American reacts to the Australian Education System

[@joshbuilds]

Americans had nightmares of being naked Australians had nightmares of having no hat

[@cantaloupe8493]

😭 one time i lost my hat so i went to the lost and found and just stole someone else's

[@joshbuilds]

Haha i don't think you would have been the only one. I reckon that would've been quite common

[@CQuinnLady]

@@cantaloupe8493 I supplied new to start, then I supplied the lost n found box. Lol too many times a hat or jumper went missing so I just grabbed another from the L&F box... what goes around comes around.

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

Me who covered myself in three hats to protect against the weather because the admin team decided regular lightning strikes on the trees near the school oval and downpour weather wasn't sufficient reason to call in students for a wet day timetable unless the basketball court started flooding lol

[@Lauren_Nicks]

@@cantaloupe8493I accidentally left my hat in the room once so I snuck up to get it

[@aileenbell2248]

No hat no play.. and every school has a uniform requirement.

[@Biishiki-gun4life]

oh god that takes me back "No hat no play, no fun at school today"

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

No, not Every school. eg there are community and alternative schools that don't

[@EKUL34]

Plenty of schools have no uniform

[@its_artbyjay6451]

Good old no hat no play 😂

[@mitzee8621]

I remember as a kid (and I was a good kid rarely got in trouble never really did anything I wasn't supposed to and most teachers liked me) I was caught without a hat playing four-square in a shaded area and told to go the principles office. So I did but the principle was busy talking to someone. So there I was waiting bored out of my mind and low and behold I notice that, right outside the principles office were a bunch of kids playing four-square this time out in the sun. So I just played with them for almost the entire lunch break until the principle finally came out of the office right before the siren looking for me and he just absolutely lost his sh*t at me. It was quite a shaping moment for me as it was then that I realised I simply do not care about following stupid rules that are supposedly designed to protect me.

[@YourAussie.swiftie13]

4:21 I don’t know if u got it or not but the school year has four terms rather than two semesters and between every term is a two week break and then at the end of the year you have your six week break until school goes back. As an Aussie I’ve always been so confused by the American school year😂

[@stormexaustralia77]

We have 2 terms each semester. We use both. In high school, semester change is where the subjects and timetables change.

[@sundarnaitor2917]

As a Kiwi I get confused by the American system as well

[@majorlaff8682]

Americans also get confused by the school year. The British system is even more confusing. January to December is simply chronological sense.

[@athrahdaniels]

samw with south africa (never understood ghe american school year aswell)

[@EllaSullivan-to7hu]

Honestly same

[@TheStevGr]

Also, the Australian system does not use words like freshman and sophomore. All students in high school up to and including year 10 are normally called juniors, with year 11 and 12 known as seniors. When talking about a specific year, we normally just call them by their number such as year eight.

[@8monday0110]

im in high school right now and we just call everyone 'year 8' and 'year 9' though the 11s and 12s get lumped in as VCE but thats just in victoria

[@michellecameron5850]

Back when I was in high school in NSW (finished yr 12 in ‘82) we sometimes referred to our grade as 1st Form, 2nd Form through to (yr 12) 6th Form.

[@simonw3858]

Back when i was in school year 7 students were known as snotters lol.

[@_GunpowdertheGabite]

@@michellecameron5850 I graduated in 2012 in Sydney and we don't use this anymore, definitely junior and seniors now

[@кали-у7е]

In my state, it's usually: Kinder to year 6 - Juniors Year 7 to year 10 - High school (no specific name for some reason) Year 11 to year 12 - Seniors

[@Pretzil43]

It's wild that Americans don't get a long break for Christmas

[@UrfavZAZA.3]

AGREE! That’s so weird

[@rosestanley9606]

i have read they get a long break duing their summer which is different to ours in australia and it is longer than the 6 weeks we get

[@spoonman267]

@@rosestanley9606 yeah, it's like what, 2 months off? then winter break is around 2 weeks and i feel like there's another break in there but i don't know if american schools go by a trimester of 4 terms like we do

[@KookieTheDog37]

They get in july

[@Pretzil43]

@@KookieTheDog37 Christmas in July? Weird

[@willy13-b2t]

One thing. Hats are a very strict rule at basically every Australian school. Its taken very seriously at all SunSmart schools and sometimes kids are forced to put on sun screen. Also no uniform schools are unheard of in australia

[@FleshOrbital]

I go to a no uniform school, but it is a steiner school

[@xxVOIDxx413]

Let me tell ya my story about how strict they are bout’ hats.At my school we have these things called incentive days. They are only in grade 6 and there’s 4 in the year and one happens on the last day of each term. To go to the excursions,you need incentive points which u can get by doing homework and doing nice stuff to students. But then there is black marks which is when u do smthn terrible. And if you get 3 black marks u can’t go no matter what. Now here me out,in the 1st 3 terms,no hat means getting yelled at by a teacher and getting sent undercover,now im term 4,it means getting yelled at by a teacher,getting sent undercover AND a BLACK MARK. They do this because they say we have to be”role models” to to preps and other year levels but half of the kids in gr6 dont have hats so yea.

[@shutcapybara1142]

Really my w price is hats are strict until secondary where they couldn’t give 2 shits also I when to a public non uniform school

[@mrsomeonewhoplaysgames]

Nope. Not the sunscreen. ‘ALlerGieS’

[@chrisistrangerthanu]

My daughter goes to a no uniform primary school. They have rules about clothing though. No fancy branded stuff, no trademarked characters etc. kids are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes they don't mind getting messy. Her school has Steiner influences.

[@nevilleapple629]

The main difference is that in geography we learn there is more than 1 country in the world .

[@lyndajanes6653]

Oh wow! That's snarky! 🤦‍♀️

[@reneekelcey394]

@@lyndajanes6653 it's kind of true though! I was really surprised to see US maps all around my kids US school, where as in Australia we put up world maps.

[@lyndajanes6653]

@@reneekelcey394 oh right! That explains a lot!! What a shame they don't get to learn about the big wide world out there! Reminds me almost of the mindset in North Korea!

[@Seal-hs5il]

@@lyndajanes6653 It is funny you mentioned North Korea. I was teaching in South Korea back in 2010/2011 and they also have a similar mentality. 90% of the content people consume is Korean and they are rather closed off to the rest of the world (for example they use Naver rather than Google and Kakao more than Facebook/Twitter). News broadcasts were almost exclusively focused on South Korean issues (this was at a time when Australian news was bombarded with images of the Arab Spring). Even the music and pop culture was at least 80% Korean. It was almost like I was not in the world, but a Korean bubble.

[@lyndajanes6653]

@@Seal-hs5il that's interesting and I had heard it was like living in a Korean bubble there.

[@AUSSIE_LARRY]

As an Australian student, I think uniforms are great.... except for the fact that pants cost $60 and the rest of the uniform ranges from $40 - $70

[@zimTheDragonOwner]

AND THEY WERE ALWAYS SOLD OUT IN THE UNIFORM SHOPS

[@AUSSIE_LARRY]

@@zimTheDragonOwner REAL AND THE QUALITY IS SHIT TOO

[@Crossingpages]

Real, my school dress costs $100 and my blazer literally costs $300. Could not make this up, it is insane!

[@strikerbowls791]

How are they great? 🙄

[@AUSSIE_LARRY]

@@strikerbowls791 because they look good and they don't say "you're a poor ass bitch"

[@Ricky_Cullen]

Here in Australia, we do have to wear the same shoes. Usually plain black shoes, unless it's sports day, which usually falls on a Friday. We also have a day called Mufty Day every now and then. It's a day where we can wear anything we want, instead of school uniform.

[@sebastianusprime]

Only one sports/PE day? That's odd, my school (in SA} my school has 3 days in sports uniform and 2 in formal.

[@Ricky_Cullen]

@@sebastianusprime I should've mentioned it was primary school I'm talking about. Not high school

[@countessimp9503]

I don't know any public school here that has a uniform shoe

[@Ricky_Cullen]

@@countessimp9503 you never had to wear black shoes? Surely you've seen all the primary school kids in black shoes

[@countessimp9503]

@rickyscott9351 we had the shoes on the uniform list but no one ever actually bought them. Just normal sneakers

[@Self-love_is_crucial]

As an Australian student, watching this video is really funny...

[@ellalovescoffee]

agreed

[@Questionable-iz8fb]

Fr

[@lavving.swifts]

Fr

[@IndescribableBlackScreen]

Fr

[@AmeliaW-q8q]

Yess

[@chrisbower2971]

So you guys start your school year in the middle of the year. That seems so strange to an Australian.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

Same in UK, Europe

[@Phiyedough]

It does make sense to have the school year start after the longest holiday, which in the northern hemisphere is the middle of the calendar year.

[@judithstrachan9399]

And not go to school during summer.

[@midgetwars1]

It's not just them, it's the whole northern hemisphere I think. Everyone has summer holidays, ours line up with when the year starts so we get it conveniently.

[@peterwilliams2152]

Summer is the growing and harvest season in the northern hemisphere so it's logical to have the holidays then. My grandkids spend all summer in the village with their grandparents, being spoilt and enjoying life. Come the 1st of September it's back to school. The next lot of holidays is New Year for ten or twelve days.

[@Naeema-S2]

2:39. it’s the same reason for us Australians. Because we have summer in December, January and February, we get 6 weeks off at the start of December and start school at the start of January. But because Americans have summer in the middle of the year, your school year starts at the end of your summer break. 😊

[@condude2464]

It's weird because they have to worry about 3 different years now, instead of just 2. They have the normal year, the school year, and the financial year, while here the normal year and the school year are the same thing.

[@jonorth5814]

​​​@@condude2464we also need to worry about 3 yrs too... because our intakes in most states are by fin year. So yes school runs calendar year, but for a kindy start, it will be the fin. year they turn 4. So a kindy starter in 2025, would have turned 4 between July 2024 and June 2025... It can be really confusing, I have a friend how has two boys, 1 born July 2018, the other born June 2020...they are 2 calendar yrs apart but one year apart at school. Whilst another friend who has a child born April 2019 and other born Aug. 2020 (1 calendar year apart, 2 school years apart)... 🤦‍♀️🫠

[@millyboop2047]

As an Aussie, the idea that you guys only get a couple days for term break is WILD!!! I think if the students were able to have longer breaks (amongst MANY other things) the American education system might function a lot better 😅

[@SaucySnaggs]

Mmmm🔫😅

[@ChickenLover-zf8cq]

Then they get like a 4 month summer break

[@scarlett7051]

there summer break is wayy longer tho

[@NxturxL_NyX]

I’m not an Aussie but I live here and for my term break it’s only 2weeks..

[@mehere8038]

yup, I'm old enough to remember 3 terms a year, but it was changed because half the class would be off sick in the middle of term 2, so they switched around the holidays, so as to break up winter with holidays, so as to prevent every cold & flu going through the entire school & it made a huge difference in learning apparently. I hate to think the dramas illness & everything else would cause without those breaks throughout the year

[@libbypeace68]

As a student, and then as a parent, I love school uniforms. They make life easier all round.

[@krandlez]

I'm sorry, are you a teenage parent?

[@flain283]

@@krandlez are you a teenager? :)

[@ZerlindaMantel]

100%

[@mindi2050]

I absolutely hated my box pleated 'tunic' when I was at high school. Although school uniforms have improved since I was at school, many moons ago.

[@FredbonFilms]

Bro why did you phrase it like that wtf??​@flain283

[@kvp2252]

Great video, very thoughtful and interesting to watch. As an Australian, I appreciated your respectful comments regarding the system here and I found it interesting to learn more about the system in America. Great shoe comments, too!

[@KK-sq8pj]

And thankfully, no need for active shooter drills in schools. We have fire and lockdown drills. Unlike the US, teachers are paid a salary for the whole year so no need for second jobs like many in the States.

[@TheEvilRayquaza]

we sometimes had bomb threats a couple times at our high school, never turned out to be anything real but at least it got us out of class for like 30 minutes

[@IndescribableBlackScreen]

one time we had a lockdown cause a year 4 or something just started punching everyone 💀 (that’s what they told us)

[@warcheddar4163]

it is worth mentioning though that our teacher salaries are still trash, like most countries. educating children isnt an important job, am i right guys?

[@audreyh_333]

yes, although while saying that I remember my year 6 teacher used to have a second job at eb games, it was only during school holidays though

[@justine8387]

​@@TheEvilRayquazathe police in my town would cross reference bomb threats with our maths class time tables hahaha

[@metaidentity]

Shoes: Schools actually recommend a particular brand, usually Clarks (an Aussie company) or something similar, and they often have very stringent style requirements to prevent it from becoming a competitive thing. The brands aren't expensive and they're insanely durable.

[@rikmoran3963]

Clarks is a British company with a global presence.

[@metaidentity]

@@rikmoran3963 Ah, I've been mixing up Clark Rubber and Clarks shoes all these years, interesting!

[@PiersDJackson]

Generally it is "Plain rubber soled BLACK leather shoes", or "T-bar sandals", for general wear, "sports shoes" are only acceptable with sports uniforms. Elastic sided boots may also be acceptable. Consider it as being a style similar to Doc Martens, although simpler designs too.

[@barrybbq1]

Bata when I was a kid they had animal track soles :))

[@helenlecornu1651]

and Grosby is a very popular school shoe brand

[@thestrange1s]

In Australia public schools have things they specialize in like sports, arts, tech which is something to be considered. If your out of the zone for a school you can always try get entry if the child/you have a passion for what they specialize in. Schools also have different opportunities for their 10-12 students, getting them ready for adulthood, whether that's making sure they can get into the uni they want to enter, or doing VET (Vocational Education Training) which gets you a certificate to be qualified to work in a industry upon graduation, or work towards it.

[@Jeni10]

School football isn’t really a thing here, like college sports in the US. School sports are more about team spirit, individual achievements and fitness.

[@gpman6937]

private schools have a similar culture at times, especially for footy. I guess it's more akin to british/saffa boys school culture than american varsity culture

[@belindadavies6847]

Don’t forget inter-school sports!

[@Jeni10]

@@belindadavies6847 Not all schools do that either.

[@peterwilliams2152]

And the variety of football depends on where you live.

[@MrMrMrTurtle]

My school has an AFL Academy

[@doctorjeff5698]

A notable difference is that we do not have those yellow school buses. Older kids will take public transport if too far to walk.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

And it's annoying to everyone else

[@Bellas1717]

A great majority have dedicated buses from private bus companies that service that area at other times for the general public. That's the main reason we can't change school times.

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Or cycle it!

[@notyourtypicalgranny]

So do some primary kids.

[@chickenman297]

Some year 12's are old enough to drive and often have their own cars they take to school.

[@amberfinlay4394]

I love how it’s always so shocking that we start school at the START of the year 😂 I feel like it makes more sense than any others I mean I totally get having a big break for summer cause we luckily get to do that but I would just find it weird starting school midway through a year

[@mindi2050]

We have summer break at Christmas. Then we start the new school year. As far as I know, it's like that everywhere in the southern hemisphere.

[@priceprice_baby]

It blew my mind the first time I found out other countries don't align the school year with the calendar year

[@Cool_ICE69]

@@priceprice_baby fr lol

[@IndescribableBlackScreen]

@@priceprice_babysame

[@carolinereynolds2032]

The long summer break came about because kids were needed as farm labourers to bring in the harvest. It wasn't a holiday.

[@Cosmo918]

Don’t even have summer up the north so we just say term 1 holiday or something, wish we had the 4 seasons tho

[@heatherlane9270]

I loved the idea of uniforms for all. It saved money and students didn't have a choice on what to wear to school - made life easy for parents.

[@chocolate7677]

My school shirts cost $50. A new tie is $29.

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

Depends on the school, alot of schools will use uniforms as a way of price gouging parents by requiring you only buy from them at exorbitant prices, private schools are the worst for this, charging $50-$60 for a generic shirt with the school logo printed on it and this was back in the 2000s which due to inflation would now be worth $99 aud. Public schools were better as so long as you could find something that matched the standard you were good, you didn't need to get the official uniform just something that matched the colour scheme.

[@JB-lx8cw]

All public schools, and private schools my daughter attended, had a uniform second hand uniform shop, reducing the cost significantly for a lot of parents. Some items were free. All uniforms had to be in good condition and cleaned or dry cleaned.

[@_GunpowdertheGabite]

Yeah for sure, everyone look the same you don't to curate your clothes to go to school. I just never get that. Then there's this whole energy being put into reinforcing it and taking people out of class for not following dress codes.

[@Staykids_lore-fo4td]

My school jumper was $90 and the jacket was $120

[@danielledoran696]

Qld teacher here, so the terms here are broken into 4 terms of 10 weeks (we have 11 weeks term 4 on leap years). As for the uniform, its usually the: top and pants/skort/shorts, the hat, and your to wear black shoes and socks (some schools prefer white socks). Most schools are pretty strict on the “no hat no play” rule. So you forget your hat and it’s either inside play of undercover play.

[@beckster181]

The whole idea of uniforms in our state or public schools was introduced so that everyone looked the same, because at the time the income ranges of people in the schools was wide. This prevented the possibility of kids being made fun of fopr not being as well clothed as others. Also it allowed everyone to see which school a child attended so if you were some lil rat bag outside of school they could identify which school you attended. When my kids started school they were born in the early 1980"s the public school system in most states started to introduce the idea of the no wide brimed hat no play outside rule because of the risks of sunburn and of course skin cancer. My grand kids that are in school in Qld tell me that they even go so far as require fair skinned kids to also wear sunscreen when outside now also.

[@matthewbrown6163]

When I worked in retail some boys from a snobbish high school - were busted trying to shoplift in uniform. I called the school but had no names, the principal was so apologetic & announced he would speak about this in assembly.

[@octurn]

​@@matthewbrown6163Probably pissed off he was not getting his cut.

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@octurn Well I learned - a private school education means nothing. A man I worked with had 2 kids in private school. Boy became a drug dealer & daughter was pregnant at 15. I went to both a public school & normal university - means nothing now unlike decades ago.

[@samuelvitols8460]

MAAAAAAAN I missed my old wide brimmed hat.... damn, The other thing that I was told was usefull of School uniforms is that it makes it easier to identify a student if they try to sneak off in a field trip.

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@samuelvitols8460 Used to see these Private School Boys with their Bota Hats & then the switched to Akubra styles in the 90's.

[@Hochspitz]

I still wear a pair of designated Aussie school shoes that I bought second hand from a charity op shop for $2.50 more than 10 years ago. I replace the inner lining with sheep skin soles from time to time and they are the most comfortable, well gripping, indestructible all day shoes I have ever had in all my 74 years of life.

[@akapple3538]

You wear school shoes at age 74? Hilarious 🤭

[@ebreezyglazer]

they have the best grip ever as an aus person😭 the soles are insane

[@pinkmagicali]

When I look for shoes for work I go during back to school sales and get schools. High school shoes are great, and last way longer. Just don’t go to Kmart, theirs fall apart so fast.

[@AlexinWonderlandVlog]

The uniform thing is amazing, as parents. No fussing around with clothing options! The comment about the bus was funny; yes, some private schools have their own bus, but all schools provide a bus service.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Many countries see the academic year and the calender year agree. It is not only Australia, but others such as: New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Kenya, Singapore, Chile, Malaysia, Argentina, etc.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

Mostly Southern Hemisphere

[@infin8ee]

It makes sense imo.

[@BrendonToogood]

here in NZ you start primary at 5yrs we also go primary , intermediate(some places it is junior high) then high school.

[@That_Dimond_guy]

3:38 yes in Australia we have 2 weeks off after each term

[@MrOliverK]

Yes

[@W.waffles]

its on right now

[@qawloe-quit]

except for xmas break, its like a month and 2 weeks

[@sebastianusprime]

​@@W.wafflesyeah, tho depends where you live, where I live (SA) school holidays start in the second week of NSW's holidays.

[@TinaTian-k5t]

Actually...yes it is!

[@kirstyfarthing1588]

The shoes thing for school uniforms - Australian schools are so strict with uniforms that not only do they prefer certain shoes but, while I was in high school, our school was cracking down on people only wearing black shoes WITH BLACK SHOE LACES, our principal was literally almost giving detention slips to people who didnt have black shoe laces - and was also telling people to remove shirts under their school shirt if they were colourful or had longer arm sleeves that went past the school shirt sleeves (my schools shirt uniform was white, of course a lot of the girls would tell off any teachers telling them to take off undershirts, same with the long sleeved shirts while we were in the colder months of school)

[@imaginativeteacher8508]

Having been a high school student in the US and now a teacher in Australia, our holidays are awesome! This is currently the first week of our term 3 holidays and I’m loving it! It works out to be between 12 to 13 weeks of holidays per year. The education department has now stated children will start at 4 years old to alleviate child care issues and parental costs in public schools. To be a teacher here you need a 4 year degree plus continual annual training with a minimum number of hours training required each year to keep your registration. Plus $700 every 5 years for your registration.

[@slicer2938]

uhhhh typically 3 year. Ik in the US bachelor's are typically 4 years but here its usually 3 years.

[@ww6156]

​@@slicer2938bachelor degrees are typically 3 years, but teacher education is 4 years (at least it is in all WA universities). You can come into the profession as a post grad with a masters of teaching which can take 1-2 years, but you would already have a 3 year bachelor by that point

[@ginalou5774]

@@slicer29384 years in Qld

[@Bellas1717]

@@slicer2938 4-years in NSW. BUsually 3-yr bachelor degree, plus teaching qulaifications.

[@slicer2938]

@@ww6156 Okay so it appears I've made a mistake and was thinking of a different degree. At my uni (University of Wollongong) education degrees are 4 years. np tho lmao.

[@annwilson6606]

Ryan, January is the height of summer here in Australia. It often exceeding 40 degrees celcius, ( that's 40 + 40, then add 30 degrees = 110 degrees fahrenheit. And seems to be getting hotter every summer. Our schools break for the summer holidays in mid-December, for around 7 weeks. That covers all the holidays, Christmas, New Year's eve, and Australia Day on the 26 th of January. It's just uncomfortably hot and kid's are better off at home resting and relaxing. School resumes, usually at the end of January, or start of February.

[@eastaeg]

There’s no better feeling than relaxing inside, doing nothing whilst the land outside is being scorched into oblivion.

[@annwilson6606]

@@eastaeg Ooooooh yeah !

[@jaegrant6441]

Except in some places February is the hottest month 😢 😅❤

[@chrissy4934]

@@jaegrant6441 I feel like our summer hot weather extending right into April. I remember when my kids were in high school right up to a couple of years ago where March and April were quite hot as well during the day, but having a wet summer

[@AlexinWonderlandVlog]

@@chrissy4934 it definitely depends on the location! I lived in Sydney for most of my life -- dry summer, with the occasional 40-degree day. But in Northern NSW, we freak out if it's going to be 30 degrees, because the humidity is so high. And yes, it's hot through March. Winter is practically a non-event in Northern NSW. It's mild compared to Sydney. I prefer Sydney summers by a long shot, but Northern NSW weather is amazing April - November. =)

[@Dormant_Dragon_cat121]

In Australia, cafeterias aren't really a thing, sure there is a canteen, and there are tables, but you don't have those halls you usually see in movies where you get a tray and load it with food. I've been to three Australian schools in 2 different states and have never seen that. I've also basically never seen or heard of any bullying cases, maybe I'm lucky or smth but I've never encountered it. Teasing - sure, but full on bullying - no. I'm not sure if this is a thing in America, but I have also seen multiple cases of 'lollipop men', or people who stand on crossings with a huge sign and tell people to stop to let kids cross. Yellow buses are also not a thing. There are a few ceremonies here and celebrations that are mandatory (at least in public and mist private school, not sure about religious schools) such as Anzac day and remembering day. I'm tired and it's 1 am right now and I just wanted to rant. Anyway have a good day/night. I'm out 👋

[@Meisterpupeister]

Unfortunately, bullying is a huge thing not only in primary, but also in high schools. The sui*ide rate is shocking. Not long ago, a young girl (year 7) from a private elite girls school here in Brisbane took her own life.

[@NickJewlachow-of3yh]

Having a uniform doesn’t prevent bullying. We had a terrible case recently in Sydney where a 12-year old girl at an all girls Catholic school took her own life, partly because of bullying. One thing to note is that retention during high school has gone up a lot over the decades. When I was at high school in the 80s, only about one in 3 came back for Years 11 and 12. Curriculum has changed a lot since then and now includes vocational options.

[@infin8ee]

I was in HS then and I remember the push to stay in school longer. Remember it was the start of the "clever country " push. I still recall how long the Christmas holidays used to feel and wanting to get back to school to see friends .

[@awaitingbacklash5043]

There’s a huge govt push to keep kids in school as long as possible - it makes the unemployment stats look better! Kids stay at school, and for a lot of them, it’s a massive waste of their time, and their teachers’ time. They finish year 12 and either get a job they could’ve started at 16, or go into a trade, again, which they could be half finished if they’d started at 16.

[@gravyz2cute4u]

I think he meant bullying related to clothing brands and shoe brands. Nobody really cared about what people wore since everyone wore the same thing. It's not as easy to tell whose parents earn more or less if it's not reflected in your clothing.

[@chuckbeggles8858]

Each to their own but there is massive push today in Australia for kids to start a trade and finish their higher school certificate (HSC - final school exams).

[@lawson6267]

@@awaitingbacklash5043 The majority of highschool students are working. There're also school based apprenticeships, that don't take much longer than an out of school one. Yr 12 doesn't mean you're going for an ATAR

[@Maireadmoss]

Maybe the fewer vacation (school holidays) days in the US is to prepare them for the lack of worker's rights.

[@Bellas1717]

They actually have more holidays than Australia. They have a summer break of 8-12 weeks, varying by state, and so a shorter teaching year of 160-180 days. NSW has around 280 school days (plus there's an extra week every few years), which is around what the other states have also. Edited to correct mistype: 280 is meant to be 180. Thanks to John Kramer who pointed it out. Cheers.

[@Maireadmoss]

@@Bellas1717 Is the school day similar? I heard something about starting between 7 and 8.

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@Maireadmoss They do an 8-hour school day starting at 0730 & going through until 4.30pm or later.

[@Bellas1717]

@@Maireadmoss Yes, they vary. School hours for non-government schools are very often dictated by the private bus companies that service the area - when their buses are not on peak work hours, or the local government school hours. I've worked in a school with hours 7.30-2.15, but one on a train line was 8.45-3.00.

[@infin8ee]

That's an incredibly long day, especially for the younger kids.

[@headbumb9022]

IMO, Australia has it better with when school start and finish, which it mainly benefits from how the seasons work, because the whole year is a whole year level, so for example, if your starting year 7, you start in January, then finish December, once the year finishes and go into the next, you go up by one

[@Izzy_Dino1]

“No hat no play no fun today” is what my teacher say but some people in class add “so pack your bags and run away”

[@bana-j6q]

Yeah we had; Not hat, no play, no fun in the sun today, so grab your bags and run away.

[@AestheticHan]

We had - 'No hat, no play, no school today, so pack your bags and go away'

[@YeahNah_Mate]

my school is a small school, i remember hearing that in kindy from one of my male classmates and our entire grade thought he invented it XD he also had this "my little pony" remix thing he would sing randomly, but now i don't know if he invented that too or not

[@cybanix6905]

lol same fr. one my friends made a whole song that was actually catchy (to 1st graders atleast)

[@livcurnow1674]

on top of that I even added when I was younger "cause we didnt want you anyways"

[@rbs7290]

Primary school teacher here. 10 weeks on, two weeks off. 5 to 6 weeks off in Summer depending on where the Easter break falls during the year. I'm currently catching up on 10 weeks worth of gardening. In Tasmania we finish closer to Christmas and start back early February.

[@chickenman297]

Different in NT. Pattern is 1, 4, 1, 6. If you get a chance, go teach there, it's quite the experience and the holidays are awesome. 4 weeks in the middle of the year!

[@trixmania]

I cleaned a school with 2 classrooms and a handful of keys, while larger schools have a master key. This small school is 5 min away from a larger school.

[@NobodyInParticular...]

Mostly the same here in Qld 10 weeks on 2 weeks off.

[@Grane1234]

Here in SA, term 1 is 11 weeks, terms 2 and 3 are 10 weeks, and term 4 is 9 weeks

[@_slna]

huh, im in nsw and term 1 and 4 are 11 weeks (i think) and terms 2 and 3 are 10 weeks. each term has a two week holiday and the end of the year is about 6 weeks of holidays

[@natk9438]

One thing I love at primary schools as a parent is that most schools in WA have 'crunch and sip' for kids where they bring fruit or veg snacks sometimes to have in class.

[@martinschalken7583]

I’m guessing you interpreted that wrong - it’s not that some USA states let you drop out of school at 8, but don’t have to start till 8. So the compulsory range starts between 5-8 and ends at 16-19.

[@norsehall309]

G'day Ryan, one school they forgot about, the School of the air, l did all primary school year over the radio and in the kitchen of our farm house, then packed off to boarding School in Broken Hill NSW from 12 years old untill l was 18 years, also l did Kindergarten with my horse🐎🐎 at home, better than school. Cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

[@r.fairlie7186]

I think Ryan would be interested to watch a video about the School of the Air. It’s an amazing concept! I would have loved to do kindergarten with a horse. 😊

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

He has done a reaction to that a while ago

[@Maireadmoss]

It seemed like the video was aimed at intending immigrants

[@belindadavies6847]

I did Distance Ed in Charters Towers and always wanted to do school of the air

[@ClaireGraceMarshall-jr5mm]

I don't think homeschooling has been mentioned either and when I went to school it was kindy, primary, high school and College in Canberra all the way to year 12 too.

[@diamondrose123]

When I lived in the States I worked for 10 years in a high school and 6 years in middle school. In the Pacific Northwest, kids start school around early September. First day is the Tuesday after Labor Day. There is 3 days off over Thanksgiving, two weeks for the winter break, 5 days over spring break, and nearly 12 weeks for summer. You can bet that last day before summer break was the best day ever! Then there are the snow days which didn’t happen too often where we lived, but it was lovely not to have to go into work on those days.

[@sarahlloyd617]

My son went to private schools his whole school life. I actually didn’t plan to do that as I went to State schools for my whole Australian education. However, when you have kids you pick the school which best suits their needs. In my son’s case that happened to be private schools. He ended up at an all boys school starting in Grade 4, the year he was 9. Also something I didn’t plan and in fact said I’d never do! Never say never when you have kids. It was absolutely the best environment for him and he loved his whole 9 years there. Private schools take more holidays through the year than State schools. There’s a saying “the more you pay the less they go!” Not strictly true as private schools start the day earlier at 8:30 as opposed to 9am for state schools. Private schools also play all their inter school sports on Saturdays whereas state schools do this during the normal M-F calendar. My son’s school had 8 weeks off over Christmas, 2 weeks at Easter, 3 weeks in June July and 2 weeks in September. However on that longer June-July break there were offered opportunities to do trips which were educational. The trips lasted 2 weeks so they, and more importantly the teachers who hosted those trips got a week off when they came home. The history department even offered a trip to Europe to visit WWI and WWII battlefields in that time frame. My son did a few of those trips which were a great social exercise for him. When I was at school I would have said there wasn’t a huge difference between state funded and private schools but these days the gap is much bigger. Discipline is the biggest issue teachers deal with in State schools. While discipline is a problem everywhere these days private schools have much stricter rules and consequences for poor behaviour. Lost count of how many detentions my son had in year 8 and 9! Let’s just say enough that he faced suspension. The other thing you’ll see at private schools is they often have a middle school which is year 7,8 and 9. Senior school is 10,11 and 12. Australian children learn about world events and how they have impacted our history, rather than just learning about their own country. In fact, when I was at school we barely touched on Australian history as the curriculum was heavily based around world events and politics.

[@farcoughM8]

As an Australian I literally can’t understand taking the extra effort for making kids move up a grade in the middle of year. Like why can’t they just change it so they do it at the beginning? Makes it a lot more organised.

[@chuckbeggles8858]

Because of the weather systems in the northern hemisphere, they have it the way they do to allow kids to get out and enjoy summer rather than being in a hot stuffy classroom, do that in winter instead when being outside in the cold sucks, well that is what I have always concluded anyway, it's also what they know.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

​@@chuckbeggles8858Weather has the influence yes, but not for the reason of being nice to the kids! It's all about the agriculture industry. Kids were needed to help with crops and animals over the summer. Very little to do on the farm in winter, so only a short break. Spring break a little longer because it's planting time/lambing season/hatching season etc. It's also why some states vary from each other and start holidays in May thus coming back end of July, and in others summer break is mid-June through to start of September. It was inline with the main agricultural growing needs of that region.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

And another thing! Snow days! In the US, when they have school cancelled for a Snow Day - that day gets made up at the end of the school year before they go on Summer Break. Again, varies across States and Districts, but yeah, it's not just a free day off school.

[@jenosreffps4957]

11:06 “Spanish” made me speechless for a minute. Bruh🗿

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Kids get bullied at school because of their shoes? I’ve seen that in movies but had no idea it happened in real life. Thank goodness for Aussie school shoes lol. I always had a uniform, primary and high school, never bothered me, never even thought about it, was just the norm. And u never had to worry about ‘what am I wearing today’. A great part of high school was catching the train to and from high school lol, just added a fun atmosphere before and after school chatting to your school friends on the train. Oh and we learned stuff at school, forgot about that bit lol.

[@A_TP]

yeah, I always loved the bus ride to school even if some days it was really cramped.

[@zybch]

I remember back in the 80s, perhaps early 90s when kids would get picked on for not wearing Reebok or Converse shoes.

[@Reneesillycar74]

Bullying over shoes still happens today, believe me. Luckily my kids weren’t too rough on theirs so as long as they were leather, had support, were comfortable & worth the money, they got the trending style. Kids can be bloody mean 😅

[@magical_catgirl]

Bullies will find any reason to bully. Those reasons don't have to make sense, and the reason they use to bully one person isn't used by the same bully to harass someone else.

[@donkeys762]

Ryan, the public school system in Aus is very affordable. Especially compared to private school education. My wife and I didn't consider the difference in cost. Was worthwhile for the difference in outcomes. All our kids have been out of the school system for more than five years now. And we have no regrets. 😮🎉😊

[@CQuinnLady]

Parents complain often about the cost of uniforms. But when u add up he amount of clothing a child goes thru when worn 7 days a week, it adds up to more than just supplying a uniform. Most, if not all, schools have a clothing pool for 2nd hand uniforms, which many parents use, especially in Primary as kids wear them down fast. Shoes, either a lace up or velcro buckled closed shoe or joggers. Kids do joggers on sports and PE days, the other days are ur normal school shoes. Sandals or open toed shoes are banned. Hats, either wide brimmed or legionaires style. Legionaires covers the back of the neck stopping melanomas forming when u dont have sunscreen on. High school or secondary is much the same without the no hat no play rule. I started high school in 1978, alot has changed since then, girls no longer sit wth baby oil soaked into their legs getting a tan during recess and lunch breaks.

[@WaveWatcher10]

A lot of schools have second hand or recycled uniform shops where you buy a uniform for a fraction of the cost . Some Catholic schools issue free uniforms for those families going through financial difficulties

[@nesmei7005]

School uniforms were more expensive for my mum and created additional laundry which was an "absolutely must be done" instead of the usual "this is ready that is not" cycle of clothes so we've always been baffled what ppl were doing or buying that made uniforms were cheaper -.-" We could barely afford the uniforms lol

[@MontgomerySims-li5qt]

yes! i've been telling people that it costs less to buy some expensive pieces of uniform (or just get secondhand) than to buy like 50 different shirts and pants. especially since if you get the cheap stuff people would bully you

[@MontgomerySims-li5qt]

btw im at an all girls school and people do sit with tanning oil on the oval😂

[@BunnyCarrot-y5u]

12:48 aww, Thanks!

[@jocreek1894]

Ryan, the reason why it seems like we get extra holidays during the year is because we only have 6 weeks over summer. Compare that to 2-3 months in the US. Personally I think it's a good idea, to have "less" over summer so we get 2 weeks three times during the year.

[@strikerbowls791]

3 weeks in winter

[@Guest2501]

@@strikerbowls791i could’ve sworn it was 2 week every break during terms

[@strikerbowls791]

@@Guest2501 You didn't go to a private school then

[@Guest2501]

@@strikerbowls791 yeah i went to a public school

[@FrostFall0261]

@@strikerbowls791 I’ve been to both public, private and non gov schools and it’s consistently been 2 weeks for every one. Maybe it’s a state difference? 👀 I’m nsw

[@audreywright66]

Im on holidays at present 😊. I work in an Education Support school with kids that have learning difficulties. We share facilities with a mainstream High School and students can integrate between both schools depending on strengths and weaknesses

[@sunisbest1234]

I personally think it's a wonderful idea to have that integration. The primary school my kids attended, back in the 90s, had a few kids there that had varying degrees of special needs. 1 on 1 support worker with most. 1 year had a boy starting who only had the 1 support. She required, obviously, breaks. School was worried about him during unsupervised breaks. Asked grade 7's if anyone would volunteer to help. Every single kid raised their hand! That boy was so happy, and the whole school watched out for him. I think it taught those kids so much tolerance and understanding of ppl that are perceived as "different." I know it surely did with mine and their friends.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

That's a brilliant idea! 🙋

[@audreywright66]

There is talk in the Department (EDWA) of making the schools fully integrated by either 2030 or 2035 🇦🇺🦘

[@kathleengallagher989]

@@sunisbest1234they were worried about my child in that way so instead of asking older kids the way you described, they expelled him.

[@kathleengallagher989]

Lovely catholic school in a way over subscribed location in the parramatta diocese

[@Addy.sppamm.account]

Ok so in Australia we start usually end of January or start of February, we have a 10 week “term” is what we call it and the we have 2 weeks of break then again and again until term 4 we end mid December then have Christmas break which I think is 6 weeks. (Btw this is just how my school works don’t come at me if you live in a diff state to me😅)

[@voidify3]

5:16 My dad was born at the end of February in 1969, and back then the end of February was the cutoff date. He was born after midnight and 1 March was on his birth certificate, but Nana insisted for years that he was born before midnight and that 28 Feb was his birthday because that meant he could go off to school a year sooner (for context of why getting that kid out of the house was a priority, dad had 6 older siblings and would go on to have 3 younger siblings- it was a Catholic family) He only found out that he was actually born after midnight as an adult when he went to get a passport. So now he has two birthdays! And on leap years his two birthdays aren’t even next to each other!

[@user-vz9bp4we9x]

Did someone order a yapachino

[@jaegrant6441]

What a cute story ❤❤

[@doubledee9675]

The school year here makes a lot of sense. It starts at the end of January, or thereabouts, which is the end of the second month of summer. In my State, the year is divided into quarters; there is a longer break in the beginning of July (which is mid-winter) and the much longer summer break which is December, and so includes Christmas. Shorter breaks to cover Easter and then late September for mid-spring. When I went to school (in the Dark Ages) we had 3 terms, but apparently having the quarters is a better system (or so we were told).

[@Bellas1717]

Having taught both, yes it is much better for children to have more frequent, shorter breaks.

[@doubledee9675]

@@Bellas1717 Thanks. I can understand that for young children, but is it also the case for senior/high school students?

[@Bellas1717]

@@doubledee9675 Absolutely. They are often exhausted by the last few days of term now, but under the three-term, we lost the last 1-2 weeks. The students were tired, then over-tired and restless. Taking a few weeks from the Christmas holidays (much as that hurt!) and putting them in as another mid-year break is so much better for their wellbeing.

[@doubledee9675]

@@Bellas1717 I'll take your word for that, but as a pupil from the 3 term system years, I don't remember any of the problems you describe.

[@jadaaxoxo]

I went to a school that starts from prep to year 12. The school was blocked off in sections primary (prep-6), middle (7-9) and senior school (10-12). I loved it! All of my good friends I have now as an adult I met in primary school. I thought all schools were like that, prep-year 12 and didn’t realise most schools in Australia were primary/college only

[@planetcountryradio8622]

School uniforms are a great idea. It takes away the have v have not social divide to an extent. The uniforms are reasonably affordable and many schools run uniform shops, often staffed by volunteer parents. As well as selling new uniforms, they often have 2nd hand uniforms that are cheap, to help struggling families. There are variations to uniforms in each school, and private/religious schools usually have fancier/more expensive uniform requirements.

[@Jeni10]

Yes shoes, hat, blazer jumpers all uniform.

[@arjovenzia]

I know alot of kids HATED having to wear a blazer (which is the jacket, FYI), but I loved mine. It was heavily modified with heaps of internal pockets, I carried as much useful stuff in there as my backpack. string, wire, knife, pliers, candybars, panadol, pens, all sorts of junk. must have weighed a few kilos. Also, Ties were our main fighting weapon. a few 50c coins in the big end if you were more of a brawler, or fray up the skinny end to make a whip if you were more a sniper. you could draw blood or take out a tooth pretty easily. although, you were always careful to keep it in the realm of fun, as you had to catch the same bus with the same kids all year, so you really didnt want to make enemies.

[@Shado_wolf]

It's gonna depends on the school though. None of mine had blazers OR uniform shoes, and only primary school had uniform hats, highschool it could be any hat...... but maybe that's cos it was a country town rather than inner city 🤷

[@chuckbeggles8858]

​@@Shado_wolf- it depends on the school to be honest - country Australian private schools in my experience sometimes wear an Akubra hat. Which for our American freinds is an iconic Australian hat brand.

[@RainyDayzzz-24]

My schools uniform is just a shirt and a bottom of choice. Additions are jackets, jumpers, rain jackets and a book bag and backpack with the school’s logo.

[@Jeni10]

@@arjovenzia Girls wore ties in winter too. Aussie girls who did that, knew how to help their kids put on their ties for school too! And their hubbies! 😂👍

[@Berry_Bear_88]

Just so you know our summer break is called “School Holidays “ and we have six weeks of School holidays 😊

[@slothfulquagsire199]

I went to a Catholic High School here in Aus... our Uniforms were strict, School Brand Shirt, School Brand Jumper, School Brand Blazer (Optional), Graduation Year Jumper (Optional for Year 12s), School Brand Pants/Shorts/Skirt (Girls had to wear Skirts), School Brand Tie School Brand Socks, and Black Dress Shoes, Any Officer Pins you had (I was a Communion Officer in year 12)... then there was the P.E Uniform, School Brand P.E Socks, School Brand P.E Shorts, School Brand P.E Shirt in your Houses Colour (I was in Marcellin which was Yellow). You also had to be clean Shaven and Long Hair had to be tied up.

[@turtleyturtlegirlxo]

This sounds kinda like the Highschool that I’m going to but the house colours are different bc yellow is McCauley

[@FerretKibble]

I remember talking to an American friend and saying, "and obviously that's just a TV thing -" and they had to explain that yes, what you wore to high school mattered just as much in reality...

[@geeellzedthegreatestpilot2443]

3:48 all the date timings vary from year to year, as this year the sep-oct holidays started on the 14th of September and ended on the 30th

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

But that was just us in Qld. NSW *started* their term 3 holidays the weekend we went back. Victoria started a week after us and they're going back to term 4 on Monday.

[@RebeccaLaffarSmith]

10:10 Just be aware that those stats are conflated and not particularly accurate. My disabled son was regularly encouraged to stay home on testing days so that his results would not bring down the schools average. And some kids just never test well (like my daughter) even if they know their stuff in a regular setting. NAPLAN testing is done every two grades from third through to ninth and based only on English, Math, and Science.

[@1sneaky1a]

Lmao even if child is home on testing day its done when they get bacj

[@RebeccaLaffarSmith]

Nope, he never did a Naplan. To be fair I was glad for him to avoid the stress of that because his autism wouldn’t have coped with it.

[@mijamijanee]

How intrusive of the school to say that…

[@repulsedfrog]

i remember in my final year of NAPLAN a whole heap of us in my year protested the program by not trying to do well because it caused such stress and testing trauma for many students throughout our education. i went to an independent school that had us do exams similar to VCE starting from year 7… after many complaints on how unnecessary it was they decided to stop it for 7s and 8s, 9s and 10s still had to go through it though 😬. this is what happens when results and job readiness is more important than education. NAPLAN could be good but it certainly is exploited.

[@AnnaAnnaTT]

please check out salaries for teachers in Australia VERSUS salaries for teachers in USA and at different levels for those teachers

[@matthewbrown6163]

A girl I was friends with was on bloody crap pay & needed to renew her contract every few years with the school district.

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

I've applied for a government teacher internship program for next year and out of curiosity checked out the pay rates of teachers in the US. Abolsutely shocking, no wonder they leave in droves over there!

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@becsterbrisbane6275 "Maria" was my friend & she was worried every year about re-signing her contract every year - which is different to us here. She was lucky she used to her mother's car & lived at home as the pay & living costs were too different. When I compare hours & pay she cried foul as they worked 45-50 hours a week.

[@alans9806]

Do American teachers rely on tips?

[@trixmania]

​@alans9806 from what I have seen online, they seem to have wish lists on Amazon for items. But I never heard of tips from any Americans. They get gifts from kids....

[@crazygracie9110]

The way he said “summer breaks only a month and half” so casually

[@gooseknack]

In australia, there isn't a "summer break" for school as you know it. Down here it's refered to as Christmas holidays and is usually 6 weeks, can be up to 7 weeks. Often school finishes anywhere from the 12 of December up to the 24th of December, depending on the state. The Christmas holiday period will also differ between the public system, semi private and full private schools in each state. (Semi private schools receive some government funding that offsets their yearly fees. Full private school, usually don't). All our seasons commence on the first of a month. Calender summer begins on the 1st of December. Although, day time summer temperatures can begin as early as late August to mid September and continue well into April, sometimes through into May. This is especially the case west if the divide, where summer like day time temperatures can span 6 to 9 months of the year. It's dependent on whether australia is in "La Niña" or "El Niño". The latter is hotter. Australia's seasons by calender are as follows Summer:- December 1st Autumn:- March 1st Winter:-June 1st Spring:-September 1st Real life seasons(day time)? Summer:- 18 to 26 weeks Autumn:- 6 weeks Winter:- 6 weeks Spring:- 3 to 8 weeks

[@aspenxxo]

yea im at a private school so my Christmas holidays are 8 weeks long & they start in like the last week of November & end like early February or something

[@chrissy4934]

Year 11’s and 12’s finish officially around end of October and November, while preparing for exams during November and December.

[@trioOFmischief]

11:57 We have formal uniform, sports uniform and house shirts (for sporting events)

[@TillieBillie-hc6xk]

Yeah we do too at my school in Australia. I don’t really like formal though

[@John-qv5ux]

Not all schools have a formal uniform. Outside the metro areas and large coastal areas, you'll find that a lot of state schools (especially Qld) don't have a formal uniform.

[@MikaylaTwelftree]

Hi hi!! Australian who's still at school!! ^^ the literacy and numeracy tests are a requirement for the whole country, but specifically in Adelaide, we get the test once every 2 years up until year 9. The tests usually go for around 60 minutes and you HAVE to attend it. The reason why we only get these tests up until year 9 is because we get different tests later in our school life (haven't experienced it yet, but excited to do so!!) the reason why we are given these tests is so that the government of each state, can gather up this information to see how they can improve their schools in a positive way. Hope this helped!! ^^

[@paulharrow7897]

It is actually AFL, although it used to be VFL when it was only played in it's originating state of Victoria.

[@Dr_KAP]

His point was that if it is being played at a high school it isn’t AFL. It’s simply called Aussie Rules football. AFL is the national league.

[@deuxetduexfontcinq]

I heard Fitzroy won the grand final

[@Dr_KAP]

@@deuxetduexfontcinq lol you heard wrong

[@gboldero1]

​@Dr_KAP Actually, that is correct as Brisbane Lion's Official name is Brisbane Bears Fitzroy Football Club

[@briantayler1230]

G'day Ryan, my daughter is a teacher at a primary school. She says that the kids are tired and ready for the two week break at the end of each semester. All public schools are owned and run by the State Governments and not by any Local Government.

[@Devastator0]

The idiotic thing is that schools assign project and other homework for when kids go on their 2 week holidays during the year. It’s so counterintuitive for them to go on holidays but then get bloody schoolwork as well. It always blew my mind when that happened when I was at school.

[@gravyz2cute4u]

@@Devastator0 Is that a new thing? Never had homework during the holidays when I was at school (90s-early 00s)

[@Devastator0]

@@gravyz2cute4u Yeah so I was in school in the same timeframe as you and it was starting to happen when I was in year 11 & 12 but I hear it way more these days with friends & their kids. I hate it so much because holidays should be a time when you can switch off from that stuff.

[@kelvinlee1469]

​@@Devastator0For my cohort we saw holiday homework as completely normal (graduated highschool in 21). It really wasn't that bad. My teachers gave us holiday homework as a sort of recap for what we learnt during the term to ensure we didn't completely forget everything. It was meant to be done in small increments to keep good study habits and what we learnt fresh in our minds, but if a student really wanted to they could finish everything in a few hours at most on the first day and not worry about it for the rest of their break. Or, more commonly, students would procrastinate until the last day of the holidays and then finish it the night before school started again XD

[@nedhenry639]

@@Devastator0bro i had to read a Shakespeare book on the holidays it was the worst

[@2jesiri]

We have 6-7 weeks over the summer/ Christmas/ new year… and the school year starts end of January. We also have an Easter/ autumn break for 2 weeks, a winter break for 2 weeks and a spring break for 2 weeks. When going into high school (year 7-12) some gifted students seek to enter an academically selective school. They do a test and go through big application process - it everyone gets an offer. We have a couple of selective public high schools near us. We also have the OC for year 5-6. For children achieving in the top 10% - it’s also tested and only a small percentage get in to the regional OC. All public schools and most (almost all) private schools have uniforms. Some are relaxed - for example - you have to wear navy/ black bottoms and school uniform tops with any black shoes (but this is very often now that most kids wear joggers) and some are super strict. Lack leather shoes and full uniform only. Most private schools have very strict uniform policies.

[@RebeccaLaffarSmith]

10:42 It IS AFL - Aussie Football League.

[@riddlebrooke68]

You know what, I hate that there are so many acronyms here in Australia that just called the same thing in the US, such as the AFL, or more annoyingly, ABC (Australian broadcast channel) For any Americans out the, if the acronym has America in it, most often more than not, it is literally the same thing here in Australia.

[@chuckbeggles8858]

Depends on the school to be honest - I did my high school years in Sydney and back then (2003 - 2008) AFL didn't satisfy the Schools winter sports requirements. But 1 could do it for fun.

[@trioOFmischief]

There are different ones tho like NFL or NRL but I only know that because my friend is obsessed with Rugby but hates AFL

[@bjbolger]

AFL is only the name of the professional competition. When the game's played anywhere else, it's Australian football or Aussie rules. I was stoked when even Ryan picked himself up on that!

[@bjbolger]

​@@riddlebrooke68 What American sport uses AFL as its acronym?!

[@siryogiwan]

terms make it so much better, you only have about 2mth for a term and 2 terms per semester, 2 semesters a year

[@2jesiri]

We have 6-7 weeks over the summer/ Christmas/ new year… and the school year starts end of January. We also have an Easter/ autumn break for 2 weeks, a winter break for 2 weeks and a spring break for 2 weeks. When going into high school (year 7-12) some gifted students seek to enter an academically selective school. They do a test and go through big application process - it everyone gets an offer. We have a couple of selective public high schools near us. We also have the OC for year 5-6. For children achieving in the top 10% - it’s also tested and only a small percentage get in to the regional OC.

[@FionaEm]

Geez Ryan, you do remember that our seasons are the reverse of the northern hemisphere, right? 😆 That's why our kids have their main break in Dec-Jan. Also, breaks throughout the year differ between states, and between public & private schools.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

No need to be rude to him

[@r.fairlie7186]

Yes, that’s also why we find that a number of Australian families go to Europe in August as it ties in with the holidays of their relatives there.

[@Nikita-e6c]

@@Fiona-zc6oz How was that rude?

[@FionaEm]

Normally I'm the one telling others not to be rude to him, but today he really annoyed me 😅 ​@Fiona-zc6oz

[@anireseegam6128]

​@@Fiona-zc6ozhe wasn't being rude. Ryan is demonstrating extreme ignorance

[@jessicamaree8212]

11:00 tell me this was a troll dude, the rest of the video was so earnest i cant figure out exactly what you were doing here 😭😂

[@caitlynmarais5433]

Clearly he was joking lol

[@liamfrr]

That was so unbelievably clear that it was a joke

[@trekbec82ao3]

In Queensland in the late 80s and through the 90s when I was at school (plus the early 2000s) we had Preschool-Year 7 at Primary School, and Year 8-12 at Secondary/High School, with the birthday cutoff Dec 31st. For things that needed a division, P-3 were juniors and 4-7 were seniors at Primary, while 8-10 were juniors and 11-12 were seniors at Secondary. In 2007 (when I was working in child care) they changed it to align better with NSW. Year 7 moved from Primary to Secondary, Preschool became known as Prep, and the birthday cutoff moved to the middle of the year. University (both undergrad and postgrad), TAFE, trade colleges, apprenticeships and traineeships, and any other post-Secondary studies are all considered forms of Tertiary education. So you have Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.

[@rdpeake]

Something you might be surprised about - but the high school football team that the US has has no real comparison in AUS. Most teenagers who play football usually do it at a sports club rather than associated with the school they attend (though this may not be the same in every state). My high school did have soccer and rugby teams, but they were something the entire school gets behind, cheerleaders walking around, there were no school event days dedicated to the sports teams etc. Also, we have started to add middle school into the mix these days.

[@arjovenzia]

absolutely, your local sports club was where your team was. I went to a pretty big anglican school, traveled south an hour and mates traveled north an hour to attend. so we all had our own local team. but there were carnivals where the schools would get together to compete, but this was a team usually thrown together in a pretty short time. so you could have training with your school team on Wednesday, and then have a game of footy against some of your schoolmates on Saturday in the local league. I think this worked pretty well, as there was less tribalism. one of the guys you sat with in math class was wearing a different jersey on a saturday. but you didnt hold back your tackles one bit. and then after the saturday game, it made mingling with the other team heaps easier, cos you had an 'in'. which I think promotes much better sportsmanship

[@infin8ee]

I think that's the case for most sports? We don't have the competition in school and university like they do. I guess it's a population thing?

[@rdpeake]

Not sure if its population, culture or financial that causes the difference. I know the expectations of students in uni is different in the states to here.

[@judithstrachan9399]

And we definitely don’t have sports scholarships! There may be SOME specialist sports high school, but mostly the pro scouts would just go to a local field to check out the talent.

[@goaway9977]

​@judithstrachan9399 We don't have anything akin to the 'full ride' sports scholarships at the University level, although we still do have sports scholarships at our major Universities, but they are typically around $10k and you only get it for one year, not every year of your 3 or 4 year degree. But we do have 'full ride' sports scholarships at our private high schools, where recipients get their entire schools fees covered for free for all 6 years of high school. The private school sports leagues are the closest equivalent to the US high school football culture. They take the rugby, rowing and cricket quite seriously at these schools, although it still isn't as intense as US highschool football culture.

[@el-ug8zx]

This is interesting as a new Zealander seeing the differences between Aussie and kiwi schooling.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

Yeah, you guys are closer aligned the Brit system than us. You guys changed from Forms, and Intermediates after we did I think.

[@SirD3fault]

Video missed it but theres also public buses dedicated to transporting school students. Not the yellow buses like in the US, but basically just regular buses that are for school students only.

[@FredPilcher]

In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) primary school goes from K to 6, high school from 7 to 10, and secondary college 11 and 12. It's really silly, and problematic, that each state and territory has different systems - people who move between systems can have real problems since curricula sometimes vary substantially,.

[@judithstrachan9399]

We were in Victoria for 6 months. Our daughter was re-taught stuff she’d learned at the beginning of the year (or even the year before!) & missed out on stuff she’d have learned if we could have stayed in Qld. Eventually she made it up so she didn’t suffer by the time she got to high school, but it would have been so much better if both states were teaching the same things.

[@PetraElliottCreates]

*raises hand* it me. Primary school in various states of Australia. Last 6 months of primary in Canberra, a year back to QLD for second year of high school. And then we hit college rather than “senior high school”. It was a lot, but taught me to be “agile” I guess.

[@aussiewarriorwithbpd9380]

3 primary schools (88-95) in different states here and all different curriculum. It really messes you around, as once I left Victoria I was behind my classmates in WA and Qld. I thought they were bringing in a nationwide curriculum?

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

Since the introduction of the Australian Curriculum in ...2012? (ish) this is less of an issue. NSW and NESA deviate the most from AC, with their bloody "stages" 🙄 but also, stages is a better way of tracking outcomes than a check-list per year level.

[@sebastianusprime]

I believe SA is the only state which doesn't have it's own curriculum and uses the national one.

[@jaejadejaden]

at my school, we have both normal uniform and also pe uniform, obv the pe uniform is way more comfortable than the actual uniform but the school tries to enforce it so much. I've seen people get in trouble for wearing black socks over white soccers, undergarments (undershirts, etc) being the wrong colour or wearing the wrong coloured trackies.

[@Nalianna]

We have a principal, who would tuck your shirt in for you, if it wasn't.

[@Maireadmoss]

"pe" = P.E. = physical education = sport (educating Ryan, or educating the interweb users)

[@jimcrawford3221]

My wife and I were in Sydney a few years back during Christmas break. It was hot as hell. It reached 115 one day. We had gone to the desert that day (Uluru) where it was a few degrees cooler. We got on a cruise ship to New Zealand. The most dramatic thing that happened during the cruse was that they couldn't keep up with the beer demands of the Aussies. :-)

[@stephaniekelly4384]

Hi Ryan, I went through school of the 70s, my how things have changed since those days. Today both boys and girls use the same uniform (unisex) and hats are part of that for the summer period. My complete school days our uniform was tartan designed full dresses and blouse, later on it was skirt and blouse, senior high you wore a blazer with school name on it, and yes shoes were part of the uniform

[@кали-у7е]

I'm currently in year 11 and it's certainly strange to see other uniforms - I was at a catholic school from the age of 4-15 which had the requirement of blouses and blazers etc. whereas a lot of other schools have simple pants and t-shirts (all unisex as you said)

[@carolinereynolds2032]

I was at high school in the mid 70s. We girls had to wear bloomers over our knickers with our sports uniforms. Was that just my state school?

[@majorlaff8682]

'both boys and girls use the same uniform ' - that'll be a bit of a squeeze. Parents, even poor parents, wouldn't approve of their daughters sardining themselves into a uniform with a boy. Or, perhaps, the boy wears it Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and the girls use it the other days. The following week, the days alternate in the pursuit of equality.

[@ProCoder2040]

2:32 **Autumn

[@AlexinWonderlandVlog]

It's so funny how you mentioned the football teams - in Australia we don't really have school football teams - not in the same hyped up way America does, anyway! There are some sporting comps where schools play one another, but the games aren't attended by the rest of the school or anything like that. Team sporting competitions are mainly played outside of school, not as part of school.

[@RebeccaLaffarSmith]

12:20 Shoes are usually not part of the public school and the uniform has to be purchased by families so kids still know which kids are in hand-me-downs or second hand so the judgements are still there and bullying about family financial status and situation still happens.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

It really is an important part of the uniform and helps keep the feet healthy, so should be a big part of the budget!

[@Nikki-sb8un]

You're absolutely right! In primary school the uniform included school trackies or nicer school pants. I got made fun of for wearing the trackies because we couldn't afford the nicer pants. In high school I was made fun of because my tbar sandals that looked the same as everyone else's weren't name brand. The only way you could see the name brand was on the inside of the shoe when you changed for p.e. Because we have uniform the teasing extended to not having name brand pencil cases, bags and hats (at that time only Roxy, Billabong and Ripcurl were in). Thank God I didn't have to go to school in my own clothes (except for year 12 at my school, but thankfully everyone had matured by then)

[@TattooedAussieChick]

@@Nikki-sb8unthat’s why I sponsor an Australian child so they can have the school uniform and school shoes they need. Plus they get school photos if they want. I hate to think kids are bullied for silly things.

[@Nikki-sb8un]

@@TattooedAussieChick beautiful!

[@podlettte]

The type of shoes for primary and high school is decided by the school. Primary black with no white, joggers preferred like asics etc and high school is full leather or they can't participate in science or TAS (home ec etc)

[@lokithecrusader]

8:50 as someone who has gone to school in Australia, I've only ever seen Catholic or Protestant (Mostly Anglican) religious schools.

[@reneesales7284]

Same i go to an Anglican

[@w_avor]

I reckon there are more Catholic than Anglican or Protestant schools in Queensland.

[@danielleazzopardi153]

I live in Sydney Australia and nearby we have a Greek Orthodox school and a Jewish school.

[@lokithecrusader]

@@danielleazzopardi153 Where in Sydney?

[@elsie9939]

There’s lots of Islamic schools in Melbourne

[@_Jiniret_]

Idk about all schools but here is what my school does (both schools I’ve gone too do this, they’re both private schools) Junior school: pre-k to y6 Middle school: y7 to y9 Senior school: y10 to y12 Us private school kids got more holidays but longer school days, our summer break starts at around dec 6 or 7 and the school year starts at the same time Uniforms can be really shitty, going to buy uniforms, just a few pieces of clothing can cost well over $200 (Australian) unless getting second hand (those can still be expensive asf), they’re really uncomfortable and you can get a detention just for having your tie done wrong or if your earrings are too big, also you can’t wear ANY makeup. The school Raygun went to was barker college, a private, Christian school in Sydney, they follow pretty much everything I’ve stated

[@insertcreativehandle]

3:00 Summer break is December/January for 6 weeks

[@HiImTumn]

Bro term 4 starts tomorrow I need to get to sleep

[@DoorBelle7]

@@HiImTumn FR

[@Olliebeanze_2011]

@@HiImTumnI start on Tuesday

[@HiImTumn]

@@Olliebeanze_2011 it started today

[@Olliebeanze_2011]

@@HiImTumn not for me I’m, some parts of WA start tomorrow

[@fernbyfilms]

This Video was created during the holidays in Australia! What a coincidence.

[@user-vz9bp4we9x]

True

[@Scarlettfearless]

In Australia we start at the start of February and end close to the end of November

[@DragonDev22]

interestingly enough with some australian schools the uniform includes what type and/or colour of shoes students can wear

[@amandamandamands]

Unless it is really different in other states I would have said that it was a part of the uniform what shoes you wear. I have noticed in public schools even though it says that you have to wear white sneakers for sport some schools enforce that more than others, your leather school shoes though that some schools will even say that all students have to have lace ups (rather than Mary Jane style). School shoes are usually black though there will be the occasional school that has brown and I know one girls school where the K-2 wear cherry coloured shoes.

[@EvieHill-f5u]

In Australia we have terms we also have a 2 week break known as the school holidays

[@Cub33-n2y]

in private schools, there is usually a ton more breaks, longer holidays, starts later, ends in november ect aswell!!! (in the school I went too, the breaks inbetween terms were usually 3 weeks long)

[@jackstephens7882]

10:31 nah we still call it AFL 😂

[@Monkofdoodle]

Ikr it's weird though cause if we call that footy we also have union league and soccer to call footy as well

[@Potcm9kfg]

To confusing for me even tho I’m aus

[@overworlder]

this is a much better video than the last one you saw

[@SurgeTheManokit]

I go to a private school in Victoria. For us. We start back at school first day of February, and have 9-10 week terms. Between term 1 and 2, we get 2 weeks off. Between term 2 and 3, we get 3 weeks off. And between term 3 and 4, we get 2 weeks off. Our school year ends on like.. the 7th(?) of December. So we get lots of break. During terms 1 and 4, we wear a ‘summer uniform’ which for me consists of shorts, shirt and optional blazer (school ones ofc) While in terms 2 and 3, we wear the ‘winter uniform’ which includes pants, a long sleeve shirt, a tie (there is a junior/middle school and senior school tie, and juniors can also wear the bow tie), a blazer, and optionally the wool jumper. We also have a sports unform. Honestly, all the uniform stuff kinda sucks. For normal uniforms, we wear black ‘school shoes’ which basically every shop with shoes sells when school goes back, but with our sports uniform, we can wear any runners (not anything like converse, also no boot style shoes allowed) there is also female variants of uniforms, eg. Kilt in winter, and a dress in summer

[@notyourtypicalgranny]

We start in January as it is the end of school summer holidays just as it is in August for US kids. One of my friends married an American and her kids went to a Jewish school in Georgia. If it wasn't shoes kids would find something else to pick on. I liked uniforms. Didn't have to worry about what to wear and in the long run much less expensive.

[@Annie_christ_aphmau_lover]

6:41 yup we have definitely got catchment's but the catchment's depends how many people are in the school like example if there is already alot of people in the one school they will put up the catchment's but if theres not many there will not be a catchment's

[@strwbrryriki]

9:14 My high school has an international student program in the middle of our school. It’s an IEC (intensive English centre) and once they finish the course they join regular classes with the rest of us. It’s honestly pretty cool. We get IEC students come to classes sometimes.

[@knifeyonline]

3:57 there are 4 terms a year, 2 terms per semester. At the end of every term, 2 weeks break. Except for summer we get 6 weeks starting a week or two before christmas 😀

[@Bellas1717]

Now back closer to five in NSW.

[@PiersDJackson]

Depending upon the state, and even region in the state, the exact start and end dates of each term differ. So the start of the year is between the 23rd of January and 2nd February, with an Easter break falling with the Easter Weekend, depending when that falls as any of the three weekends in the break. The Mid-year break will likewise fall with the King's/Queen's Birthday Holiday (equivalent to Independence Day?) on one of the three weekends. The "spring break" will be in September/October around the Football Grand Finals. Finally the end of year falls with beginning of November for senior secondary students (Yrs 11&12) for exams, (they no longer have classes, just exams) and anywhere between the first and the twentieth of December.

[@yoelaheron5286]

Eight weeks because I’m a private school

[@Bellas1717]

@@yoelaheron5286 Oh you're in an independent school; they're a very small proportion of private schools. The majority of private schools (e.g. systemic Catholic schools) have the same holidays as government schools- around 36 to 40 days, depending on term schedule for that year, although they have longer hours onsite each day. The teachers in many Independent schools break up around two weeks earlier than government schools (students closer to 3 weeks), but return a week earlier than government and other private school teachers.

[@knifeyonline]

@@Bellas1717 hmmm I'm guessing you're not from SA. Only about a third of private schools are catholic, maybe a bit higher. Maybe a third anglican but I doubt it. You can easily find a fairly close independant school, often protestant christian but alternate learning style schools are getting quite common too. Certainly not uncommon here to find a school where they ignore normal holidays. Even in the satellite cities and towns it's no problem.