BRITISH SCHOOLS ARE TERRIFYING! | Reacting to American vs. UK Schools
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It's apparent that there's one commonality between British and North American schools, and that would be the inability to teach pupils the incorrect overuse of the word 'like'.... like.
What can be more terrifying than knowing if you might get shot in school
Ruth please have a look at the first episode of Derry Girls to see how much students hated uniforms versus what parents thought about them - it’s very funny!
I think the big difference is in the UK you come out with qualifications in different subjects whereas US get a general high school diploma.
Spike on school fences are NOT to stop school children escaping but to stop others entering during evenings and weekends.
I disagree, from what I've seen and what I know, UK Schools are way more fun, with way more child independence and freedom, than USA schools.
In USA schools, students right up to age 18 are very controlled and babyified. In UK schools as the years progress, students are treated more and more like adults. And given way more independence and free will choice with how they conduct their school day. This is deliberate to increasingly teach the students self-confidence, independence and how to be a self-capable adult.
USA school kids, even into their late teens, are nearly always told precisely what to do, how to do it and when to do it. UK school kids, increasingly the further they get into their teens are deliberately allowed and given the freedom to figure out the what, how and when for themselves, with only oversight guidance from teachers.
USA schools look more glam and cooler on the surface, but only on the surface. Underneath the surface, UK school kids, especially from 16-18, have way more daily independent freedom and fun. Remembering my UK school life at 16-18 and looking at what USA school life is like at 16-18. Never would I swap UK school life, for USA school life, it would require giving up way too much independent freedom.
Thanks Andy for your input! It's interesting to see other people's perspective. In Canada/the US students are still in high school at 18 so that certainly makes sense on an independence level. However, in my grade 11/12 years it was more open with what courses I could take and I got to choose if I had periods off or not. There's also programs where you can do work placements instead of continuous study, so I think there are other ways in which our schools allow for independence. I don't know if that applies to the States, but we certainly had it in Canada. I was very grateful for my high school program as it allowed me to focus on arts and theatre in my later high school years :)
@@MeganRuth Based on what you've said, Candian Schools are then much more similar to UK and other European Countries' schools than US schools in that regard. Further, I've just done some brief research on Google and TH-cam regarding Canadian schools, and all although they have similarities to US schools. When it comes to student freedom and independence, (based on only my brief research), it looks like Canadian schools are much more aligned to UK and other European schools, than US schools.
@@andywilliams7323 fair enough! I guess we're a lot more similar than I thought!
@@MeganRuthI know in the video you said you would be reacting to the Inbetweeners.
Obviously that’s a comedy but it pretty much sums up school life, just taken to the extreme.
I was 16 years old in 1995, and it was more or less similar to the show. Except at their age I didn’t go into 6th Form. Instead I left school and went to college.
When I was a kid it was more like a UK thing in schools in my country but nowadays when my kids are going to school, touch wood, it's like more fun activities and encouraging atmosphere
School was a nightmare for me, too harrowing to watch
I never thought about the fact that americans and canadians don't have invigilators. That probably makes are british schools look crazy. lol
I don't know where she is talking about for the UK I/you could freely exit school and leave the grounds, some did have walls, some with broken glass on the top, but that was to prevent entry to neighbouring private property only. The gate either didn't exist or were open, many kids during break would go to the shop for sweets, or the chippy for dinner (dinner in the north is lunch in the south).
Teacher's were authoritarian they weren't your friend or friendly, they had to be to maintain respect and authority in school, kids were kids not adults. I often left school grounds without consequence so long as I was back in time. This was as relevant in junior school as it was in high school for every year. Only infants had a greater degree of control.
Of course my experience of school was a few decades ago, when children weren't spoilt, pampered and assumed to be idiots incapable of anything... Have things really changed that much?
Here's the bit everybody jokes about, but it's true! I walked to and from school the moment I went to junior school, and high school was 1.5 miles away across farmers fields, and I went home for my dinner...
In parts of Scotland we only have a headteacher in primary school (up to age 11/12) and a rector is in charge of schools (ages 12 to 18)
When I was in school the teachers could use physical violence on pupils, right until the mid 80's! I once had a headmaster smack me around the face in front of many people for sticking my tongue out at somebody behind their back. I was only about 10!
One thing people have previously mentioned about school uniforms is there's less room to show a difference in social status based on the clothes you can afford to wear.
Never considered it when i was at school though.
That short ties thing though was very true way back in my school days.
Already felt fairly free to do what i wanted to do back in school. You wanted yourselves basically and turned up for class.
Didn't ever have spikes on top of perimeter walls. May have been a city vs small town difference.
I guess would be more to stop people getting in that shouldn't be there (especially at weekend) - we didn't have a security guard on site 24*7.
In upper school older kids could go in and out of school freely eg. at lunch time or if you had a free session.
Hello! Thank you for sharing! Yes I've heard that about the uniform, as well. Although that doesn't prevent students from showing their class in other ways (iphones, cars, etc.)
I worked as a University Invigilator at Concordia. I guess when you went to high school your teachers supervised your exams in your regular class? Nice analysis
yes they did! They didn't pace around the room though... Thanks!
Enjoyable vid and some of the skits from the young James Corden wannabe were really well done. My kids are now in their 20s so secondary school wasn't that long ago. They did, though, go to single-sex selective grammar schools. This is something you get in Northern Ireland and England but not in Scotland and Wales. What I noticed was the grammar schools are basically exam factories BUT the upside is that there was a much more collegiate atmosphere between staff and pupils. Since they're selecting the top 5-10% of pupils then they have, generally, well-motivated pupils with few discipline problems. That engenders much more cooperation between staff and students than I ever knew in Scotland in the 70s!
Also, there's a big emphasis on clubs and extra-curricular activities such as sports teams so they'd often get to know the staff outside of the classroom.
So a good vid - but school life in the various parts of the UK is a bit more complicated than this.
Thanks, Alan!! Great insight. That’s true, many things are very different depending on which country you’re in the UK. It would have been better to have people representing all countries, not just England!
Where in Canada are you from? We have closer relationship to England than America.
I'm from Ontario! Yes, Canada is very similar to the UK, however our schools definitely reflect the US model.
That girl is from Liverpool, so the spiked railings aren't to keep the kids in, they're there to keep the thieves and hooligans out. In fairness that's not particularly a Liverpool thing, but it's fairly standard for most schools in urban Britain.
ah true!! It's just a little intense for me! But I guess if it keeps the kids safe that's all that matters :)
She said Rock Ferry at the end which is on the Wirral rather than in Liverpool
Also five guys early 2000s , dressed in bin bags, n duct tape, ran through local High school, with water pistols full of bleach n anti freeze spraying people in face as a prank, many people injured
Again uk
Reminds me of a typical episode of Skins :P
That's Cool 😎
Uk my mum was at same school, with my high school head teacher, he always threw book at me for thing's, I'm sure he had a crush, or she hurt him somehow
I'd loved too of seen you in uniform!!!! Very nice!!!! Lol 😛😊.
You go to school to learn nothing else
Did you miss punctuation day 😂
You are very naive