1. French Differences
- Knowing good french going in to france high schools is good if not, its a sink or swim
situation.
- Four day weeks and Wednesday is a free day, and no school on saturdays any more.
- 9 o’clock til 4:30 with an hour and a half break.
- Teachers should be told a head of time if a student is to be absent.
- To be only absent if its doctor related.
- Suppose to by books for primary schools
- May return home for lunch
- Can’t bring what ever to lunch it’s regulated some what
American Differences
- 7:30 til 2:15 is when high school starts usually
- Absents you get some and it can be sick or doctors.
- books are supplied in classes
- Teachers are paid by state
- Cant leave for lunch eat at school
- 6.4 school budget
Similarities
- Summers end in August
- School supplies are expected to be bought when school starts
- No uniforms in schools
- Purchase of sports shoes and clothing's
- Buy books for universities
- Meals are supplied by school for low price
- Packed lunch also
- private schools, universities, primary schools, nurseries
After researching Belgium school systems, i found that there not much different from
American systems. They have lunches for students, but they get an hour and a half.
American schools we get an hour and a half but we all have separate divided lunches.
We both don’t wear uniforms, but we go a shorter time in the day and longer weeks. In
Belgium they go from 9- 4:30, we in america for high school go from 7:30-2:15.