by pinkpanda1

i wont. rn i sleep at 7 to 3 and watch kdramas until i get bored. but the mother cancelled netflix so i dont know what to do anymore

🤯 is that 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon? wow 😭

that’s cool tho, are the kdramas in korean or english? or some other language

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Original post by PenguinWhale

it really can’t be much worse than mine haha, at least what i was going on a few years ago (right after i moved out of home)

anyway what are you doing now? dy tsill live with parents?

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Original post by PenguinWhale

🤯 is that 7 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon? wow 😭
that’s cool tho, are the kdramas in korean or english? or some other language

ye that way i can avoid my maniac brothers. school starts in 4 daysthough i need to get it fixed. theyre in korean but english subbed. my dad tries to make m e understand the korean but they speak way too fast

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Original post by pinkpanda1

so i had 7 periods a day and we operated ona 2-week schedule in 'middle school'. i had maths, english, biology, chem, physics, history, mandarin, anciend histiry and p.e as exam subjects along with Religion and extra stuff. i had 45 minute periods. i got actually deccent gcses (9 is top, 4 is pass)
maths, english lang. history ancient history mandarin 9
p.e chem bio phys 8
religion 7
high school (16-18) is basically just for uni

congrats, u did super well!

is PE physical education? how do you even write an exam for that 🤯

i’m shocked you got to pick mandarin as a class option, even in high school we could only choose to take the official languages (english and french) and in my case english was compulsory all 4 years and french the first 2.

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Original post by pinkpanda1

its pretty awful tho. i have to get up at 6:20 and catch the 7:14 train. its pretty often late but its quite handy if u want to meet freinds after school or i i wanna hang out with my gf i can just say i missed the train

oof that’s way too early man i’m sorry 😩

the socializing part is def convenient tho haha

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Original post by pinkpanda1

anyway what are you doing now? dy tsill live with parents?

not atm, i’m kinda in limbo rn but planning to return to some form of schooling at some point :smile:

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Original post by PenguinWhale

congrats, u did super well!
is PE physical education? how do you even write an exam for that 🤯
i’m shocked you got to pick mandarin as a class option, even in high school we could only choose to take the official languages (english and french) and in my case english was compulsory all 4 years and french the first 2.

thanks 🙂 so basically in p.e there is a written examination and a practical. for the practical it's like sprints and also you document progress of sports of your choice. The written is theory a bit like biology such as what is this muscle. Ye I'm rlly Lucky I get to do mandarin it saved me a lot of time not having to study

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Original post by PenguinWhale

oof that’s way too early man i’m sorry 😩
the socializing part is def convenient tho haha

I now have to reverse my sleep schedule by like half a day. planning of not sleeping today and crashing at 6pm.

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