Norma Said:

How many of you have neve been in a physical fight throughout your high school life?

We Answered:

I have been in a few fights. I believe it is good for guys to have at least one or two fights, as I feel its just part of being a guy, an experience we should have.

Joshua Said:

Do you think television portrays teen high school life poorly?

We Answered:

yes!!!!
We only get like three minutes at out lockers and we don't even have time to go stand around and talk to whomever. Also, nobody stands in the hallway talking between classes except like the higher hs grades. Also, the fashion is just unrealistic. lol. We cant even wear hats, much less belly shirts and crap. and skirts have to be down to our knees, at least. Most people (okay EVERYONE) wears jeans. lol.

Curtis Said:

How is life for an exchange high school student is south africa?

We Answered:

I think u came and asked in the wrong website. Most of the ppl here have a negative attitude towards their country, but anyway.

SA high schools are fun. My friend had an exchange student placed in her home. She isn't well off, just middleclass. She went to a nearby mixed medium school (English and Afrikaans). The school went to events like landsdiens (kinda like a camp) and interhighs (an athletics event where all the town's high schools compete and the school's cheerleaders do themed routines). Some schools (usually all boy/all girl) schools have socials where boys or girls from other schools come for a dance, some of the boys from my school were invited to Oprah Winfrey's school's social.

Some SA schools are cliquey, but most aren't because everyone dresses the same and all, but kids like having friends that are the same colour as them or who like the same type of music as them. The coursework is in most subjects is mostly South African and about our people. We have 4 school terms and holidays that are a few weeks long each. December holidays are usually the longest. We write cycle tests in term 1 and 3 and exams in term 2 and term 4. We have rcl elections where we vote for a school president, secretary, p.r.o. etc. In some schools girls can't be president or smart kids are the only ones allowed to run for the rcl or the elections are open.

Some schools have major discipline problems like bullies, gangs, drugs, fighting, bunking, racism. In other schools smart kids are unliked (like my school). Some schools will have a large number of rich or poor kids, or biracial kids, foreigners, portugeuse people, white people, black people, etc: this is usually because of the school's history, school fees (we pay here), and location. My school has a lot of portugeuse kids or biracial portugeuse kids because it is near a part of town where a lot of portugeuse people live.

We don't have lockers, but other schools rent lockers to students for something like R40 a year. Our schools are open air, meaning that classes aren't under one roof like in America. Most schools these days don't have bells, but use sirens as a bell. My school has a fingerprint machine that marks whether you are present for school or late. We have honours societies or colts that are the elite students at school and wear different colour blazers from the others. In some schools they have their own special room where they eat, relax at break, etc. Cultural events and extramurals differ. At my school we do plays, Idols competitions, science fairs, public speaking, scrapbooking, etc

In year 12/grade 12/12th grade we have a special event called a Matric dance where we go to dance dressed in formal clothes. Some girls spend thousands of rands on dresses, shoes and hair. It's kinda like prom night in America, but we don't have a Matric queen or king lol.

Hope this helped. If you're gonna go to Joburg, Pretoria or Cape Town consider yourself lucky because you'll meet lots of different people and take part in a LOT of things depending on the students' attitudes and the capability of the school to allow you to. :)

Cindy Said:

Do you think guys complicate high school life?

We Answered:

their are lots of different factors that lead to grades slipping, Boys do complicate everything (Sorry Boys) but on the other hand it depends on who you go out with, eg some girls go out with a bad boy partyier and sneak out and party all night you can guess what happens to their grades! they fall like a parachuter without a parachute. But if a girl dates a "geek or someone Intelligent and cares about school" they will do the same or better in my opinion but It also depends on you, DO YOU WANT TO DATE? if you do you should but also make it clear to the guy that you want to do well with your life and also date him round both of your time tables, if you do you can both study and date so you can have both and it will still be relatively simple for you both Don't let school be the reason not to have a boyfriend.

Phillip Said:

How has your high school life been???Do you like what you're experiencing?

We Answered:

"maybe" a 7

work is ok but i'm struggling in math so it sucks

Stanley Said:

Is high school life in America really like those in movies?

We Answered:

Well, in the high school here, people generally stay in groups. Depending on whom they are, the group may be tiny (2-4 people) or huge (10+ people), and may be totally inclusive or super exclusive. It all depends. And we don't really name the groups "the jocks" or "the emos" or whatever. And not everyone who fits under the same stereotype is in the same group/clique. Generally speaking the groups aren't very well defined; it's more like "these are my best friends" pretty much equals "this is my clique". And, of course, there are people who fit into more than one group, like I did. My best friends and I never really hung out in one big group, though some of them were mutual friends.

Jessie Said:

How to write a novel about high school life?

We Answered:

Since you are currently in High School it would be best to observe actions of people around you and yourself and write things exactly as they're seen from your eyes. I think a diary entry would be a good idea, but maybe since most teenagers are into technology these days maybe you could write them in Blog entries. Hope this helps.