Brit Reacts to European vs American Highschools

[@GlacierStripez]

I'm gonna tackle a lot of these and more: * My high school days started at 8:30am - 2:52pm each class being about 50 minutes. Mon - Fri * Years 1 - 2 were mainly focused on general education classes such as math, history, English, and science (specifically biology at my high school). Years 3 -4 is when you have the option to choose from a MASSIVE list of elective classes which are classes that are more for lack of a better word... miscellaneous? special? along with general education classes. You could take anything from digital media, jewelery making, veterinary studies, baking, the list goes on. (It was possible to take elective classes in years 1 - 2 if you took summer school before either year started so you could get a general education class out of the way beforehand to free up a spot in your schedule). * My high school required every student to complete at least 2 years of a foreign language class in order to graduate. Your choices were German, French, Spanish, and Latin. * Lunchtime was about 50 minutes and either took place during your 4th, 5th, or 6th period. Whichever lunch period you got was randomly assigned every year. We had 3 cafeterias: 2 "hot" cafeterias and 1 "cold" cafeteria. The first hot cafeteria sold the food that was scheduled on the school's calendar so foods like pasta or pizza. The other "hot" cafeteria sold the same food everyday was hot dogs, fries, sometimes what they call bosco sticks which are essentially giant cheese bread sticks with marinara sauce, and all of the unhealthy sugary snacks. The "cold" cafeteria sold cold sandwiches like turkey. You could eat any of them you wanted. * 100% - 90% is an A, 89% - 80% is a B, 79% - 70% is a C, 69% - 60% was a D, and anything below that was an F. It was very possible to get a 0% which meant the assignment or exam was either not completed at all or only a few questions were answered. * If a student didn't want to take gym class, they had the choice to take part in AFJROTC instead which served as an alternative. It was a military-structured organization designed to give students basic knowledge on military subjects/service. It provided its physical activity in having students do daily drill routines, push ups, etc. * There were just as many sports and clubs as elective classes. You could join badminton, bowling, ice hockey, lacrosse, environmental action club, anime club, the list goes on and on. * Students were required to take a class on the rules of driving and another class with actual driving after that both in year 3. You could have your driver's license by the end of your 3rd year. Once you had your driver's license, you were allowed to drive your own car to school should you wish to avoid taking the bus. * Students were only allowed to miss 5 days per semester unexcused. * 6 minute passing periods

[@reneemaldonado4394]

Switching classes gave us more options to meet more people.

[@paulsmith8510]

I thought it was to give the teachers a break.😂

[@allenruss2976]

Who is there to meet. You've already been going to school with the same people for years

[@06STRYKER]

​@@allenruss2976people who you don't even talk too?

[@allenruss2976]

@@06STRYKER.? If I wasn't friends with them why would I have talked to them? We all grew up together. I knew who I liked and didn't like pretty much by 7th grade

[@ibekingape]

​@allenruss2976 im from a big city and theres a lot of commuting and people from different friend groups. I think what you're explaining depends on the dynamics of the school and area. My hs has an attached middle school but many didnt go directly there. I didnt. Then you had exchange students, atudents who travelled throughout the city to get there, etc etc. You didnt always have classes with your friends for ewch class or each year.

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

In my high school back in the early 1970´s you had after school activities, which were kinda like an extra class. That’s when you did drama, marching band, debate, astronomy, newspaper, orchestra, tennis, soccer, swim team, year book, etc. this was expected of students going to college to take these activities.

[@juned1719]

I love that we switched up people is different classes. It forced you to make friends with people you probably would never talk to. It made people make friendships outside of your friend group.

[@mse9609]

Social skill development and that's probably why in general Americans will speak to strangers.

[@pacmon5285]

I have no idea what level of "comfort" she expects on a bus. The seats are padded. They aren't amazing, but they aren't "uncomfortable".

[@aprilsunflower7440]

That's what I thought. Not overly comfortable or uncomfortable

[@richardpetty9159]

Yellow school buses are metal boxes with almost no wheel suspension and they have thinly padded seats. It’s like being in the back of a freight truck: you can feel every bump in the road and every little change of the roadway surface texture. They’re noisy, with no air conditioning or heating, so they’re almost always too hot or too cold. I think they’re fine for what they are.

[@flacortw]

@@richardpetty9159dang most of the busses at my hs have AC

[@chadchamberlain6280]

​@@richardpetty9159 probably depends on the school bus, I found out all about the heaters in the middle of winter on a 4 hour drive from a sporting event at night, didn't know why everyone was bundled in little groups around until half way through the trip... It was cold.

[@thedailycheckpoint]

@@richardpetty9159no air conditioning or heating? I think you were riding a prison bus

[@blackpowder99]

It really doesn't make sense to force someone that young to make such a big lifetime decision, most Americans change Majors a few times in college.

[@creinicke1000]

That's so true.. If you go to a smaller state college that has several majors you're interested in, you can afford to go 6 yrs by switching majors and minors.

[@Abbotttdesign]

I was thinking about that. It's not right to commit multiples of 10 thousand dollars to a track when you're 18 as well. But when she says choose in high school, I'm pretty sure that's the parents' choice.

[@mattsims7530]

They are choosing between academic and trade routes

[@bethanyhanna9464]

My youngest started college in the Fall of 2019. He had 2/3 of his gen eds out of the way as he took CIS classes in high school for 4 years. When he started taking the degree specific courses in college, he discovered his goal of becoming an English teacher wasn't for him, since he can't stand kids who are not related to him. 🤣 He swapped majors a couple times, while trying to navigate C19 college courses, and taking the new prerequisites online that really should have been in person only. He was afraid that we would somehow be disappointed in him. And was shocked that we supported the fact that nobody has their entire life planned out at 18-25. He's now 3/4 done with his Nursing degree, while working as a Certified Phlebotomist, and maintaining the CNA he earned in HS at 17. He also figured out that he is literally 1 credit shy of an Associates in English something or another, so plans to complete that class during the Summer because any degree is better than no degree. It is NOT his career goal anymore, but being so close, he feels it can't hurt. 😊

[@CorinnaD]

I lived in France for 4 years and most kids are more mature and scholarly and pretty much know what path they want to go down. I was bummed out coming back to USA because i had two more years of high school and in France i was going on my last year. Lol

[@paulsmith8510]

For me, in High School you needed certain credits for certain classes to graduate, plus a smaller amount of elective credits. You needed 4 years/credits of Math, English, Science, then like 2 art credits, 1 or 2 forign language credit, 2 gym credits, etc. Some kids filled their extra credits with classes related to what they wanted to major in, others picked what was easiest, some just picked what interested them, etc.

[@AllyKatz82]

Yes same for me. We had to have so many credits in math, science, social studies then the rest was electives.

[@robertc49]

Then in college, you had to do it all over again. History, English, Math. ect.. It's stupid imo.

[@rakeshiabussell]

Don’t forget the advance classes and college prep classes. My school also had Co-op, it was mostly for seniors and you got to leave school during lunch to work at local businesses.

[@paulsmith8510]

@@rakeshiabussell oh wow... we didn't have that in the inner city lmao.

[@codymanivanh8670]

At my high school we had different people for each subject you took for the year. Americans are open to making new friends so that was not a problem.

[@allenruss2976]

Plus we grew up with and had been going to school together for years so we already had our friend groups

[@jonok42]

​@@allenruss2976nope, not true for all of us. Many areas have huge schools where there are kids in your grade that you never even meet.

[@shoughlepuff]

@@jonok42100% agree! I live in a very affluent area. I didn’t move to my district until 8th grade, and even though I went to high school most of same people from 8th grade, there were definitely a bunch of people in my year I didn’t know, and my high school wasn’t massive, but there were still about 400-450 students per year!

[@thepursuiterer]

I wish the ppl in my high school were more open, it was so cliquish

[@NeomiCheon]

@@allenruss2976I personally moved around a lot so that wasn’t the case

[@robinkulwicki7278]

It's elementary school, middle school and high school. High school is NOT COLLEGE!!! It is the final 4 years of regular education - what we call grades 9-12.

[@voodoodragon4990]

If we went in on Saturday you knew you F'ed up. It was punishment called Saturday school.

[@briagolden1]

I loved that we switched classes. It was never boring and you made different kinds of friends.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

1-5 elementary school 6-8 middle school 9-12 high school Some areas break this up into different blocks but your education is generally 12 years. And high school is 4 of those.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

You mean 13 years. Kindergarten is the very first year of schooling, for most of the kids in America. K-12 is 13 years of education

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

For me elementary school was 1 thru 6. Jr. High. Was 7, 8, and 9. High School was 10,11,and 12.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

@@kikibigbangfan3540 kindergarten isn’t mandatory in every state.

[@TarheelMama9714]

Where we live in North Carolina its Kindergarten through 6th in elementary school, 7th and 8th in middle school, and 9th through 12th in high school.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

@@TimSmith-uc4pk that’s why I said some areas break this up in different blocks. My area has primary school that has grades 1-3. Every place is different.

[@bambamnj]

Schools in the US typically run from 8am till around 3 pm. This is has been done primarily because there were so many farming families and the older children needed to back in time to help the family. Also as she stated there are a lot of after school activities and again this allowed student to participate in these and still get home by dinner time.

[@jacktringoli3299]

My high school changed the time around so the football and basketball teams would have more time to practice in the mornings before school and after school

[@bobbikitchens8366]

There's a lot more to sports than you know. I was a gymnast and we ran the concessions for the football and wrestling. When I broke my back my senior year, the football players and wreslers carried me from class to class to make sure I graduated with my class. We looked out for each other, anytime, anywhere!

[@Dragnmastralex]

lunch spans 2 hours because the high schools in the USA are HUGE having near 3000+ students attending at one time they shift class schedules so that there are 4 different lunch times to fit in 1/4 of the students during each lunch break. so it's only actually 30 minutes for each student. while 1/4 of them are in lunch the rest are still in one of their classrooms.

[@waterdragon55]

We got 45 minutes or technically 47 each period was 47 minutes so everyone would get a lunch period 47 minutes bit some would say not to give a lunch period where they would leave home early so if u don't want one u could let them know and they will not give u one but u have to have a lunch period in ur senior year as they said u have to be here till the I think 5th period so if u have less classes then they will give u a lunch period so tht u stay there until the 5th period then u could leave so I had tht and finished at 12

[@rossgadsby9663]

What the fuck you on about? My school only gave 45 min for lunch lmao. Dame as every other class

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

In high school it was 8a to c. 2:30-3:00p. Lunch was about 45 minutes. At my high school they had hot food, cold food and a salad bar. After regular classes was when you had your sports or other extracurricular activities.

[@khutchinsoncpa1]

Best thing my HS did was to permit dual enrollment in the local community college. Basically skipped my senior year and moved into college classes. Such a relief to be free.

[@SouthernSera]

I wasn't allowed to do this when I was in high school, but my oldest son took several college level courses and ended up graduating in December of his senior year. He used that semester off to work full time to save up money and get an apartment. I wish I had the option to graduate early because I would have taken it. I was not a fan of school back in the day. 😂

[@flamingpieherman9822]

We have that too here in Florida... Can come out of high school with an AA and halfway through a ba. And if you go to a trade school you can come out with a ba.

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

Here it is called middle college. My oldest did it. They went to school at a community College. They had a few core high-school classes their freshman year but then took all community college courses the next 3 years so he graduated with his high school diploma and all of his basics for college around 48 hours of college credit.

[@maryjane4432]

We have that as well! I graduated in 1998 and we had it then. My daughter graduates in 2027 and she is doing it her jr&sr year

[@emmef7970]

@@SouthernSera My grandson did the same thing. His last semester in high school in December instead of June. Started college courses in January to get a head start on courses that he would have to wait until the following August/September. The first semester of college he just took a few classes to get use to the "rhythm". And, then had time to work a part time job. He wasn't required or pushed to do that, he just wanted to be more independent. :) I would have also graduated early, however, I went to a private school and it wasn't an option in my day. :(

[@PriscillaV1964]

In Elementary we only have the same kids in our class for the school year. In Jr. High we have a "Homeroom" where attendance is taken, then everyone goes there separate way for the rest of the day. Class of (year) is your graduating class. There may be dozens, 100's, or even 1,000's in a school's graduation year. That might explain why Europeans struggle with Americans friendliness. We have been interacting and working with literally hundreds of people everyday since childhood.

[@seethe42]

Yeah, my wife and kids totally don't get the idea that my class in high school in CA was about 850 kids where their entire HS in MD was about that

[@kremit6479]

That friendliness is also rooted in our culture.

[@ajruther67]

​@@seethe42 My senior graduating class was 300 in 1985. I can't imagine what class sized are now.

[@seethe42]

@@ajruther67 They are much smaller in general. I was class of 1988. My high school was just under 3600 students from 84-88. Today it's 2300.

[@ajruther67]

@seethe42 I wish it were smaller here. The population has more than doubled. All the elementary schools are mostly K - 8. There used to be 2 middle schools. Now there is only one for 7th and 8th grade. My old middle school is now 9th grade only for whole city. Why? Because the high school can't accommodate 4 grades anymore. Too many students, not enough room. So K-8 or ...... K- 6. Middle school 7th and 8th, one school for all 9th graders, high school 10-12.

[@WuznMe]

Now we know why Europeans are more to themselves than Americans. Throughout our school years we had no choice but to mingle with nearly everybody in our grade level. Interesting 😆

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

At our school, history class alone had kids from every grade in it. In fact, most did except English and Algebra I. Most of my friends graduated the year before me, which kinda sucked.

[@WuznMe]

@@selfcarewithstephanie3519 small school? Our grade levels in Hawaii had anywhere from 200-700. My year had nearly 400 and that's small

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

@@WuznMe I didn't say anything about a small school in this thread. The only one I mentioned was another thread where my private school was so small we were forced to do at least 2 sports. Your high school sounds the same size as my high school. We just didn't have an order we had to take classes in except English and some math so the classes would have mixed grades in the same class. 1 person might want to get world history out of the way their freshman year. Another may put it off until their senior year.

[@WuznMe]

@@selfcarewithstephanie3519 sorry, I assumed because your history class from every grade in it, the school would be small

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

@@WuznMe no problem. It was just what year you decided to take the class.

[@catherinecox8921]

High school sports is huge in small towns. The whole town supports the teams. It’s fun and there is such an air of excitement and anticipation on game night. School pride is on full display.

[@nichkat11]

In the states the school administrators are responsible for the students behavior during the school day. That would be difficult to monitor if the students leave campus.

[@Dennis_B55]

In high school you have to get your required courses out of the way ..and then you have elective courses you can do

[@seegee1012]

In my high school if you’d stick with some electives you’d graduate with a certificate. I graduated and with my CNA certification

[@gabecollins5585]

Electives are probably the most interesting part or the most boring in some cases. Economics is fucking boring.

[@claregale9011]

We call them options in the u.k

[@seethe42]

We had to take 2 electives every year.

[@semperaugustus661]

In my high school, we went from 8:00-3:00. We had block scheduling. Four 90 min classes/day. They would last half a year, then switch to four different ones the second half of the year. During our senior year, if you had accumulated enough credits (passed the required courses) that you would be able to graduate without taking a class during the class you would miss, there would be an option for early dismissal where you got to leave school at 12:30. It was one of the privileges of being a senior and doing well in all your courses.

[@bobbikitchens8366]

Switching classes was awesome! By the time I graduated, there was nobody in my school that I didn't know.

[@duffman638]

The most important thing to remember about American schools is that almost every school district in the US has a different lesson plan and offer different classes.

[@RitaHall-g8c]

It never occurred to me that anyone could be so trapped within the same social group in high school.

[@tonyahice614]

In my high school, we had an open campus, which meant we could leave at lunch. Ww changed classes every hour, having 5 minutes between to go to our locker, switch books & get to class before the tardy bell rang. Our classmates could be from any high school grade, then being grades 10-12. I feel this helped us not only meet lots of new people, we learned how to get along with kids older/younger than ourselves (& sometimes they had cars & would give us rides off-campus for lunch!).

[@pyneaple541]

The biggest thing that shocked me was the grades, specifically the scale. She said that 10/20 was the middle and below 10 was bad, but in the US, if you get anything below 70% (or in her case, 14/20), you're failing the class.

[@shashall3n527]

It depends on the school. Most of the schools where I'm at in AZ go down to 60% as a passing grade and anything 59% or lower is failing.

[@KS-ip5xn]

My grandson gets letter grades but some classes such as choir, and gym are pass/fail. They also compare your rank by your level (say 5th grade) in the school by %. (ex: you are in the top 99% of 5th graders in math) Then ranked by your state and finally nationwide. I realize this is probably not the norm but I like it.

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

Under 70 is failing here as well.

[@kimm6589]

Right?? I noticed that too. Clearly higher expected standards in the US. (Though harder classes use a curve sometimes, but that's to account for a shitty teacher, and is mostly seen only in college)

[@sandirobinson6966]

Our high school is ages 14-18 years old. Four years. College is college or University after high school graduation. Here, every public school district is a little different. They are run by the locally elected school boards - there are some basic standards set by the state, but emphasis and quality depends greatly on location. Hours, usually 7:30-8:00 am to about 3:00pm. This girl assumes all American schools are the same. They are not. Some have short half hour lunch maybe, but most would have an hour. Saturday school? Not unless it's a year when a day needs to be made up because of bad weather, but in reality - no. Our high school classes are more like college classes. You do have your age "class" (graduation class) , which might be 2-300 kids, but each classroom subject will have a different mix of 25-30 kids in the room. There are different people in your math class than in your history class. Also, you may have sophomores and seniors in say - the same Calc I class or your advanced physics class. Again - not saying ALL U.S. high schools are run the same. Freedom. Some schools let the kids leave the school grounds at lunchtime. I often did. Also, here, the older kids have their cars, so they go to Burger King, or even drive home for lunch. Yes, sports are big. A lot of kids participate - many choices of school sports - and a lot of the students and parents attend the games - even following for out of town games. School buses - We lived out in a rural area as a kid, so had a 1.5 hour bus ride before school and a 1.5 hour bus ride on the way home. That crap got old.

[@Hynez]

it's HIGH SCHOOL, not everyone is on the same track; everyone has to take basic history, but not everyone takes Chemistry or Algebra. It's not really an issue about friendships. We just make friends in each class.

[@andimproud]

Wait, what? You can opt out of Chem and algebra? What do you take instead? For me it was bio, Chem, ap bio, ap Chem. And then algebra, geometry, calculus, ap calculus.

[@mattsims7530]

​@@andimproudmost public high schools only require a certain level of science and math credits. They can be satisfied with general science and math classes. Unless you plan on going to college for a science math engineering or medical degree pretty much inconsequential.

[@briagolden1]

Both Chemistry and Algebra were required core classes. Here in Florida at least

[@JoannDavi]

Best part: driving to high school at 16.

[@ryand2529]

Sports can be a HUGE part of a high school’s identity.

[@Bananabear20]

What she’s talking about concentrating a major in high school is Not a typical experience

[@PureLuv-of9fu]

That french lady is totally bugging🤭.

[@zarahbelle3627]

She means a diploma type/tract. In my highs high school in Dekalb County GA we had to choose between a College Preparatory Diploma or Vocational/ Technical Dip. It’s pretty self explanatory what they prep you for and that means your required to take certain courses to earn your diploma. I always that was a nation wide thing but guess not.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

@@zarahbelle3627 This has been some years ago now but in my high school we had college prep classes but were elective and not required to get a diploma. If you failed any of those classes you could still possibly graduate by just taking a 'normal' class.

[@saraarnett2557]

My high school in Tennessee also had college or VoTech path

[@michaelnegron4971]

She was talking about France, but yes some schools in the US also had this.

[@MotoNomad350]

In USA, education is mostly controlled by local government with some requirements imposed by state or federal government. Therefore, there is a wide variety between high schools on the types of things she’s talking about: duration and number of classes, start time of school day, open v closed campus policies, food served in cafeteria, etc. My high school started with home room at 7:12 and ended at 1:40 pm. Our campus was open for juniors, seniors and students who lived within walking distance of the school. We had different students in each class (a godsend if you don’t get along with some of your classmates).

[@f45125]

I loved riding the yellow school buses! (The kids call them “The Loser Cruiser”🤣) We sang and had a blast on the way to school. Coming home was quieter. Kids wigged out after a hard day, others getting their homework finished. And there were the two sitting on the back seat making out!🤣

[@terrencemgentry]

Late 80s/early 90s we called it the cheese wagon.

[@captsparrowslady]

I rode the school bus when I was K-12... now that I'm an adult, I'm a school bus driver! lol

[@littledancingfawn]

My daughter just got an electric school bus. Looks completely the same just quieter obviously. The bird emblem on the corner is green with a plug flowing behind it instead of black.

[@ladiwilliams9739]

I got in trouble for singing on the bus. I don't think the driver enjoyed my voice 🤣

[@jimbarber9638]

American grading: A=excellent; B=good; C=average; D=poor; and F=failure.

[@winterman63]

When I was in high school we had 45 min periods. School from 8 to 3 or 2. We were allowed to leave the building for lunch. We all switched classes. I was in high school in the 70s.

[@Ladyfirst22]

~ Here in the US schools are very locked down to prevent intruders from entering. In my town even parents have to call ahead so they're expecting you. When you get to the door at school you're required to press a button to speak to the office personnel and show ID to get admitted into the school. The flip-side is that the kids are locked in but for safety reasons. ~ I neglected to mention another safety precaution enforced here; all kids in our school district, from 1st grade through high school are only allowed to have clear, see-through backpacks.

[@craiggerhardstein7305]

that's a lot more recent thing. I was in 7th grade in the columbine school shooting happened and the only thing that change from that was we aren't allowed to backpacks to carry books between classes only could be used to bring to school and leave school. It wasn't until after the Sandy Hook school shooting that a majority of schools started locking all their doors. as I remember in high school going outside to and coming back in on the other side of the school as it was way quicker to get to certain class as the hallways where so packed at my school as i went to the biggest high school in ohio we had almost 8000 kids in my high school

[@SuperDrLisa]

School I taught at in NJ had metal detectors.

[@SuperDrLisa]

​@@craiggerhardstein7305 8,000!!!

[@kimm6589]

The upperclassmen (Junior, Senior) in my girls' high school can still come and go during lunch and their free hours. But the school itself is locked and inaccessible to visitors without explanation.

[@blackraven763]

Yes, due to school shootings.

[@sherrilyon2096]

Most of the time, you don't change class in elementary school. Once you get to middle and high school, you are tested, and that determines if you are in advanced classes or regular classes in various subjects.

[@captsparrowslady]

I was never tested... When I was in Elementary School K thru 4th we had one teacher for all subjects, and then in 5th grade to prepare us for Middle School, we had two teachers... one that taught Math & Science and the other taught English & History... then in Middle School, We had different teachers for Math, Science, English, History and then in 7th grade we got a computer lab donated to us, so we had a computer class with another teacher... And of course, High School each subject had a different teacher, including electives... If you wanted to take AP Courses in High School, I think you had to have gotten A's in that subject and then take a test to place into the AP class, but I never did any AP courses so I'm not sure the exact process.

[@jonok42]

​@@captsparrowsladyI went to school from 72 to 85 in Utah and Colorado. We took Scholastic tests every year at end of year. Those tests helped to determine your levels for the next year. Along with your grades and teacher recommendations. That's how most CP and AP placements were decided.

[@shoughlepuff]

My school just had teachers recommend us to be in advance classes or not and the decision was still ultimately up to us.

[@lorrielephew1966]

7:15-2:45 with a 30 minute lunch. 5 minutes between classes. Easy to make friends because you meet many people. There is a better chance of finding someone like you. You don't take the same classes because not everyone is working on the same level in every class. You may take an advanced math class and your friend might be better in Lit and take an advanced lit class.

[@bluflaam777LSA]

Ours started closer to 7.45am with 40 min lunch (classes were let out for lunch in 20min intervals) and 4 mins between classes. classes were 45mins.

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

It is very common in High school to even have people of different grades in the same classes. Just depends on their schedule

[@selfcarewithstephanie3519]

Mine was 7am to 2:30 with a 45 min lunch but my kids were 8:30 to 3:00 with only a 30 min lunch.

[@the_nikster1]

@@selfcarewithstephanie3519 yes, this happened in my high school a lot. there were kids from at least 2 different grade levels in Algebra 2.

[@claregale9011]

If your talking about High school from age 11 yrs to 16 yrs it's the same in the u.k

[@frankcheney]

Our high school was 7:20 AM - 2:10 PM. That is 9th - 12th grade which is roughly 14 years old - 17 years old with some people hitting 18 during their last year (on average). A lot of people wonder "Why so early". I think it was all about buses. The middle school/junior high (7th - 8th grade / 12-13 years old) was roughly the same time as high school and all those kids shared the same buses as the same time. The younger kids (Kindergarten - 6th grade - roughly 5 years old - 11 years old) had later times so they could get the now empty buses and you didn't have 5 year olds on the same bus as 15 year olds.

[@Deedric_Kee]

Very good video bro. This was fun 👏

[@littleflame5530]

There is a home room class. From there you go through the different subjects.

[@seethe42]

We only had homeroom for the first couple weeks of school to take roll for like 10 mins. All alphabetical, like 40-80 kids each. After that your "homeroom" was whatever class you were in at 2nd period where the official roll was taken for the day.

[@Sassyglbeauty]

We started switching classes in 6th or 7th grade…. You are able to pick different types of classes, so not everyone is going to the same classes. But, you all know each other.

[@sistermadrigalmorning233]

We sorta had "choose a major" when I was in American high school but it was "tracks"-- vocational track, standard, honors, or advanced. Vocational track meant your last few years you took courses at the vocational school learning a trade like masonry, cosmetology, hvac repair etc so you'd graduate with a certification in a trade. Standard was basically for struggling students who didn't want to do vocational track but probably weren't going to college. Honors was for people who were college bound. Advanced you started taking college level courses before you graduated.

[@laracroft1063]

We started changing classes in junior high (7th-8th grade) We went to school with the same ppl from our neighborhood and already knew a lot of ppl from the other elementary schools because of the sports we played (like our schools would play against each other, so junior high was easy. We knew ppl and made new friends with the ones we didn’t). So, by time we got to high school (9th-12th grade) we basically all knew each other. I’m old(er) and all the ppl we went to school with are all still friends & hang out. Sure some have moved on, and a lot have family still here, so we’re all still in touch. This is what I love most about my childhood & neighborhood.

[@carlchiles1047]

8:30-3:00….30 minute lunch I believe…I don’t know…it’s been awhile …but no one is going to school til 4…elementary or high school…but they serve hot lunches…and after school…extra curricula activities…pep squad…cheer leading…football or basketball practice…track golf…cross country …baseball…swimming…depending on the season…a lot of sports…and games are on Friday nights…for high school…Saturdays for college games…Sunday for pro games…

[@mscharlie]

When I was growing up if you had Saturday school that means you were failing a class and needed to catch-up.

[@juanlugo3982]

The only time I was in school on saturday was for saturday morning detention back in the days😂

[@MargieM10]

This... a LOT 😂😂😂

[@PureLuv-of9fu]

What did you do chile...🤭?

[@juanlugo3982]

I can't remember but I remember seven thirty a m saturday detention in the cafeteria

[@richa.s9912]

LOL 😂

[@stephaniefoster1964]

I had to go to Saturday school for 6 weeks to bring up a low grade I received for a class- Trig_ I wasn't a math wiz! 🤭

[@jasonralph4286]

In elementary school we lived miles away from the school so going home in the afternoon my neighbors and I were the last ones left on the bus. We would move to the back seats and the driver would go fast over the hill tops so we could fly out of our seats. Good times. Ohio, early 1960's

[@grobble8954]

Cafeteria food at school depends on where you go public vs private school. We had pretty good food options at my private school. You could get the standard special of the day(2 specials each day), which could be something like chicken parm, meatball sandwich, open face roast beef, philly cheese steak, etc... They had certain things that were every day, such as pre made subs, hand made pizza, etc... We also had a massive salad bar, stir fry station, pasta bar, etc..Also, Senior year you were allowed to go off campus for lunch. There were some quick serve or fast food places close by. There was a grocery store 1/4th of mile away too. You had to be pretty quick if you went off campus with only 40 mins for lunch.

[@Amy-zr5mn]

In my local school district, the public school schedule recently changed to 4-day weeks, so they go from 8am to 3pm Tuesday-Friday, from mid-August to late May. School lunches (amount of time and quality of food) can vary a LOT by school district. In my high school, we had a 50-minute lunch period and didn't feel rushed. Seniors (those in their final year of high school) could leave campus for lunch if they wanted, but most people didn't. Our cafeteria food was decent and much cheaper than eating out, lol.

[@bambamnj]

In US, most schools are broken up as follows: Elementary Grades - Kindergarten + Grades 1 - 5 Middle School - Grades 6, 7 & 8 High School - 9 {Freshmen}, 10 {Sophomores}, 11 {Juniors} & 12 {Seniors} I believe in some States they have what they call Jr High Schools. I think these normally include Grades 8 & 9 or maybe 7, 8 & 9 and then High Schools in these district would just be Grades 10, 11 &12 Usually in your Jr and Sr years you decide if you plan to go to College or Trade School and if so you can start taking prep courses to prepare you for that further education

[@Ryan-mq8vf]

Canada is the same way with different people in each subject (class). Getting the time schedule at the beginning of the year was always fun to see what friends you had what class with, etc lol.

[@themoviedealers]

Elementary school: 6 years. Kindergarten to 5th grade. Junior High School: 3 years, 6th grade to 8th grade. High School: 4 years, 9th grade to 12th grade.

[@stephy369]

That was how it was when I was in school but at some point my old school switched 9th grade to middle school and high school was only grades 10-12

[@nancyt2848]

I went to 6th in elementary, 7 & 8 was middle school (we called it junior high school) then 9-12 for high school.

[@jasonjude1235]

Yes but I also went to Pre-K in elementary

[@Atlanticmantic]

grade school ( Elementary ) for me was K-6th, Jr High was 7-9 and High school was 10-12.

[@thepursuiterer]

There’s also an optional preschool year the year before kindergarten

[@lazy5692]

7:30 to 2:30 Classes were 42 minutes. Lunch was during one of the class periods. 5 minutes between classes. Sports and clubs after school.

[@jackmanders7077]

7:30-2:25 at my school. But most of the school would stay back till 5 or 6 for extra curricular activity, sports or clubs, which looks better applying for colleges

[@keithlovvorn813]

I grew up in a small town in Georgia. We could leave school for lunch breaks if we had a car and driver's license, but I can see certain schools in big cities where security issues were a concern not allowing it. We had nothing within walking distance to eat at.

[@mariejustme]

I loved leaving campus everyday to eat lunch. I haven’t thought about that in years. Thanks!

[@zarahbelle3627]

We could do that at my high school in the metro atl area too. I wonder if we’re just one of those states.

[@lightsalt8530]

We had a Dairy Queen right next to our high school, it was awesome.

[@barbaraannroach6033]

I lived 1 block from my High School

[@paulamoya7956]

I graduated in 86’ We were allowed to drive off or walk off school grounds at lunch time .. we went to the mall ( 2 minutes away) and ate all the time.

[@sandygrimes7196]

Yup I graduated in 86 too, we could leave the school during lunch too..good times

[@DavidSmith-if3mw]

Every state and every city and even different high schools within the same city have different hours. Here High School is from 8:30 till 3:30

[@joshuahallett6235]

My old high school classes were from 9-3:48 M-F, with sports teams, student government, and certain clubs meeting 8-8:45 in the morning on their scheduled days, and then there were after-school clubs that generally met 4-5 on their set days. The only times students were at school on a Saturday was if they had Saturday School, which was essentially just Saturday Detection.

[@wendywright3914]

Our HS hours are 7 am to 2:30 pm. Lots of different lunch choices are available. There are core requirements but different class choices are available as electives though the amount of available electives most likely depends on the size of the school and its locality. For example, in my HS I took jewelry design, chorus, art courses as some of my electives. There was also an observatory, auto mechanics, many other interesting courses as well as work study programs if you were not planning on the college route ~ it was a larger high school.

[@ajruther67]

In Elemtary school K-5th grade, you have one teacher and one class and classroom. Middle and High school: 6 different teachers - 6 different classes - 6 different classrooms. You change classrooms after each bell rings.

[@betsybabf748]

We've always had 7 classes a day here for middle and high school

[@ajruther67]

@@betsybabf748 It's always been 6 in Southern CA. Where are you if you don't mind me asking.

[@rhianna..]

I had 7 in middle and 8 in high school right now

[@ajruther67]

@@rhianna.. My goodness. I can't imagine having that many classes. How long are the classes? When I was in school, each class was 50 minutes long. 5 minutes in between classes to get to the next one.

[@meowski617]

I had four 90 minutes classes a day in high school with six minutes for passing time plus a half hour for lunch. 15 minute homeroom for attendance and morning announcements after first period. We would change classes in the second semester.

[@paulamoya7956]

I walked to the bus stop four blocks away where all the kids in my neighborhood gathered very early AM for 5th & 6 th grade when we moved to the neighborhood. Next I rode the middle school bus cause our school was pretty far down the freeway over ten minutes. My very best friends today ( I just spent my 56thbday with them last weekend ) are the two girls I rode the bus with in my neighborhood 7th - 11th grade. Til we got cars . We bonded walking home together and naturally just started hanging out starting in 7 th grade. One of them even shares my Birthday. Thanks to those Big Yellow Buses for bringing me and my Best Girls together forever! 🤍🩷✨🤍💜✨🤍🩷😊

[@bunnyfufu9933]

It's definitely easier to make friends because you will still see them on campus from other periods, when switching periods we have a chance for quick chat and say hi. I went to public schools so can't say for all

[@allenruss2976]

Plus you grew up with them and have known them for years

[@GenCookie]

In high school (now combining 7th and/or 8th grade to the mix), where I am at least, we had semesters, like two a school year. In high school, you aren't allowed to leave the school and everyone has to go to the lunchroom at lunch time. They do a pretty good job of letting everyone get food from the line and get it down. You switch classes every 30 min - 1 1/2 hr when the bell rings. Everyone leaves their class, goes to their lockers if they need too to drop off books and paperwork you don't need for the rest of the day, and switch classes seperately from the rest of their homeroom class group, or the group from the class they're just leaving. You run into plenty of your homeroom classmates during the day, but this really just causes the kids to mix with different kids several times a day. You keep that rotation for a few months so you meet alot of other kids from the same age bracket/ school year as you. You all advance together to the next grade for the most part. When you're moved up a grade, you have a whole new group to make friends with for the new school year, but you still run into your older friends during the class switch and during lunch. After school was chaotic but fun too. We all mix because you can sit with who you want (Usually, unless you're a hardheaded kid) So, in summary, we mix with a bigger group of kids because of our classes that we elect to take change every few months. You know most of the kids in your grade level by your second year of highschool. We all run around and talk in the hall between classes and that short lunch break. The lunches are usually split up by grade level also. so you aren't trying to feed 200 kids in 30 minutes. you're trying to feed 25-50 instead and like mentioned, some people bring lunches. You are not expected to remember the 500 kids you met in the hallway 1yr or in a short class. You have a friend group you build. We do reintroductions when we decide on our new classes.

[@monicaking7793]

We have business career high schools. I graduated with my certificate in culinary arts. You can also go to a regular high schools. You don’t have to choose a profession. I just liked that for myself. I’m a gen X person and things were different when I graduated in 1989. We have multiple lunch schedules and that’s why we have short times. Our days start at 7:30 am and end around 2:30. They stagger lunches. You can pack your own lunch and bring it. Being in culinary arts, we could take whatever we cooked if we wanted. We actually fed the entire teaching staff with our restaurant. I enjoyed HS.

[@lia53233]

lunch in America is the length of a class period, at least where I went to school. And a class period was about 50 minutes. So I don't know if they've reduced it, but we had open campus for lunch so we could go out and eat, and it would not have been possible with a half hour lunch. I don't think open campus is very common anymore

[@ultra2443]

My school has 30 minute lunch and our periods are 45 min

[@lia53233]

@@ultra2443 wow things really have changed. I was in high school in the '90s. I'm fairly certain we had almost an hour. You need some time off from studying.

[@gabecollins5585]

@@lia53233 It’s about 30 mins for me here in the us.

[@stevensalamon429]

When I went to school in the 70’s we went from 7:30 until 3:30 had a 45 minute lunch break. We also had free periods called study hall. My school was very progressive so we had student smoking areas. Cigarettes. The area to smoke pot was under the bleachers at the football field. Every school system is different in the US. Rules are set by the local school boards.

[@Yugioh420]

​@@lia53233I also went to high school in the 90s, well late 90s early 2000s and sadly that's when it started to change, for one reason or another more high schools started forbidding off campus lunches, " usually blaming some vandalism or other nonsense on someone supposedly from the schools." It started out with going down to only junior and senior could go off campus, then it went to only if you had parents permission or was over 18 could go off campus, at some schools it went to only if you had your own transportation, ie owned a car or had parents picking you up, then finally they went to on campus lunches only, coincidentally at the same time in my school they opened up a brand new giant lunch room with 7 different lunch lines and two restaurants one being subway that later switched to blimpys and the other was a pizza line that had a different pizza place each day. So Monday be pizza hut while Tuesday be domino ect.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

France goes to school from 8:30 to 4:30 with an hour for lunch. She’s also not saying that if you go to school on Saturday in France you get a day off during the week. They have 24 - 28 hours of instruction per week. The US is typically 30 hours a week.

[@stanleymyrick4068]

An hour for lunch? Why? Do you have to go catch it? It varies in the States, but usually you have 20 minutes to eat and they allow 10 minutes to get your food. They stagger lunch times so lines are fairly short. I mean, I was able to eat, get up and go outside and hang out with friends for 5 or 10 minutes almost always. With an hour... Either your lines to get food are extremely long waits, or you guys just sit around chill out for a long time.

[@bcase5328]

My US High School's hours were Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM, with sports/extracortical activities after school until 5:30 PM.

[@subnoizesoldier2]

So is Saturday like a make up day in case you do miss the school day or something. Or if you miss a day, do you have to go on Saturday?

[@aimee6420]

This all varies for each school district. Plus there are public and private schools, opposite to the UK. Private school has tuition. My high school graduating class had almost 800 kids. We got an hour for lunch, but some of your friends might have 1st or 2nd lunch. Meaning they were staggered. We were allowed to leave for lunch if we drove there, so we couldn't have gone for food and gotten back and eaten in 30 minutes.

[@seethe42]

Not sure where you got 30 hours. When I was in HS it was 6 periods a day of 50-55 mins, that's 25-27.5 hours a week.

[@lorrielephew1966]

Some schools have open lunch where you can leave, but you only have 30 minutes so it is not feasible in most cases.

[@jadeh2699]

Exactly. We could leave, but where are you going to go in just 30 minutes?

[@seethe42]

@@jadeh2699 To the 2 for 1 Pizza or McDonalds on the corner across the street for 2 slices for $1 of real pizza or a Big Mac and fries instead of $2.35 for cafeteria pizza bread or gray steamed hamburgers with potato cakes.

[@everydayamerican8639]

I never even knew America had closed schools for lunches until my kids went to school. Although their school is a 25-minute from the nearest town or convenience store. In Oklahoma we got like 45 minutes to an hour for lunch when I was in school but they added lunch detention for the disruptive students which gave everyone who wasn't in trouble more time to eat or go off campus if they wanted.

[@tonygiancoli9626]

She's off on the lunch period. It's pretty standard at 45-50 minutes across the US.

[@seannaobrien4145]

30 minutes for lunch but if you factor in waiting in line for lunch eating time is less.

[@sharonporter7132]

I enjoyed, as always, your videos and comments. It was interesting learning about France and the UK systems. The Yellow School Bus. Comfort wasn't an issue for us. We were kids to teenagers. We talked, sang, boys "cut-up" as boys do, played music if the driver was cool and allowed it, girls were best friends and discussed girl stuff, and some students even studied on the bus. We went to ballgames, retreats, church trips, field trips including museums, plays, etc. in our bus. We loved our Yellow School Bus, torn seats and all because we, and former students, left our marks.❤ In High School, we had a choice of eating in cafeteria or going to a nearby fast food, diner, store or bakery. And we couldn't be late returning. 😉

[@gotham61]

The school I went to in England was 9am-4.15pm Monday to Saturday, with compulsory sports on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

[@mimiv3088]

The only time I had Saturday school was "Detention." In the 1960's we spent a lot of time in school on Saturday 😂

[@brucedavis9191]

Shout out to everyone’s “Susan the lunch lady” who always worked her butt off though never got proper recognition.

[@f45125]

You meet a lot more friends this way. Our 50th graduation beach party reunion in 2 weeks! Lifelong friends. And social media makes it a lot easier!🤣

[@allenruss2976]

You're not meeting them new by high school. We grew up with them and had been going to school with them most of our lives already so friend groups were already established

[@jishani1]

@@allenruss2976 my high school mainly consisted of people that went to different elementary and middle schools than i did, so it was about 80% new people in my experience with the occasional familiar face

[@ellycewarns6464]

High school in Texas starts later than primary/-elementary school, usually 8:30 am-4 pm. This gives time for before and after school sports or band practice. The 30 minute lunch breaks are staggered by grade level. Thus, with clean up between grade levels, the cafeteria is in use for 2-2 1/2 hours. Some high schools even have a special seating sections for seniors, 12th grade, that the other grades are not allowed to use.

[@briagolden1]

School days in Florida for high school is really early: 7:15am - 1:45pm. If you had dual enrollment, then you spent extra time already taking college courses.

[@Jml416]

I've been out of school for almost 40 years. I can barely remember what I had for lunch yesterday much less what my class times were!😂

[@colliecoform4854]

I don't remember what time we started but it was early. I do remember we got out at 2:10PM. It was all for sports. They needed enough time to get the games in and allow for traveling. That was a long time ago. I graduated in 1972

[@betsybabf748]

@@colliecoform4854 I was born in 1972.

[@lorisahanson96]

Class of 85 Go CHS!

[@ajruther67]

​@@lorisahanson96 I'm class of 85 as well. Paramount Pirates, Paramount CA.

[@lorisahanson96]

@@ajruther67 crazy 80s right?

[@pauwelasurfer]

In Hawaii school is from 8am to 2pm. Wednesday are 8am to 1:15pm. Wednesdays are teachers meeting days. High school students must take a math, science and history course all four years. However those classes could be a mix of freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Seniors. So would be the elective courses that you've chosen.

[@MargieM10]

I just asked my husband who's from Hawaii about this and now I'm mad you guys got out so much earlier than us 😂

[@chelemaxfield3178]

I also did some school on Oahu. I went to HBA. Most fun in school I ever had. I was a military brat. HBA Hawaii Baptist Academy.

[@derrethm1994]

School on Saturdays is called detention. 😂

[@chrischar9428]

You mess with the bull, you're going to get the horns

[@cunninghamh2014]

our school days were 7:40-2:25, or 7:25-2:40 after winter, depending when we ran out of weather days, which was usually pretty early on in the 2nd half of the "year" (school year). our school year was from late Aug - late May. Before they made the hour rules for days usually the make up days would go into mid July.

[@solemnlament4546]

10:54 They had an allotted amount of food pre cooked at every venue you could eat in my school, they had a pizza hut, subway, and some other restaurant can't remember it. Those had a fixed amount per lunch period, which there were 4 lunch periods, and you were assigned as a student to one of those 4 periods for your lunch. However I believe the actual school end of the cafeteria would always have enough food should students need it, and was much cheaper than the other (albeit tastier) slop. Edit: We could definitely bring our own food in my school district, they even had microwaves for students to use should they need to warm their meals.

[@tanyamapes-stremler8225]

US schools vary by area, but largely in high schools (9th-12th grades) will begin around 7am and go until around 2-2:30pm. Lunch break is roughly 20-30 minutes long.

[@DevilDogDaddy7769]

Definitely varies by area. Here my girls went from 8am to 4pm

[@ajruther67]

In California, high school doesn't start until 8:30am and dismissal is at 3pm. Break is 10 minutes after second period and lunch is 30 minutes after 4th period. Alhtough when I went to high school 1981-1985, lunch was 40 minutes because we were allowed off campus. The school boards thought students should get to sleep in longer because they have trouble getting up for school. I think it's dumb because when they get to college and/or get a job, they won't be able to get there on time.

[@themoviedealers]

Mine was 8:00am to 2:40pm.

[@06STRYKER]

My highschool gives us 1hr and its open lunch so they let us walk out school for lunch (that's only for juniors and seniors)

[@seethe42]

@@ajruther67 In the mid 80's in LA it was 8:05am - 3:05pm. 2 50min periods then 20 minutes break, 2 50 periods then 35 min lunch, then 2 50 min periods, with 5 minutes between every period.

[@natasha73176]

K - 5 Elementary (ages 5-10) 6 - 8 Middle (ages 11-13) 9 - 12 High (ages 14 - 17) College/University (All ages must complete high school) -School times vary per grade levels, state, or county sometimes. - Elementary & some middle schools the whole class stays together. High school, everyone is mostly separated as they get to choose certain classes they like or that follow their career paths.

[@mariawebb2201]

8am-2:30pm for high-school and intermediary 9 am-3:30 for elementary and middle

[@ajruther67]

Not in California. Elementary is dismissed at 1:00pm. Middle school and high school 8:30 - 3:00. Middle and High school was 8:00 - 2:30 when I was in school in the 70's.

[@ultra2443]

In Ny it’s 8:45-3:15 for elementary 7:30-2:15 for high and middle school

[@mariawebb2201]

For clarification: Washington state.

[@betsybabf748]

7:15 to 2:15 for high school here, and 9:00-3:00 for elementary, Massachusetts.

[@BlueOStar]

For Texas it’s different. For some school it’s 8-3:30 for some high schools while others (which was my school) was 8:30-4

[@patkaiser7177]

In this area, high school is 7:30 to 2:30 with 1/2 hr for lunch. They only go to school on weekdays. Some states only go 4 days per week but have longer school days on the 4 days. Switching classes was great. It allowed you to meet more people and make more friends.

[@159hellraiser]

At 11:40 min it's mentioned about food. I have never heard of schools not letting you bring your own lunch. Some special dietary needs could not be met so others had to bring their own. My campus was an "open" campus, meaning we could leave campus to go eat in town as long as we came back on time.also we had several restaurants catering on campus like Little Ceasars pizza, Subway, and a smoothy shop, PLUS the campus cafeteria. Recently my campus opened up a café grill for the culinary arts class and now we have our own restaurant on campus

[@dbrice71]

I attended South Miami Sr. High School from 1987-1989. If you were 16 and had a car, you were allowed to leave school grounds for lunch or walk to the Pizza shop instead of eating in the cafeteria. The only downside was you only had about 35 minutes to make it back for your next class. We were also able to smoke cigarettes outside the building. Good times. 😅

[@MargieM10]

I've had kids argue with me that school couldn't possibly have a smoking section 😂 Wish I could post the yearbook photo of us _in_ said section! Next to the pix of the Gun Club.

[@lilyz2156]

@@MargieM10 I remember there was a group of kids that smoked outside in the student parking lot, before class. My friends and I used to call them "the burn Outs" . 87-89. They always had unkempt hair, black concert t-shirts and always smoking. Never had classes with any of them, i think homeroom only.

[@MargieM10]

@@lilyz2156 Oh yeah, we were called burn outs too 😂 It was funny because we were a big mix of stoners, skaters, preps, nerds, etc. There were at least 200 kids out there at lunch time!

[@dbrice71]

I was a nerd/skater/burnout I was cool with everyone except the jocks and preppies.😂

[@lilyz2156]

@@dbrice71 I wouldn't call myself a nerd, just someone who cared about her grades and very studious. I was in AP classes but my best friend was the same as I was but was a burnout as well just very intelligent and in some of the same classes as me.

[@waltermaples3998]

In America 🇺🇸 you do 12 years of school first is elementary 1 tru 5 middle school is 3 years and the last 4 years is high school then you can go to College.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

It's 13 years. This is the second comment to get this wrong. Schooling starts in kindergarten. That's the very first year of school. K-12 is 13 years total, not 12.

[@waltermaples3998]

@@kikibigbangfan3540 your right I went to kindergarten but it wasn't mandatory but you did have to do the 12 years of school and we did get 2 breaks a day with a 30 minute lunch I remembered our lunches were pretty good here in the South. 😉👍

[@Debbi-fj9uf]

Hum in CA middle school is usually only 2 years 7th and 8th well no it could also be 6th 7th and 8th

[@waltermaples3998]

@@Debbi-fj9uf Yes middle school was 6 through 8 but you have to do 12 years. Kindergarten was Just pre learning which my parents did and I Loved it. But it wasn't mandatory. But I Loved it. 😉👍❤️❤️❤️

[@Debbi-fj9uf]

@waltermaples3998 I also did preschool well headscarf, it was first year they had headstart

[@realisticthought1781]

School lunch isn't what she's saying. There's lots of options including salads and fresh veggies. She must have been at a small school

[@jadeh2699]

Not where I went to school. Nothing fresh except apples.

[@betsybabf748]

When I was in high school, and now through all my kids, there have always been many choices, including many health choices. Full salad bar, freshly made soups, a bunch of full meal lunch plates, any sandwich you want, etc. Cafeteria has a huge menu every day.

[@arthurpasseri4590]

I used to bring my lunch to school. The school I was at was behind my house, some days my friend and I went home for lunch. I walked to my school until 8th grade. High school, biked or took my dirt bike.

[@mpc817]

Lunch in my high school. Homemade food made by our lunch ladies. Fresh fruit was always available. Salad too!

[@terrencemgentry]

She's french so of course she's gonna talk about American food. I graduated in 1993. We had a salad bar & fruit.

[@makayla6963]

For where I grew up School was around 8-3:30 but we could leave and go anywhere during “open periods” K-5 in one building, 6-7 in another, 8-9 in another, and 10-12 in the high school. Lunch was about 20 minutes but you only had 5 minutes to eat after getting through the lunch line. But the food options were awesome and we also had a cafe for coffee and treats in the building. We had 8 classes a day all with different kids. It was rare to have a classmate in two of your classes. It also switches every year. I think it was easier to make friends as you had more options to find people who you were close to. Blizzards, floods, or tornados. There was always school.

[@annaschwirian7548]

Highschool is 8:20am-2:30pm in my area so is middle school. Elementary and primary school is 9:20am-3:35pm Lunch is 25 min Also with the busses, if you take a school bus especially nowadays it tends to be 2 to 3 kids to a seat and usually the first rider of the morning will be stuck on the bus for 1.5 - 2hrs thats to go about a 5 mile radius. The seats are made of polyester and there is no bathroom on the bus so you have to plan ahead.

[@bigjune29]

I high school each subject was taught by different teachers so you would switch to different classrooms every day and see different people. Plus you can also have the same friends in maybe 2 or 3 of your classes. We also had an hour lunch that was open campus so can either eat your bag lunch, buy something from the cafeteria or go out to the store or fast food.

[@revgurley]

I did have a gate-guard to keep kids from skipping class or going out to lunch. But if you have an actual emergency, or you have some appointment that you must do, then the guard would let you out. Once you get your drivers license at 16, that Junior and Senior years are soooo tempting to skip sometimes. The guard was just enough of a deterrent to keep us in line....mostly.

[@catherinefuller3633]

7:30 to 3:45 Monday-Friday or Monday -Thursday. The lunch is 30 minutes for both teacher and students. Yes you can bring your own lunch and you don’t have to eat what’s served in the cafeteria.

[@taygray6424]

I had an hour lunch break in high school. It was broken down into two 30 minutes sections and you could eat the whole time or part of the time. Some people would stay in the class they had before lunch and finish their work and then went to lunch during the last half hour. You were also able to get lunch and then go to a classroom and stay there the entire time. For me, me and my friends would text each other before lunch so we had a meetup place, then we’d go to a classroom and hang out there until lunch was over.

[@evelynsart8123]

my graduating class had 675 people, did not know all of them, but I did meet and know of almost all of them. Plus I got to meet people in the years above and below me. Also we had closed campus we were not to leave school grounds, unless it was pre-approved. School spirit was a Big thing. We had spirit week, we all went to all the sports events, to cheer on our teams. It was fun and a great place to socialize.

[@tonybologna9268]

High School Rules depends on the State and County you are in. Some High Schools are Grades 9-12 and others are 10-12 and for lunch some schools allow off campus lunch if there is actual food restaurants typically in walking distance of the school. I went to 2 different H.S. one in Miami Fl. we could leave school for lunch and it was an hour lunch break and the other H.S. I went to in Maryland didn't allow off campus lunch and I think it was 45min. lunch break. My middle school in Miami was Grades 7-9 and we changed classes roughly every hour because each class was it's own separate subject.

[@dafr3ak]

In H.S we have a homeroom class. That class is the same every year with the same people. That’s also the class you “graduate” with, even though you can choose to walk with anyone. All your subjects the students are random. You supply hang with friends between classes/break/lunches. Lunches at my school were 45min-1hr. Lunch was quick to get you chose what you wanted by getting in that line and it was basically just walk through and get your lunch. Senior you can leave the school for lunch.

[@Jenjam97]

This is my schedule in school in the US(I live in upstate New York so I don’t know if it’s different for anyone else: (Some classes were like every other day so like we have A and B days, on B days some classes would change.) 7:32-7:42- Forum 7:45-8:27-Health or on B days Gym 8:30-9:12- English 9:15-9:57-Geometry 10:00-10:27- Geometry lab, on B days it’s Choir 10:42-11:27- I have lunch that period. There’s 3 different lunch periods which are 5,6, and 7 but everyone has different lunch periods. 11:30-12:12- Study Hall or living environment lab on B days 12:15-12:57- Performing Arts 1:00-1:42-Global And end the day with living environment 1:45-2:27- living environment

[@saltydogz4657]

In my day.... years ago.... classes started at 8:30am.... school opened the doors around 7:30am I think and you were expected to be in homeroom for announcements and for the homeroom teacher to take attendance by 8:15. Which meant that by high school, I usually got there around 8:35am (perks of being a star football player - I got away with everything; of course having higher grades didn't hurt either). It took me a while to drive in, and I needed my sleep. First class began at 8:30am and about a 40 minute lunch around 11am. Last class ended at 3pm. Then if you had extracurricular activities, they usually lasted from shortly after 3pm until around 5:30 or 6pm. I played football and did debate team. You usually would get home around 6:30, eat, then do homework until around 10 or 11pm, relax, sleep, get up and do it again. Monday through Friday for classes, but there were extracurricular activities on the weekend at times. During football season, we played every Friday night, and depending on if we won or not, coach may have wanted us back for practice Saturday morning. Luckily that wasn't often.

[@bruhlognasandwich7584]

my school last from 8:30am to 3:35pm we had 7 classes a day with a 20-30 minute lunch break and a 15 minute break in between 6th and 7th to chill, grab a snack, go to the bathroom, etc.