School Differences

School here is quite different from school in the United States. First off, a lot of the kids go a private school, there is public school but the private schools are better. I go to ISADAM which is Instituto Secundario Argentino Danes 'Alta Mira'. It is one of the best schools in Necochea. Like almost all the schools in Argentina there is a school uniform. When you think of school uniforms you normally think of a skirt with stockings with a sweater or khaki pants. You know what we normally see on tv or as I have seen other exchange students wear. Oh no, not here. My school uniform consists of navy blue sweatpants and a navy blue hoodie with a white shirt underneath. The other kids have a sweatshirt thing with school name on it, I've just been using my district 5100 hoodie because my family told me to use it. The dress code isn't too strict I guess as the kids bring other jackets and wear other shirts besides white ones underneath. You can take of the sweatshirt too if it gets too hot which is really nice as the classroom does get quite warm.

   The classes consist of geography, English, politics, history, literature, chemistry, math, and a few communication based classes. (My classmates are studying communication, there is another class studying science as well). The teachers come to you, so you never leave the classroom and school ends at different times each now as you have different classes each day. Each class is one hour long and you have a 10 minute break in between each class session. Sometimes you'll have two sessions of a class but you still get that break which is super nice.
 

   The breaks are crazy, the kids can literally do whatever they want. They throw desks, play fútbol, and socialize. You can go get a snack and walk around the school. When you bell rings, it's more like a heads up that the break is over and you don't have to be in the classroom at all. The teachers sometimes don't even come until 10 minutes after the bell rings anyways so yeah. Homework does exist but they don't get as much as I do at my school.
 

  The grading system is all numbers and range from 1-10 with 1 being really bad and 10 being excellent. 7+ is passing. They do trimester and your score needs to be over 21 points in order to pass that class and not have to take summer school or whatnot.
 

  School does matter here but not as much. You don't have to have decent grades to go to university, in fact you can fail a lot of classes and still go! The universities just want your money basically so they don't care about much stuff.
 

  The teachers sometimes decide to not go to school and teach the class so it's normal to have random days off of school. If a teacher doesn't come to teach then you go home, there is no such thing as subs here.
 

   I really don't know which school I like better both are really different but I like them both. Argentine school is really nice as it is super different from our and I love the change, but the United States I can chose all my classes and whatnot. Both have there pros and cons but doesn't everything?