same, and the only time we're allowed to is a break/lunch time or in class we had to ask in class. In the hallways we had to keep it on and our hallways are always burning hot
In Britain, it's now 100% exam.. NO percent coursework. There are 22 exams taken over a month period, including 4 English exams where you have to memorise 3 entire texts from different points in history, including historical context, because it's now also _closed book_ (one of those texts is a whole bloody Shakespeare play) and 15 poems, because we need to know about poets and their lives for some reason😒. And there are now 3 maths exams instead of 2. Also instead of As and Bs, you get a grade between 1 and 9 and no one bloody knows what the hell those *actually* mean. I have these exams, known formally as GCSEs, in a month. Death would be a mercy at this point.
I’m in yr 11 now and can assure you this is what its like, currently procrastinating studying for a maths and philosophy and ethics GSCE I have tomorrow that are both 100% of our final grade. Not to mention our results now depends on the national average, basically in competition with everybody in the UK, so I’m praying everyone finds it hard to lower the grade boundies !
Underscore Zero I don’t see how having on average 20 exams in the period of a month is “making a big deal” out of something. I’m sure you are comparing your exams to ours and let’s just say...they are hard. Much harder than the previous examinations. I know quiet a few student doing 30 exams. Just imagine that, 2 fairly large exams nearly every day..... Not fun. So please don’t be an ass about these things unless you are doing them and your a fucking genius.
If you're from England, (I don't know if they have this at all schools but they did in my primary school and they do in my high school) you'll understand that non-uniform days are heaven. ♥
I live in the USA and I've moved around a lot and in about 80% of the schools I've gone to (that's like 8/10) I've had a uniform. I think it's just the region so it's not only England that has uniforms & those highly anticipated non-uniform days.
Lol i think its normal, you must know all knowledges that can include in test. For me its obviously, but I'm from Russia and of course we have differences in education
I can't speak for the UK's education but the US system is becoming more and more about how good you are at test taking and less about less about actually learning anything. It's insane.
+Simon Taylor Not necessarily true. I've had smart people in my class, freeze up under the pressure of a test and forget everything and fail the test even though they knew their stuff. every....singe.....time... This is why at some schools they have an option to do a verbal test. where someone (normally a teacher) sits down and asks you questions and you explain it. People people who freeze when the test paper is on their desk tend to do be fine if they pretend they are just having a smart conversation with their teacher. And then you get those kids who goof off all year, study the day before the test....pass the test...and then immediately forget everything because they just memorized the answers, and didn't actually learn anything.
If u want to talk about differences in schools in America vs UK then u really need someone who goes to school now, because a lot of stuff they talk about has changed or they don’t remember it properly.
That’s true a lot of things has changed in the US bc I live in the South and something’s that he said has changed even when my parents went to school it’s changed
One moment that annoys most British children: looking for a back to school hacks video and finding that 80% of the hacks are for American schools (Outfits,backpacks,locker decorating etc.). WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYY?!
Everytime I picture school in America I just picture High School Musical... I'd be upset if I went to school there and nobody was performing choreographed dance routines in the cafeteria
+CarissaTProjects with the school that I go to, I can say with 100 percent confidence that there is dancing and singing in the cafeterias whether we want it or not.
Love Life It isn’t a joke, it’s a fact. I find the gun laws in America stupid. People are being killed and injured on an almost daily basis. I find it offensive that you are making assumptions because I made a comment about my belief that you don’t agree with. Get over yourself.
In my school (Christian all girls, in England) our own *skirts*, just one, is like, £23, and you can only buy them (including shirts and blazers)at one place because they all have this stupid look to them that makes them impossible to find anywhere. Like my shirt is white, with thin red stripes and a dipped neckline, and every all girls secondary school has different shirt colours, but nooo, the boys schools all have simple grey pants and plain white shirts that you can buy everywhere. Because we just have to make girls uniforms more expensive An FYI, is that I have a younger brother in an all boys school and he has an easy to fugue dress code
Yeah, that's bullshit reasoning. Because kids will find any reason to bully other kids. Also, school uniforms have been around for WAY before mainstream education was created in the victorian age for the poorer children to be educated. Uniforms were for the posh kids to identify them as part of public schools. They were advertised as symbols of pride and idenitfied them as part of that institution. And they're used in that same way now. Much like with prisoners, they get you to wear the same uniform to strip you of individual identity. And they cover it with excuses like it's meant to stop bullying poor kids over their clothes, or it prepares you for life after school, or my personal favourite 'it creates a sense of unity and pride in representing the school'. Just what are they taking to come up with this rubbish?
I would've just responded with "Then explain something properly so I understand" but we didn't even have a chance to ask questions because of the teachers
I’m British and I also ask a lot of questions and one of my teachers put her hand on my face because I kept asking questions so when i went home I told my mum and she came to the school and told the head teacher and I never saw that teacher ever again
In Australia the school year starts at the end of january and goes until end of november/start of december. The year is split into what we call four school "terms" and after each term is a 2 week holiday and at the end of the year we have 8 weeks Christmas holiday before we start the next school year. It's pretty great
+JackyJety Games Depends on your school. State schools generally only give 6, but private schools sometimes give an extra week or two depending on your year level. At my school our final term in yr 10 and 11 was only 8 weeks long. It is even less in yr 12 since they finish in week 7. The rest of the school finishes part way in week 9.
They say for the uniform that it reduces bullying and reduces social inequality; the idea is that if everyone dresses the same, no one can be bullied for the way they dress if they all dress the same and also that children are less likely to feel bad or be bullied because they can't afford nice clothes.
They say it but its complete bullshit. A) They will bully for how you where it as much as what you would wear anyways B) They have non-uniform days anyways except we need to pay for them C) bullies will bully over literally anything, if you dress different then you are different so your definitely getting bullied anyways. My school made up the excuse that's its to easily spot the people who aren't supposed to be in there. The only people who are going to be sneaking into a school will be easily spotted even if they wear a uniform.
In my school they used to make you take of any jumper that wasn’t the right colour. We had to wear grey jumpers or the maroon school blazer. A lot of people in the first year walked in with black jumpers or really dark grey and were told to change.
Blasian Gurl nahh I live in UK i usually to wear a hoodie in school, someone wore it and a teacher didn’t notice it so I wore a hoodie like Fews time then one day they sent me home ahaha
I live in America, and that’s how it was for my middle school! Kids kept making fun of one another based on the style of the clothing. So the principal got us to wear uniforms so then kids could stop the constant bickering on other students clothes!
I just have one question, where on earth did he go to school? I'm American and my school is nothing like that. The only thing I get participation points in is choir and gym. Our tests are worth 70% as are projects if they're put in as a test grade.
I had a phys Ed final. I also has a choir final. It's not as easy as it seems. If there was a review then the teacher mare it a bit harder for a test. Also I was able to wear a backpack.
Jeanette Rochelle Your tests go into the grade book as 100%? That doesn't make sense. Is your homework, projects, quizes, etc. not worth anything? The tests at my school are 100 point tests but they are worth 70% or my overall grade whereas homework is only worth 30% or my overall grade. You're saying that your tests are worth 100% of your grade which doesn't make sense.
Bethany it actually does, out GCSE'S have been changed to 100% tests as the government thought it was too easy to changed it to the same style as about 20 years ago. And I'm in the uk so we have have stupid grades and gradebooks
I'm British and once every school year we had non school uniform day where you brought in a pound and wore your own clothes to school rather than your school uniform!
in england you don't choose what you're doing at 17 you choose at 14 AT 14 YEARS of age, because i know my whole future at 14, for some schools it's 13
ro ro your options at 14 don't really limit you that much, as you can still do the majority of a levels with just the core subjects, however your a level subjects massively affect your university options, so it is technically 16
+Rachel knight I'm not sure about your school but at mine we pick what we are doing for our GCSE's at the end of year 9 (13 or 14) so until your 16 thats what your doing and you'll follow that on in sixth form, you don't have to keep to those subjects but it's better if you do as thats what you've chosen for your GCSE.
I chose my GCSEs at 13 and it did matter because i am now moving onto A-levels and I cant do history because I didn't do it for GCSE and that means i cant do what I wanted to do when i am older... so my life sucks because of the stupid British education system.
+Holly taylor how can you know that you want to do history if you didn't do it for GCSEs. Like that ridiculous if your basing you a level option on a subject you took when you were 13. GCSE history is so much hard work and a level is even harder. Your school won't let you take history because you would have to pick up the techniques and knowledge that other students have been learning and practising for 2 years. Your teachers won't have the time to spend extra time with you to get you up to the level you need to be at to do a level history. If you knew what you wanted to do you should have taken more consideration in your options.
Wtf American schools are not like that. It's hard like UK this guy was just lucky with the school he went to most classes are 60% tests and 30% assignments and like 10% class work for me at least
i love this series but it's so hard because while america is different than other countries america is also different than america. culturally it's like 8 different countries.
@@user-ez4ny5kd7x People who live in the United States do not think of N. & S. America as one continent. When we say "America" it is short for United States of America not the continent. We would say "North America" if we were talking about our continent.
CNN: World Leader of Fake News America is N&S, “America” is the USA. If they say America, Other people may pick it up as the two continents, The USA isn’t the only country on earth.
We had pyjama day once a year and that was it, nothing else. Even if it was for charity you couldn't go in non uniform. You had to wear your school uniform AND bring in a pound
Not really because the UK is known for higher stabbing rates whereas America is more death by gun. Plus this is how America goes : The North and South want guns; why? Because hunting is a BIG thing. In exchange the east and west coast pretty much do the decision making.
It is horrible. It's all about having the correct uniform, having your tie a particular length, keeping your shirt tucked in and saying yes miss and no sir. There's bearly any teaching of anything useful like life skills, it's mainly just how to behave and stay in your lane.
My biggest gripe with School Uniform is that teachers always have a go at people who misbehave outside of school in uniform, and they say it's bad publicity. 1) This isn't a business 2) WHY THE FUCK DO WE HAVE UNIFORMS THEN?!?!?!
So people don't have the stress of having to look cool or wear popular clothes and teachers don't have to worry about students wearing shirts with pictures of dicks and beheaded people on them lol
becker boo Work has a dress code, and a dress code is all that is needed. Smart Casual, for example. A bit of individuality goes a long way. If everyone came into work with a pin striped suit, and a maroon and gold tie, would anyone truly be happy with that?
Uniforms aren't so bad - it puts everyone on a level playing field because it makes sure kids aren't excluded based on what clothes they can or can't afford etc. Also not having to figure out an outfit everyday = more sleep.
+Maddy Taylor It's not so good when everything is AU$100-200 each :') But it definitely makes life easier haha. And I guess in many ways, it teaches discipline, and your ability to do things whether you like it or not. Most people will say that's a bit harsh, but there are always things we don't want to do in life, but need to.
the disturbing thing about that is, we know kids will be mean to other kids about their clothes but instead of addressing the problem that some kids will be jerks to other kids and teaching them someones worth or how you get to treat them isn't based on what clothes they can afford, we just avoid the situation altogether by wearing uniforms and pretend its not an issue. The not having to pick clothes every morning is a perk I guess but self expression is also thrown out the window.
I would honestly hate having to wear a uniform. Your clothes are a way to express yourself whether that's dressing fashionably or like me and just throw on what's comfortable.
Yeah in England we have a week (2 for Xmas and Easter) every 7-9 weeks so it's just as bad as America except u guys get a long ass summer for doing the same time in school as us 😂😂 its fucked up
Well Intelligence isn't how much you know it how you apply it if you learn a bunch of nonsense that your never gonna use what's the point in learning it I personally like that every thing you do counts but in my high school we don't get a participation grade and it 50 percent test a 50 percent everything else
Okay I live in America but my school is no where near as easy as you made it seem, so I think this is regional? The way we're graded varies from teacher to teacher because they make that decision, but usually we get graded 75% on tests/quizzes/projects. The rest is homework. I think it's only easy for elementary and middle school. Also we're allowed to wear backpacks.
In the uk you don't get graded from teacher to teacher, it's so that if the teacher is bias to a student they can't fiddle with the score so they get sent to profession examiners which monitor the computers that mark the exam papers. And he said that his school wasn't aloud to wear backpacks because of the gun law, which makes alot of sense in my opinion
We had many shootings at my school and we're still allowed to wear backpacks. Look up "shooting at West Orange High School of Florida." We just have to walk through metal detectors some days.
good to know! omg this video just blown my mind, the education system in America he said sound like something from a kindergarten might have(bad example, but you know what I meant)
My mum had to call in the school to say that I needed to go to the toilet because my teacher wouldn't let me out!!!! (In Britain btw) it's absolutely ridiculous
emma R all teachers let me go without saying anything...they never let anyone else go as easily as me and I don't have like an illness that means I have to be allowed out or anything...it's crazy!!
I'm in the UK and we have uniforms so kids can't pick on others for dressing differently and it looks a lot smarter. Also we have a lot of GOOD education too ya know
You can probably wear a trash bag @ mine and not get bullied, since most of the students are too tired to care, or busy with other stuff. Like you'll see some kids in suits/ dresses, while others are in t-shirt+ leggings or jeans/ pjs / etc. all the time¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My previous school had uniforms, but they wouldn't let you go to class if you weren't wearing the correct stuff- wrong colored socks/ no belt/ etc., so the system just never made sense for me, but I always thought the UK uniforms were pretty cute though. American btw
@@milly5469 I hate how in secondary school you don't get to wear proper summer uniforms like in primary; 'just take your blazer off and that your summer uniform'
Tina Z. some uniforms are ok but some are absolutely disgusting and look shite like my school used to have tight skirts and we would roll them up so they were like middle skirts and now we have these below the knee pleated skirts and we have to wear a blazer with them 🤮
As a Canadian, I find it so interesting because we remain so close to the British but America is literally right beside us so we take things from each. Grading system is more like the uk while dress code is American. And things like holidays are somewhere in between.
Emma's reactions throughout this whole video were my reactions throughout this whole video :( not fair, America seems great (except the carrying books in your hands and then they get rudely hit out of them thing)
Also just to add to the vs section, in the UK you spend so much money on the stupid school uniform and then once you finish you have to magically find money to buy normal clothes because you only have a limited collection for the weekend but you need normal clothes for college and 6th form :/
+Farren Downing and it's not unheard of for a 'set' of uniform to cost over £100 either. At my old (all girls, state school, though it is now an academy), the skirt (, which has a rather unique design and no option for trousers) and blazers (again no option to find a cheaper one) now both cost over £40 each and you obviously need more than one skirt, and the blouse (which isn't white, so you can't buy that elsewhere either) isn't white either. (also a lot of money has to go down the drain on stupid bloody tights!) I seriously love my old school, but it's rather ridiculous. There's also a rather extensive pe uniform. Things like this are just awful for people who don't have a lot of money.
Evie Fletcher Yes well you are a very lucky person, those schools are few and far between :/ but oh well I did my time at school and now I'm free to do whatever instead of being forced to do p.e and languages and maths etc, I just wish it was slightly different, nevermind
***** exactly! You know where it's at. I've been in that exact same position (except I had a mix school) and it's awful because tbh I'd rather have that money to buy other stuff with :/
Perhaps there is a different standard here in America like that of following your dreams that don’t involve college. I also find it hard to believe that over half of Americans drop out. I really do.
I actually think it depends on the school you go to bc i live in the US but my break only goes from the END of June to the beginning of September so for me it's 2 months, but still better than 6 weeks, so good luck to you guys!!
''why didnt you do your homework?" "why didnt you go to school?" "why didnt you do this assessment?" "why werent you listening?" i had explosive diarrhea.
Mollie Svenson nah tech used to be course work for 60% I think it was until people started cheating so now computing is all exams meaning you have to write lines of code on paper
ok so here we go.. USA: easy mode UK: Hard mode Belgium: Hardcore mode China : Expert mode India: Veteran mode Any other 3rd world country: You will not survive mode
You're right. I have to study for 4 test, I have to do 1 book report and 2 essays, and I get about 4-5 things to do for homework. it's the 2nd week of school.
Yep. That's the real reason. But teachers tended to try and persuade us by saying that it's to help us for our future. It's much better than saying 'it's to cover up the people with less money' ... I'm not bashing that idea btw, I think it's good they try and prevent bullying
i still don't really agree with it tho, since kids will bully each other anyway. if it's not over clothes, they'll find something else. idk just my thoughts
Mrbrain bob in Britain we have to big tests one in our middle school and high school put together (secondary school that we leave at 16) and our school before that (primary school that we leave at the age 11) in primary we have the SAT exam the end of primary exam and in secondary we have our GCSE exam which is a thing we are required to have basically end of secondary exam we need this to get jobs as a sign we have completed school and depending on how good you did at certain subjects depends on which jobs you can get
I'm not sure where he went to school , but it sounds really, really lax! I m American and my grades were like 40 per cent tests/ 20 per cent class work/ 10 per cent homework /10 per cent participation. No one gave you credit for just " showing up to class. I think he is just making stuff up.
LegendaryUlk I garuntee it's not 100% because then so many children wouldn't even show up to school to do any homework there'd be absolutely no incentive to come to school unless there was a test every day
Tiffany Barber then that's pretty stupid of that school to do, without hw having any influence such as grading kids will have no incentive to do that homework and won't even come to school until there's tests.
Lol I absolutely agree that it's stupid, but u get absolutely murdered if u don't show up to school. Plus i have quite bad anxiety,especially with exams and I legit had 3 panic attacks in my end of yr 9 exams
You lucky human. My school had houses in the 20s BUT NOT ANY MORE HAHA POTTERHEADS SUFFER OUR WRATH. *cries in corner wishing she could be in nonspecific blue house*
He'd like it less if he didn't have a job... or he became ill with a condition that his insurance excluded from future claims and it returned later in life. Ah yes, American healthcare... definitely all about health, not at all about rinsing people for every last penny.
Minnesota is actually one on the few states that waits till September to start. Many other states start in the end of August. Minnesota has lots of farming
In my English school I fell behind in age so I chose my gcse options at *12 YEARS OLD* and I didn’t know what to pick so I developed anxiety and now have panic attacks easily and I had to leave my favourite things, that I was good at, to do things that would *maybe if I was lucky* get me into my desired university. Oh and one last thing... ThE BleEp TeST.
Shigaraki’s smile makes My knees weak A word of advice, GCSE options won’t matter for university. Rather, it’s a levels that matter for uni. For most courses in any good university, they don’t look at what you chose for gcse and some just take a glance on your grades. For example if you wanted to study a pe based subject in University, but you didn’t do pe for gcse. That won’t matter as long as you did a level pe or something
American PE (My experiences) FUN FUN MOST OF YOUR GRADES Here is me ranting about PE. First of all, in my school it was not PE it was Physical and Health Education. We had participation grades. We wrote essays every two weeks. We had to do a HUGE project for missing any number of days at school, and had the number of days we missed to complete it (some examples of the projects: collage of favorite sports [with essay on back explaining it], mock news article of sport [with very detailed rubric], full length analytical essay on a sports game, ect...). As well as all of this, we were graded on other physical proficiency (how good you are at playing the sports) and we had a dance unit. A DANCE UNIT! Not only that, we line danced to pop songs. To make this even worse, there were make up miles on Tuesdays after school. Only Tuesdays after school. Also, there were kids who would sit and watch people run the make up miles and make fun of the slow kids (like me). The worst was the track unit. You run at least a mile every day, whether it's testing endurance, sprinting, or relay races. Relay races are basically COME AND EMBARRASS ALL THE SLOW CHILDREN WHO HAVE MEDICAL DISABILITIES. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd people who finished the sprints or endurance training got to sit out (never once me). Also, we were graded on our BMIs. Mile Grading Rubric (male and female): 6 min mile: You're a cool kid A+ 7 min mile: A 8 min mile: A- 9 min mile: B 10 min mile: c+ 11min mile: D 12 min mile or longer: F And this was a middle school. Don't move to America.
I swear the education in the UK is so depressing. Americans you guys have it so easy, you don't understand how lucky you are. Gaining points for just raising your hands😮
Mito MJ it's not that he lied, it's that different states in the US have different rules in education. His school must've been pretty easy and lax unlike mine which is absolutely terrible
@@Temp_C but you dont pay taxes. here, you pay taxes for the rest of your life (or you go to jail) and thats more than 50k bills for surgery and when you pay taxes not only are you paying for yourself but the WHOLE country. *Sometimes* Surgery can cost money (depends) so we pay taxes AND 50k bills for surgery
In my school (Oi Oi my fellow Brits) We aren't allowed our phones out whatsoever otherwise they'll be confiscated for the rest of the day/week. Not to mention that the classrooms are filthy ;-;
What about college?? Phones not allow in my college unless the teacher ask you to take your phone out for rescreah. I just leave my phone on the table just incase of emergency. They are fine with it. And I get very anxious in classes so I take the phone or something in my hand to calm myself.
The British System isn't fucked up, it's effective. Coursework followed by exams is traditional and educational, and being told what's going to be on the test is stupid! Yes, exams are stressful to hell, but it makes us Brits a lot more resilient and able. Also, we get a lot of support from teachers (well I personally do), so we actually learn a lot, and generally benefit because of this. Also, with universities, in the UK you get to focus on one subject that you're good at - you don't waste time on random topics you'll never use in the future, nor do you procrastinate on what you want to actually /do/ in the future. Being forced into choosing speeds up the process and allows you to tailor your education to *you*.
Also, I don't know when/what school Emma went to, but we pick 4 GCSEs in year 10 (9th grade), as well as beginning the GCSE courses for mandatory subjects (English, Maths, Science, PE). As well, most UK university courses are 3 years long, not 4.
Brits are not more resilient and able. People can say that the public school system in America sucks, but we have the best universities in the world. We are actually making a difference with all the new advancements in technology and medicine. All Brits care about is football..they haven't done anything substantial in years.
+sabershot2360 Brits have done many things for the advancement for technology in the last 20 also I would say by universities overall Britain can give most American universities a run for their money. If you're going to make bold statements like that at least back it up with some evidence because to be honest your just sounding like a stereotypical nationalist doushebag.
My school uniform policy is the WORST Blazers must be worn on the corridor at all times No jewellery or earrings No badges except for school badges Black socks and black leather shoes must be worn No nail polish or acrylic or false nails No unnatural hair colours or extreme hairstyles Top button must be fastened at all times Skirts mustn't be shorter that knee length It's HORRIBLE
***** 😟 ikr My school has conduct and uniform cards so if something is wrong with your uniform a teacher asks for it and puts a mark on it and if you get 5 marks before 4th Period you get a 1 hour detention and if you have nail polish or makeup on, all teachers are required to keep nail polish remover and makeup wipes in their classrooms and will make you take it off, which is really unfair because my friend did a pantomime show and she couldn't get all her stage makeup off so she got in loads of trouble
I am from the UK and want to move to America. Also did anyone else in Senior School have to take a whole Week of straight exams from year 7-9 before GCSE's
C Osburn I mean if you’re okay with the 50/50 chance of your school getting shot up at any point in time when you’re just trying to get an education be my guest; but they’re making our grades a lot about tests now and a lot of schools don’t have ‘participation points?’
Omg you need to make a new video with the new 1-9 gcse system I took mine last year and it's even harder now! Plus my year were the first to do 1-9 across all our exams 😭
Lizzy Kelley at least the grade boundaries are way more lenient. People are coming out with straight 8s compared to before when someone getting straight A*’s was practically unheard of.
@@baileyharrison1030 not I wasn't they introduced it cos people were doing too well I swear... I have heard plenty of straight As and one or two straight a* but straight 9s are rare
+Red because who would rather pay a little more in taxes than have to pay ridiculous amounts of money when you need health care? I don't get hurt, I'm even immune to accidents.
+António Bezerra i'd much rather pay a little extra and know im covered whereas if i had to pay that'd mean like paying bed rent and stuff and i would hate that because it can get expensive... at least im not made cripplingly poor because of an accidental bump on the head!:)
I am in year 9 in the UK and they are changing the whole thing. Instead of grading by letters we are getting graded by numbers 😔. Other horrible stuff too...
As a child, I always wondered why guys in American movies would "carry a girl's books for them" to be romantic. I thought "haven't they heard of a backpack?" I had literally no idea that back packs were banned because they might be carrying a gun! I am so appauled that a country would get to the state where kids taking guns to school is a common issue. Now I understand why people in American movies are always getting stuff from their locker. Shocking.
Most schools in America allow you to have backpacks, he definitely went to a strange school lol. And it's romantic in older movies because they didn't have backpacks a long time ago, kids would carry their books by strapping a belt around them to bind them. But some reason the romance still carries til this day in movies.
+SixtySecondYoga Yoga Not always guns. In lower income areas where kids had to take the bus and then walk or just walk straight home from school, they might have to pass through unfriendly neighborhood or just a gang area and would carry knives and the like for protection when alone.
How I feel to have to go to school in england: 1 we have to pay to were non school uniform 2 there are sooooooo many tests 3 we have to slowly bake in our blazers because we aren't allowed to take them off 4 everything has to be colour coded (black or navy) 5 we dont get ANY hints whatsoever about wahts going to be on the test 😭😭😭😭😭
@@jeff21killersep54 thats exactly what we do but somehow what we get taught at school and study for is nothing compared on what we get on the test, like i dont get the point of them teaching us stuff that was supposed to be on the test but somehow wasn't and now i'm gonna fail school because they taught me stuff (and i studied the wrong shit for months) that wasn't on a piece of paper, one of the reasons why i envy american/Canadian schools
@@jeff21killersep54 We have a brief idea of how to answer them but when you have to memorise like 15 poems it isn't that easy to remember everything. I do understand what you mean but Britain isn't that nice anymore😂
Jeff21killer Sep we have study eight to nine topics for our GCSEs. And in those topics is 30+ miniature topics like maths isn’t just 1 add 1 is 2 there is division, subtracting, long multiplication, algebra and is our tests 15 or more of those topics in a singular big topic will be in the test
Oh man, I wish I went to the same school that Evan did, I would've left school as a brainiac 😂🤓 Also, American schools seems way more fun than the ones in the UK
Guys there's very good reasons for having a uniform. The main one being it minimises bullying related to having or not having the latest clothing, brand names etc. That also reduces financial pressure on parents for buying lots of clothing for their kids if the majority of their time they're wearing a school uniform.
People still make fun of other girls trousers though... Because they said they have to be really baggy and then they didn't enforce it, so my friend had a really baggy pair from the actual school shop and people kept laughing at her...
+Ariel Griffiths A recent government report on the cost of school uniforms shows that for the UK the average spend on a blazer is £34.05... "over £100" is clearly not the norm. Does your friend go to a public (fee-paying) school? Report: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/436576/RR474_Cost_of_school_uniform.pdf
I hate going to school here I'm in like year 10 or 'sophomore' as Americans would call it and honestly the curriculum has changed so now our grades are based 100% on exams, therefore coursework is no longer relevant to your marks. I have to crash study for the next two years in order to get into the top 5% in the nation in order to be accepted into Cambridge. Then I have to do my A levels which have been fucked with as well and made 20x harder. We get a holiday like every 3 months so it's 3 long hard months of doing 4 extra lessons asides from compulsory maths English language and literature and triple science. We have to have counselling in our school and art therapy due to the mental effects it has on us.
I love Year 11 :) I'm the last year of the good old system (except for English and Maths). I know you that in Year 10 it seems like the next 2 years are set for doom but, although you will have moments which will be hell, 99% of the time it all goes fine. Because at the end of the day, if you go on to A Levels no one cares about your GCSEs. No one. Even Oxbridge, as they've brought back their entrance paper. So don't sweat it, just bag a few 7s and 8s and you'll be fine. 9s are overrated. No one gets them. You gotta remember that you're learning practically the same stuff other students have been for years, the testing format is just different. Some people like it, some don't. I personally don't but we're stuck with it. It's the same system from the O Level system. I just count myself lucky because I have the grades to cope under the new system, I feel sorry for those losing out because the foundation papers have been scrapped. Anyway, I've rambled way too much. Just keep going, it gets better (and a little bit worse at times but there's good stuff coming, I promise)
I'm year 10 here as well, and since I did a couple GCSEs last year I can say the difference (in the language exams at least) is MADNESS. Everything got just that little bit more complicated and I'm now dreading mocks/yr11 :/
+Rebecca // It depends where you go to school in America. Evan went to a very relaxed school based on what he said. For example, the only class I've ever gotten participation grades in is Spanish and that's only 10% of the grade. The most homework has ever been for a class I've taken is 15% Tests at my school are generally worth 50% with quizzes at an additional 30%, so 80% total is examinations. That's not including the classes with final exams. The final exams are worth a 5th quarter grade, so 20% of your grade is the final exam. But every teacher has a different system and they are each allowed to decide how much each assignment is worth. Some teachers just given points for each assignment and don't sort it into categories at all.
+Thalia that still sounds a lot easier than the UK schooling system. ours is literally 100% final exam now that coursework has been removed because it made it 'too easy'. that is why we're so stressed and anxious all the time, because if you do badly in that one exam or 2 exams then you will fail the whole subject. for example, I did psychology this year and got As in every piece of work I did for the whole year and I actively participated all the time. however, I got a D overall for the year (and 50% of my A level to get me into uni) because I fucked up on the second exam and got an E. now I'm screwed.
I always thought: "Wow there are so many good students in the US" and then I watched this video... My teacher will only give me a 1 (=A) when I'm better than her?! And we have to speak a lot in our lessons as well, but it's not "oh I'm going to raise my hand and then I am going to get a good grade". You have to say really good stuff and say it well formulated. By the way I'm not from Great Brittan, I'm from Germany.
Idk what school he went to but most schools aren't like this our grade is mostly tests about 70%-80% it may have been that way back when he went but now it's nothing like that except for participation we do still have that
I’m currently getting my masters in the UK and I feel you so much Evan when you say “It was so much easier in the US. I just didn’t realize it at the time.” I miss having mini assignments to boost up my grades.
In some schools in England, you have to get permission to take off your blazer even if it's unbearably hot
I know ugh
That rules applies in my school, unfortunately.
In my school if you come late you get detentions at lunch for half and hour and the next day after school
Same...
same, and the only time we're allowed to is a break/lunch time or in class we had to ask in class. In the hallways we had to keep it on and our hallways are always burning hot
America: here's everything that's on the test
England: memorize 15 poems, you have to guess which one comes up
America does that too
Edgy Username lmao you guys have it really easy
@@dietcherryyycoke a 69% is a failing grade in the u.s
Havid Burgos I don’t care your tests are easier
Havid Burgos lmao you try getting an a in gcse 🤦🏻♀️
In Britain, it's now 100% exam.. NO percent coursework. There are 22 exams taken over a month period, including 4 English exams where you have to memorise 3 entire texts from different points in history, including historical context, because it's now also _closed book_ (one of those texts is a whole bloody Shakespeare play) and 15 poems, because we need to know about poets and their lives for some reason😒.
And there are now 3 maths exams instead of 2.
Also instead of As and Bs, you get a grade between 1 and 9 and no one bloody knows what the hell those *actually* mean. I have these exams, known formally as GCSEs, in a month.
Death would be a mercy at this point.
Aamina Saleh
Oh calm down. You're making a great big deal out of nothing.
Underscore Zero I said it exactly how it is. Besides, are you doing these exams? Going by that comment, I'd say no.
I’m in yr 11 now and can assure you this is what its like, currently procrastinating studying for a maths and philosophy and ethics GSCE I have tomorrow that are both 100% of our final grade. Not to mention our results now depends on the national average, basically in competition with everybody in the UK, so I’m praying everyone finds it hard to lower the grade boundies !
Katy cockerill GOOD LUCK TO YOU! I'm *praying* for low grade boundaries.
Underscore Zero I don’t see how having on average 20 exams in the period of a month is “making a big deal” out of something. I’m sure you are comparing your exams to ours and let’s just say...they are hard. Much harder than the previous examinations. I know quiet a few student doing 30 exams. Just imagine that, 2 fairly large exams nearly every day.....
Not fun.
So please don’t be an ass about these things unless you are doing them and your a fucking genius.
English schools don't have jocks, we have roadmen
Abbi Saunders except jocks are popular. Road men are just poor kids who like to shout at strangers on the street
@@baileyharrison1030 lmao true
@@baileyharrison1030 I see no lie 😂
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@@rainykim.9663 for real fam
If you're from England, (I don't know if they have this at all schools but they did in my primary school and they do in my high school) you'll understand that non-uniform days are heaven. ♥
MissUnicorno mufty days
MissUnicorno The only reason I envy Americans
I live in the USA and I've moved around a lot and in about 80% of the schools I've gone to (that's like 8/10) I've had a uniform. I think it's just the region so it's not only England that has uniforms & those highly anticipated non-uniform days.
MissUnicorno Yasshhh I agree they are heaven for us Brits
MissUnicorno no not really. non uniform days are pretty much judgement day in my school
"memorise this entire book, and we'll pick the one you weren't good at" : story of my life
Lol yeah pretty much😂
Lol i think its normal, you must know all knowledges that can include in test. For me its obviously, but I'm from Russia and of course we have differences in education
I can't speak for the UK's education but the US system is becoming more and more about how good you are at test taking and less about less about actually learning anything. It's insane.
Exactly the same in the UK
Its getting so so bad i know and im right in the middle of it its just awful
+blackandblue10 It's the same everywhere I guess.
+blackandblue10 Funny, because I thought test taking is about how well you have learned the subject...
+Simon Taylor Not necessarily true.
I've had smart people in my class, freeze up under the pressure of a test and forget everything and fail the test even though they knew their stuff. every....singe.....time... This is why at some schools they have an option to do a verbal test. where someone (normally a teacher) sits down and asks you questions and you explain it. People people who freeze when the test paper is on their desk tend to do be fine if they pretend they are just having a smart conversation with their teacher.
And then you get those kids who goof off all year, study the day before the test....pass the test...and then immediately forget everything because they just memorized the answers, and didn't actually learn anything.
If u want to talk about differences in schools in America vs UK then u really need someone who goes to school now, because a lot of stuff they talk about has changed or they don’t remember it properly.
That’s true a lot of things has changed in the US bc I live in the South and something’s that he said has changed even when my parents went to school it’s changed
true, however this video is from 2015 when the A*-C system was in place, not the 9-1
School shooting..
That's a valid point. I left school 17 years ago and I certainly hope shit has changed since then. lol
@@Simplyjasmaine Same for Britain. I mean the entire grading system changed like two years ago!!
america: 3 month
england: 6 weeks
me sittin right here in indonesia where you only get 2 weeks
Rest in peace child.
Zavier Daza rip
Zavier Daza in Nepal u only get like 1 day for new years break,not 2 weeks
Damn. Good to see you survive!
Lol
Zavier Daza we have 7 weeks in Scotland
If your from the uk. You know about the hell of the bleep test
Don't remind me
I did it today since I'm from Ireland and the school system is the exact same✨
+* sakurairis * and how was it for you
+Muneeb Ahmed aha I got to level 4 point something（＾∇＾）
What's the bleep test?
With the new system in England your grade is 100% based off a test
Not always depends what subjects you take
For subjects like ART and PHOTOGRAPHY
It's 100% coursework or 80% coursework and 20% written test
Since when was photography a class?
@@14kshells19 college
EONTrixie photography was a gcse at my school and was very similar to the structure of art
but americans didnt have half terms we were on holiday at some point every month
ham_sandwich39🐢 it’s every 2 months
i had half terms im pretty sure
Depends on which state you live in
Are half terms also called midterms? We have those
@@zippy4637 its a week or two, totalling 7 weeks not including summer or 8 in primary with 1 less in summer
I'm in the education system in America now and it has definetly changed from when he went to school.
Hello fellow fandom!
true! for precal, if i didnt get a good score, my grade goes down baaad
It hasn't changed in my school
+Maddi Laubscher same, my school is super lenient and easy
Most of it
One moment that annoys most British children:
looking for a back to school hacks video and finding that 80% of the hacks are for American schools (Outfits,backpacks,locker decorating etc.). WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYY?!
IKR
yep it always gets to me 😑😢
+Anna The Best BanANNA Yes oml. Basically all I can do in them videos is wrap some tape around my pencils and pens like wtf
I always thought I could decorate my locker like Sharpay's and t was honestly the most disappointing thing that's ever happened to me
Lena Hill Same
Everytime I picture school in America I just picture High School Musical... I'd be upset if I went to school there and nobody was performing choreographed dance routines in the cafeteria
+CarissaTProjects carissa! you watch evan too? love your videos xx
+Olivia Williams-Young I do! aw thanks so much :')
+CarissaTProjects with the school that I go to, I can say with 100 percent confidence that there is dancing and singing in the cafeterias whether we want it or not.
I am an American and I can 100% confirm that people perform choreographed dances in the cafeteria
however, it might be worth noting that I go to a performing arts school so
In my british school we have to choose our subjects at 13 soooooo.......ya
13/14
i had to pick at 12
Same
Bob Potato some schools like mine are 12/13
Yeah same
British schools: lots of tests
American schools: let’s hope we don’t get shot today!
Love Life It isn’t a joke, it’s a fact. I find the gun laws in America stupid. People are being killed and injured on an almost daily basis. I find it offensive that you are making assumptions because I made a comment about my belief that you don’t agree with. Get over yourself.
Love Life wow, true colours revealed
Love Life Please elaborate. I don’t understand how I’m making fun of anyone.
Love Life Sorry hun, you'll understand when youre older that this is an actual problem.
Love Life I don’t think so hunny
American school sounds like heaven compared to school in U.K.
Ha drink your British tea zed prounouncer
David Turner saying "zee" makes me want death.
Sure thing... Dont forget the higher IQ
ikr
That's not how it is usually in America, because whatever school he went to was shit. He has it WAY easier than any of us.
In UK the school uniform is so the rich and poor are in the same boat to avoid bullying.
We ended up getting our parents to buy us posh underwear (like Calvin Klein) so we could flex that way despite being in uniform, it was so weird.
In my school (Christian all girls, in England) our own *skirts*, just one, is like, £23, and you can only buy them (including shirts and blazers)at one place because they all have this stupid look to them that makes them impossible to find anywhere.
Like my shirt is white, with thin red stripes and a dipped neckline, and every all girls secondary school has different shirt colours, but nooo, the boys schools all have simple grey pants and plain white shirts that you can buy everywhere.
Because we just have to make girls uniforms more expensive
An FYI, is that I have a younger brother in an all boys school and he has an easy to fugue dress code
@@justanotherglorpsdaymornin5097 My only ways to flex for me in my British school is my belt and bag lmao
No bulling still happens nevertheless
Yeah, that's bullshit reasoning. Because kids will find any reason to bully other kids. Also, school uniforms have been around for WAY before mainstream education was created in the victorian age for the poorer children to be educated.
Uniforms were for the posh kids to identify them as part of public schools. They were advertised as symbols of pride and idenitfied them as part of that institution.
And they're used in that same way now. Much like with prisoners, they get you to wear the same uniform to strip you of individual identity. And they cover it with excuses like it's meant to stop bullying poor kids over their clothes, or it prepares you for life after school, or my personal favourite 'it creates a sense of unity and pride in representing the school'. Just what are they taking to come up with this rubbish?
I'm British and often got told off for asking too many questions. One of my teachers described me as frustrating to teach because if it.
Exactly, once the teacher said "no dumb questions" so i asked a question and i get sent out
I would've just responded with "Then explain something properly so I understand" but we didn't even have a chance to ask questions because of the teachers
I’m British and I also ask a lot of questions and one of my teachers put her hand on my face because I kept asking questions so when i went home I told my mum and she came to the school and told the head teacher and I never saw that teacher ever again
It’s literally their job to answer questions for people who don’t understand. They are teachers. They TEACH you what YOU don’t know 🤦♀️
@@natashamendy3331 that's nice, in my country you can get killed by the teacher and nobody gives a shit😂
In Australia the school year starts at the end of january and goes until end of november/start of december. The year is split into what we call four school "terms" and after each term is a 2 week holiday and at the end of the year we have 8 weeks Christmas holiday before we start the next school year. It's pretty great
+JackyJety Games Depends on your school. State schools generally only give 6, but private schools sometimes give an extra week or two depending on your year level. At my school our final term in yr 10 and 11 was only 8 weeks long. It is even less in yr 12 since they finish in week 7. The rest of the school finishes part way in week 9.
It also depends what grade you are in
+Ebony Mealing Exactly the same as South Africa :)
+Liam Ward we have a six week summer (December) holiday though.
Haha yeah
which state has the smallest soft drinks?
Minisoda.
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+Kelly Peel THIS IS FANTASTIC
i am glad i have experienced this
+Fee Russell FANTAstic
They say for the uniform that it reduces bullying and reduces social inequality; the idea is that if everyone dresses the same, no one can be bullied for the way they dress if they all dress the same and also that children are less likely to feel bad or be bullied because they can't afford nice clothes.
Yeh it also conditions people to act more calmly than voilent and loud in own clothes
+ResemeeC it also makes us feel like prison inmates, but I see your point
It's true
They say it but its complete bullshit.
A) They will bully for how you where it as much as what you would wear anyways
B) They have non-uniform days anyways except we need to pay for them
C) bullies will bully over literally anything, if you dress different then you are different so your definitely getting bullied anyways.
My school made up the excuse that's its to easily spot the people who aren't supposed to be in there. The only people who are going to be sneaking into a school will be easily spotted even if they wear a uniform.
+ResemeeC never thought of it like that
U know what teacher actually cares about it
Me wearing hoodie in the class*
Teacher:GET YOUR HODDIE OFF OR U SENDING HOME!
That is just petty
Or shoes or wearing a coat
In my school they used to make you take of any jumper that wasn’t the right colour. We had to wear grey jumpers or the maroon school blazer. A lot of people in the first year walked in with black jumpers or really dark grey and were told to change.
*at least you dont have uniforms*
Blasian Gurl nahh I live in UK i usually to wear a hoodie in school, someone wore it and a teacher didn’t notice it so I wore a hoodie like Fews time then one day they sent me home ahaha
In Scotland when you wear a uniform it’s so people don’t get bullied for not having nice clothes
Yeah, same here in Newcastle, England boiiii
Same as NZ.
If that was the reason they wouldn't require kids to wear expensive blazers
Ravenclaw HP Yesss uniforms are a good thing! Also, so nice to find a Scottish person among all the English and American 😂
I live in America, and that’s how it was for my middle school! Kids kept making fun of one another based on the style of the clothing. So the principal got us to wear uniforms so then kids could stop the constant bickering on other students clothes!
Ohhhhh so that's how "theres 104 days of Summer Vacation" IT FINALLY MAKES SENSE
I got 80
Faye Rose 49 😢 and 45 if your year 11
Faye Rose hahah from phinies and ferb 😂
I literally sang that
I just have one question, where on earth did he go to school? I'm American and my school is nothing like that. The only thing I get participation points in is choir and gym. Our tests are worth 70% as are projects if they're put in as a test grade.
I had a phys Ed final. I also has a choir final. It's not as easy as it seems. If there was a review then the teacher mare it a bit harder for a test. Also I was able to wear a backpack.
+Maniacsflower pretty much same where I go to school
You still have it lucky we have 100% tests
Jeanette Rochelle Your tests go into the grade book as 100%? That doesn't make sense. Is your homework, projects, quizes, etc. not worth anything? The tests at my school are 100 point tests but they are worth 70% or my overall grade whereas homework is only worth 30% or my overall grade. You're saying that your tests are worth 100% of your grade which doesn't make sense.
Bethany it actually does, out GCSE'S have been changed to 100% tests as the government thought it was too easy to changed it to the same style as about 20 years ago. And I'm in the uk so we have have stupid grades and gradebooks
I'm British and once every school year we had non school uniform day where you brought in a pound and wore your own clothes to school rather than your school uniform!
in england you don't choose what you're doing at 17 you choose at 14 AT 14 YEARS of age, because i know my whole future at 14, for some schools it's 13
ro ro your options at 14 don't really limit you that much, as you can still do the majority of a levels with just the core subjects, however your a level subjects massively affect your university options, so it is technically 16
+Rachel knight I'm not sure about your school but at mine we pick what we are doing for our GCSE's at the end of year 9 (13 or 14) so until your 16 thats what your doing and you'll follow that on in sixth form, you don't have to keep to those subjects but it's better if you do as thats what you've chosen for your GCSE.
Your GCSE options don't matter too much tbh, apart from English, all my a levels were different to my GCSE choices
I chose my GCSEs at 13 and it did matter because i am now moving onto A-levels and I cant do history because I didn't do it for GCSE and that means i cant do what I wanted to do when i am older... so my life sucks because of the stupid British education system.
+Holly taylor how can you know that you want to do history if you didn't do it for GCSEs. Like that ridiculous if your basing you a level option on a subject you took when you were 13. GCSE history is so much hard work and a level is even harder. Your school won't let you take history because you would have to pick up the techniques and knowledge that other students have been learning and practising for 2 years. Your teachers won't have the time to spend extra time with you to get you up to the level you need to be at to do a level history. If you knew what you wanted to do you should have taken more consideration in your options.
Wtf American schools are not like that. It's hard like UK this guy was just lucky with the school he went to most classes are 60% tests and 30% assignments and like 10% class work for me at least
Right? My school is nothing like that
+annagrace also we no longer have any coursework it's just tests
Well everyone says English school is harder, sooo
And he did say that it would be different to some people
i love this series but it's so hard because while america is different than other countries america is also different than america. culturally it's like 8 different countries.
Yeah, I live in the US, and my school is different then his schools, it could be just because he’s older but yeah all schools are pretty different.
America includes places like Mexico, Peru, Brazil. The USA is part of America.
@@user-ez4ny5kd7x People who live in the United States do not think of N. & S. America as one continent. When we say "America" it is short for United States of America not the continent. We would say "North America" if we were talking about our continent.
CNN: World Leader of Fake News America is N&S, “America” is the USA.
If they say America, Other people may pick it up as the two continents, The USA isn’t the only country on earth.
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Im in england and I love non uniform day I have my £1 ready to rumble
@@shaunm4208 most Americans dont wear uniform the just have dress coding, i'd much rather have no uniform and dress code than uniform
We had pyjama day once a year and that was it, nothing else. Even if it was for charity you couldn't go in non uniform. You had to wear your school uniform AND bring in a pound
its so stressful for me cause i never know what to wear AHAHHAHAHASM
I hated it tbh. I literally never knew what to wear and sometimes just ended up wearing my school uniform cause I didn't give a shit lol
@@Ricky911_ im in ireland and we had to pay €2 to not wear our uniform but if u did wore your uniform u had to pay a fiver for no reason
I’m not tying to be horrible but I think schools in the uk are safer than America.
(Guns and stuff)
Safer but a lot more stressful that it's a threat of people committing suicide...
Not really because the UK is known for higher stabbing rates whereas America is more death by gun. Plus this is how America goes : The North and South want guns; why? Because hunting is a BIG thing. In exchange the east and west coast pretty much do the decision making.
Hanna M and how many school stabbings happen?
Jacob Thomas quite a lot but most aren't reported
Jacob Thomas someone in my year (yr 11) got stabbed last term and someone set her hair on fire with a lighter and deodorant
THE ENGLISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SOUNDS HORRIFYING
it's not that bad!!
It really is 😂😂 it makes us want to cry all the time 😄
It really is ughhh
It is horrible. It's all about having the correct uniform, having your tie a particular length, keeping your shirt tucked in and saying yes miss and no sir. There's bearly any teaching of anything useful like life skills, it's mainly just how to behave and stay in your lane.
+SixtySecondYoga Yoga they say stay in your lane bøy |-/
My biggest gripe with School Uniform is that teachers always have a go at people who misbehave outside of school in uniform, and they say it's bad publicity.
1) This isn't a business
2) WHY THE FUCK DO WE HAVE UNIFORMS THEN?!?!?!
So people don't have the stress of having to look cool or wear popular clothes and teachers don't have to worry about students wearing shirts with pictures of dicks and beheaded people on them lol
so people do t get bullyed if they arenot wearing labels
They also do it to make sure who's a student and who's a visitor
Lex Vex also you wear set clothing for work
becker boo Work has a dress code, and a dress code is all that is needed. Smart Casual, for example. A bit of individuality goes a long way. If everyone came into work with a pin striped suit, and a maroon and gold tie, would anyone truly be happy with that?
"you get an e"
thank you, britain, for making sense.
(in america, they skip e for some reason???)
An E and D is almost equal to a C in America. E is basically just a pass.
@@ahiduzzamanahir1338 Thank you!
(In America, D is pretty much an overrated fail.)
We have E. No F. A (90-100%) B(80-90%) C(70-80%) D(60-70%) E(0-60%)
It’s all different now they fricking changed it to numbers 1 being the lowest and 9 being the highest
@@Hi-wu1se my school have a 'U' instead of 'E'
Uniforms aren't so bad - it puts everyone on a level playing field because it makes sure kids aren't excluded based on what clothes they can or can't afford etc. Also not having to figure out an outfit everyday = more sleep.
I agree but I wish some things were a little more relaxed eg. Hair colour, make up
+Maddy Taylor It's not so good when everything is AU$100-200 each :') But it definitely makes life easier haha. And I guess in many ways, it teaches discipline, and your ability to do things whether you like it or not. Most people will say that's a bit harsh, but there are always things we don't want to do in life, but need to.
the disturbing thing about that is, we know kids will be mean to other kids about their clothes but instead of addressing the problem that some kids will be jerks to other kids and teaching them someones worth or how you get to treat them isn't based on what clothes they can afford, we just avoid the situation altogether by wearing uniforms and pretend its not an issue.
The not having to pick clothes every morning is a perk I guess but self expression is also thrown out the window.
I would honestly hate having to wear a uniform. Your clothes are a way to express yourself whether that's dressing fashionably or like me and just throw on what's comfortable.
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Omg I'm so glad I found this guy, he's hilarious
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+Evan Edinger Hi! You make great videos, love your channel!!
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+Jacob Berghofer 🙋🏽
same
Okay the only reason America has a long ass summer is be they don't have terms like the UK we have a week or 2 off every 5-6 weeks
In the uk we have that as well
Same with us in Aus. Except it's normally 2 weeks every 5-7 weeks.
5-7 weeks?? its like 8-11 weeks (in melbourne at least)
Here in Ireland we have terms too but we also get the summer off
Yeah in England we have a week (2 for Xmas and Easter) every 7-9 weeks so it's just as bad as America except u guys get a long ass summer for doing the same time in school as us 😂😂 its fucked up
It pisses me off how easy American school seems
It’s a lot worse than they make it seem
Well Intelligence isn't how much you know it how you apply it if you learn a bunch of nonsense that your never gonna use what's the point in learning it I personally like that every thing you do counts but in my high school we don't get a participation grade and it 50 percent test a 50 percent everything else
it’s been made harder since evan went to school but i do think it’s easier than uk
Im american, school is NOT easy here. Teachers cram every little useless fact in your mind. They teach you nothing you need in your life.
it’s really easy to pass but to get 95 gpa u gotta have everything on lockdown behavior and grades
Okay I live in America but my school is no where near as easy as you made it seem, so I think this is regional? The way we're graded varies from teacher to teacher because they make that decision, but usually we get graded 75% on tests/quizzes/projects. The rest is homework. I think it's only easy for elementary and middle school. Also we're allowed to wear backpacks.
In the uk you don't get graded from teacher to teacher, it's so that if the teacher is bias to a student they can't fiddle with the score so they get sent to profession examiners which monitor the computers that mark the exam papers. And he said that his school wasn't aloud to wear backpacks because of the gun law, which makes alot of sense in my opinion
Yeah it is regional because in central Florida (Orange County public school) we get graded the way he said it.
We had many shootings at my school and we're still allowed to wear backpacks. Look up "shooting at West Orange High School of Florida." We just have to walk through metal detectors some days.
good to know! omg this video just blown my mind, the education system in America he said sound like something from a kindergarten might have(bad example, but you know what I meant)
skittlesObsession that sounds a way better system than what we have because some teachers are bias and will give students bad grades
Goes through all the comments liking all the ones complaining about English Education...
so true
i actually want to cry
I like the ones about American education.America has really bad education
British system is better, especially now.
My mum had to call in the school to say that I needed to go to the toilet because my teacher wouldn't let me out!!!! (In Britain btw) it's absolutely ridiculous
Вика и Милана ikr!! The only way I have to go to the toilet is saying its "that time of month" if you know what I mean....
emma R Only really works with male teachers
Ali Emma nah its works with female cos they "understand it"
emma R all teachers let me go without saying anything...they never let anyone else go as easily as me and I don't have like an illness that means I have to be allowed out or anything...it's crazy!!
Hey_Its_Amy_Grace what my teachers still dont let me go
I'm in the UK and we have uniforms so kids can't pick on others for dressing differently and it looks a lot smarter. Also we have a lot of GOOD education too ya know
_MeowingllamaBeats S lol yes....
You can probably wear a trash bag @ mine and not get bullied, since most of the students are too tired to care, or busy with other stuff. Like you'll see some kids in suits/ dresses, while others are in t-shirt+ leggings or jeans/ pjs / etc. all the time¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My previous school had uniforms, but they wouldn't let you go to class if you weren't wearing the correct stuff- wrong colored socks/ no belt/ etc., so the system just never made sense for me, but I always thought the UK uniforms were pretty cute though. American btw
Tina Z. The uniforms or definitely not cute when it’s roasting hot and you are being lectured on not wearing a blazer. 😂🤣
@@milly5469 I hate how in secondary school you don't get to wear proper summer uniforms like in primary; 'just take your blazer off and that your summer uniform'
Tina Z. some uniforms are ok but some are absolutely disgusting and look shite like my school used to have tight skirts and we would roll them up so they were like middle skirts and now we have these below the knee pleated skirts and we have to wear a blazer with them 🤮
School sucks everywhere
I disagree
hi phandom member
Except in Africa, schools can't suck in Africa. They don't exist there.
+CommaSpaceVideos there are schools in Africa wtf
+Ugh that awkward hufflepuff lol
As a Canadian, I find it so interesting because we remain so close to the British but America is literally right beside us so we take things from each. Grading system is more like the uk while dress code is American. And things like holidays are somewhere in between.
right time to go to Canada
Kiana Bachmeier i’m canadian too buh i found it that we r more similar to american schools..
Raneet Dhillon what part of Canada are you from?
Kiana Bachmeier yesss
Yup that is accurate
Emma's reactions throughout this whole video were my reactions throughout this whole video :( not fair, America seems great (except the carrying books in your hands and then they get rudely hit out of them thing)
Also just to add to the vs section, in the UK you spend so much money on the stupid school uniform and then once you finish you have to magically find money to buy normal clothes because you only have a limited collection for the weekend but you need normal clothes for college and 6th form :/
SAME
+Farren Downing and it's not unheard of for a 'set' of uniform to cost over £100 either. At my old (all girls, state school, though it is now an academy), the skirt (, which has a rather unique design and no option for trousers) and blazers (again no option to find a cheaper one) now both cost over £40 each and you obviously need more than one skirt, and the blouse (which isn't white, so you can't buy that elsewhere either) isn't white either. (also a lot of money has to go down the drain on stupid bloody tights!)
I seriously love my old school, but it's rather ridiculous. There's also a rather extensive pe uniform.
Things like this are just awful for people who don't have a lot of money.
Evie Fletcher Yes well you are a very lucky person, those schools are few and far between :/ but oh well I did my time at school and now I'm free to do whatever instead of being forced to do p.e and languages and maths etc, I just wish it was slightly different, nevermind
***** exactly! You know where it's at. I've been in that exact same position (except I had a mix school) and it's awful because tbh I'd rather have that money to buy other stuff with :/
College/university dropout rates
America 54.8%
UK 7.4%
Does that tell you something SMH
wait are you saying that British kids are more hard working due to school or that American college is to difficult??
Perhaps there is a different standard here in America like that of following your dreams that don’t involve college. I also find it hard to believe that over half of Americans drop out. I really do.
I believe it’s because up in Scotland it’s free so you don’t need to work to keep up a tuition, so you just study.
Dory Anderson it’s true tbh ask any adult if they completed college most don’t
Answer: Student Loans...
This is coming from an american, known as me typing this...
Anyone else annoyed that they changed the GCSEs made them harder and made it so your graded 1-9 and also it's all based on one test! 😑
Yes! It's the fucking worst!
Bee Hubs agreed so much more stressful especially when your the first year doing it and there's no resources yet
SofKR yes I'm in year 7 so it's gonna be soo hard 😂😪
Yeah and if you get a c you have to reset the test 😭
Ki Qns I think a C is a pass but if u fail English or maths you have to redo them
wish we had three months off omg
I actually think it depends on the school you go to bc i live in the US but my break only goes from the END of June to the beginning of September so for me it's 2 months, but still better than 6 weeks, so good luck to you guys!!
Yeah I don't think 3 months is accurate for most U.S. students (at least not for me)
ahh ok, 6 weeks actually ends this tuesday for me :(
I think it's because in America they don't have half term holidays and a 2 week Easter break like us :/
+Emma Robinson We do in Ireland.
''why didnt you do your homework?"
"why didnt you go to school?"
"why didnt you do this assessment?"
"why werent you listening?"
i had explosive diarrhea.
+hesitant meme IT WORKS
I see you everywhere omg. Like I love hesitant alien too so ehhh.
I see you everywhere omg. Like I love hesitant alien too so ehhh.
Or I was fantasising about Pickle Gee
“It’s coursework, and exams. That’s it”
NO NOW ITS ONLY EXAMS EXCEPT IN THINGS LIKE ART AND TECH BLOODY MICHAEL GOVE
Mollie Svenson nah tech used to be course work for 60% I think it was until people started cheating so now computing is all exams meaning you have to write lines of code on paper
Coursework and exams
The way i see it, us English students go through the education system in HARDCORE MODE.
agreed omg
Omg no, school in England is so easy in comparison to Belgium and China and shit
ok so here we go..
USA: easy mode
UK: Hard mode
Belgium: Hardcore mode
China : Expert mode
India: Veteran mode
Any other 3rd world country: You will not survive mode
You're right.
I have to study for 4 test, I have to do 1 book report and 2 essays, and I get about 4-5 things to do for homework.
it's the 2nd week of school.
all of the EU on harcore mode
pls save us
Actually in England we have uniforms so peope arent bullied if they haven't got designer clothes or whatever.
Yeah I know it's fucking stupid
Yep. That's the real reason. But teachers tended to try and persuade us by saying that it's to help us for our future. It's much better than saying 'it's to cover up the people with less money' ... I'm not bashing that idea btw, I think it's good they try and prevent bullying
Well I guess that's just wat m mum told me
Yeah
i still don't really agree with it tho, since kids will bully each other anyway. if it's not over clothes, they'll find something else. idk just my thoughts
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I'm so jealous, bro. I'm 20 and wish I could study abroad in the UK
Hello lad!
WOO congrats Evan!!
Are American schools really like that coz if so I'm moving to America
“what is scholarship we don’t have that here”.... um yes we really do 🇬🇧
Yup, I'm a high school student and I have an assisted place at my private school :p
yea you can get scolarships
Basically a degree in America is worth a GCSE in the UK.
J o n a t h a n not necessarily
J o n a t h a n whats a GCSE
Mrbrain bob in Britain we have to big tests one in our middle school and high school put together (secondary school that we leave at 16) and our school before that (primary school that we leave at the age 11) in primary we have the SAT exam the end of primary exam and in secondary we have our GCSE exam which is a thing we are required to have basically end of secondary exam we need this to get jobs as a sign we have completed school and depending on how good you did at certain subjects depends on which jobs you can get
Alois Trancy Oh ok here in the US we also have the SAT.
yeah that's just and easy version of the gcse
I'm not sure where he went to school , but it sounds really, really lax! I m American and my grades were like 40 per cent tests/ 20 per cent class work/ 10 per cent homework /10 per cent participation. No one gave you credit for just " showing up to class. I think he is just making stuff up.
daisies and donkeys make me smile no he's not his school is like but different
daisies and donkeys make me smile What about the other 20%? Did you fail math or something?
His description sounds pretty much the same as what I've been told by my American friends at university.
daisies and donkeys make me smile New Jersey
Lol that sounds like a legit breeze anyway tho
I live in America and tests are 70% of my grade and 30% is homework and participation means nothing
Devennn PvP tests are 100% in Uk once they mixed my test up and I got a very bad score
LegendaryUlk I garuntee it's not 100% because then so many children wouldn't even show up to school to do any homework there'd be absolutely no incentive to come to school unless there was a test every day
No @LegendaryUlk isn't kidding lol they are literally 100%
Tiffany Barber then that's pretty stupid of that school to do, without hw having any influence such as grading kids will have no incentive to do that homework and won't even come to school until there's tests.
Lol I absolutely agree that it's stupid, but u get absolutely murdered if u don't show up to school. Plus i have quite bad anxiety,especially with exams and I legit had 3 panic attacks in my end of yr 9 exams
If our summer holidays were 3 months I think I would forget everything I learned when holidays finished
ikr like if i can forget how to write in 6 weeks, i cant imagine 3 months
Well you’re gonna learn something new the next year so it doesn’t really matter
Thank goodness i like my uniform, but the policy of my school is kinda messed up... I mean, white socks are BANNED and nail polish is allowed..
Wow 😳
Princess nobody If we wear slip on shoes you have to wear knee high socks 😂😂
For my school the teachers would come around in lesson giving people nail polish remover to remove their nail polish
+Mia__Bry11 what kind of rule is that lmao
Princess nobody my school tried banning coloured socks and making us only wear black shoes and socks because It 'looked nicer'
we were in houses in my school in the UK.
There are houses in some schools in the US too.
Jess Baldwin we have six houses in my school named after famous people who came from our area in England
You lucky human.
My school had houses in the 20s BUT NOT ANY MORE HAHA POTTERHEADS SUFFER OUR WRATH.
*cries in corner wishing she could be in nonspecific blue house*
My school has wildcats, foxes and Eagles.
Jess Baldwin my school has teams/houses as well
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YOU’RE AMERICAN ITS BLONDE
Your British vs American series is an absolute goldmine of information 😮 I've been learning so much about America from these videos
same, imagine how cool school shootings are though (if you make it alive)
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+Cameron Baba ;D
As soon as he said that I saw this 😂
+Cameron Baba Taxpayers pay for healthcare
He'd like it less if he didn't have a job... or he became ill with a condition that his insurance excluded from future claims and it returned later in life. Ah yes, American healthcare... definitely all about health, not at all about rinsing people for every last penny.
Ha
All the people in the comments complaining about how hard GCSEs are... You are not even remotely prepared for a levels.
This!
+SciFiFangirlsFTW Or Highers and Advanced Highers in Scotland.
Try doing IB...
Haha yes!!!
CAPE in the Caribbean is equalivalent A levels in the UK and its hell a hard...its harder than most universities in America😭😭
The defence behind uniforms is actually: Wearing a uniform standardises clothing... so poorer students are bullied for wearing cheap clothes.
*aren't
+Jordan Gilbert But poorer students have a really hard time paying for the bloody expensive uniforms too.
You never get to express yourself when wearing uniform. Plus poorer people get picked on the same as other people.
+Isabelle Walker you could try to use your words and actions to express yourself
Uniforms are miles better all around for so many reasons. But it's something that not all schools have in America anyways
Minnesota is actually one on the few states that waits till September to start. Many other states start in the end of August. Minnesota has lots of farming
Oh and when you go into class and you realise you have supply teacher! Only the English will know 😝
Typical Dan yass
My favourite part of school😍😂
isn't that the same as a substitute in america
I love supply teachers!
Typical Dan ye abd get to sit with your friends cause the suply doesnt know the seating plan 😀😀
no wonder the us has such good school results damn in sweden its so hard to get a good grade
I know, right?!
+Ylva M ikr the LG 11 grading plan or what ever its called is shit tbh
+Ylva M ikr it's almost impossible to get an A here wth
They make it impossible to get good grades and then complain that the students are getting such bad grades
+Ylva M America having good school results hahhahahaha; you're funny.
You had to pick 2 options! I have to pick 4 that’s on top of English maths science and 2 lesson of pe a week
Same apart from one lesson of pe and re gcse is mandatory. But my lesson are 1 hour and 5 mins long
Tbh, I would have enjoyed doing 4 options instead of two, because I could choose more of the subjects I would want to do, like Music or D&T
At my school we have to do the sciences separate
Lol 5
I have to pick 6 on top of Maths, English lit, English Lang, Physics, Biology, Chemistry so...
In my English school I fell behind in age so I chose my gcse options at *12 YEARS OLD* and I didn’t know what to pick so I developed anxiety and now have panic attacks easily and I had to leave my favourite things, that I was good at, to do things that would *maybe if I was lucky* get me into my desired university. Oh and one last thing...
ThE BleEp TeST.
you’re supposed to pick them at 14
at my school we choose them in yr 8 not in year 9 and my birthday is in the summer holidays. :)
Shigaraki’s smile makes My knees weak oh aha
Shigaraki’s smile makes My knees weak A word of advice, GCSE options won’t matter for university. Rather, it’s a levels that matter for uni. For most courses in any good university, they don’t look at what you chose for gcse and some just take a glance on your grades. For example if you wanted to study a pe based subject in University, but you didn’t do pe for gcse. That won’t matter as long as you did a level pe or something
the bloody bleep test was my biggest nightmares
I am now moving to America.
Silent Assassin this was really inaccurate for most of us. He goes to some kind of heavenly type school lpl
SweetIvory 1203 My classes are graded 90% tests 10% everything else
Silent Assassin Trust me, most of this isn't true. He just went to a really good school.
Silent Assassin American School= School shooting
American PE (My experiences)
FUN FUN MOST OF YOUR GRADES
Here is me ranting about PE.
First of all, in my school it was not PE it was Physical and Health Education. We had participation grades. We wrote essays every two weeks. We had to do a HUGE project for missing any number of days at school, and had the number of days we missed to complete it (some examples of the projects: collage of favorite sports [with essay on back explaining it], mock news article of sport [with very detailed rubric], full length analytical essay on a sports game, ect...). As well as all of this, we were graded on other physical proficiency (how good you are at playing the sports) and we had a dance unit. A DANCE UNIT! Not only that, we line danced to pop songs. To make this even worse, there were make up miles on Tuesdays after school. Only Tuesdays after school. Also, there were kids who would sit and watch people run the make up miles and make fun of the slow kids (like me). The worst was the track unit. You run at least a mile every day, whether it's testing endurance, sprinting, or relay races. Relay races are basically COME AND EMBARRASS ALL THE SLOW CHILDREN WHO HAVE MEDICAL DISABILITIES. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd people who finished the sprints or endurance training got to sit out (never once me). Also, we were graded on our BMIs.
Mile Grading Rubric (male and female):
6 min mile: You're a cool kid A+
7 min mile: A
8 min mile: A-
9 min mile: B
10 min mile: c+
11min mile: D
12 min mile or longer: F
And this was a middle school. Don't move to America.
I swear the education in the UK is so depressing. Americans you guys have it so easy, you don't understand how lucky you are. Gaining points for just raising your hands😮
Brad Churchey so what the guy said in the video is pretty much a lie? I mean now thinking about it, it does sound too good to be true.
Mito MJ it's not that he lied, it's that different states in the US have different rules in education. His school must've been pretty easy and lax unlike mine which is absolutely terrible
I don't get any points for raising my hand.
Madison E. Snider yeah, I've realised, it's probably different for all schools
Mito MJ haha try to be in a school in east Asia
We have to wear uniform in our school in the UK to show equality and to make no one feel in equal
We also do here in Southern USA
I live in the East and we have to wear Uniform in my school, but only in Private School(State Schools) and Charter Schools
Honestly the amount of stress I’m feeling at the moment is unreal I wish I was American I’m moving to America that’s it
Ok enjoy paying for healthcare
Enjoy being in debt all the time
@@sirhoneybadger5875 bruh we pay taxes for healthcare and all
@@1millionsubswithonly2video39 taxes, not 50k bills for surgery
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but you dont pay taxes. here, you pay taxes for the rest of your life (or you go to jail) and thats more than 50k bills for surgery and when you pay taxes not only are you paying for yourself but the WHOLE country. *Sometimes* Surgery can cost money (depends) so we pay taxes AND 50k bills for surgery
In my school (Oi Oi my fellow Brits) We aren't allowed our phones out whatsoever otherwise they'll be confiscated for the rest of the day/week. Not to mention that the classrooms are filthy ;-;
ShookLikeJungkook my school allow phones, in British, you just got unlucky my friend
What about college?? Phones not allow in my college unless the teacher ask you to take your phone out for rescreah. I just leave my phone on the table just incase of emergency. They are fine with it. And I get very anxious in classes so I take the phone or something in my hand to calm myself.
If we take out phones out we get a two hour detention 😭
ShookLikeJungkook same
ShookLikeJungkook Some of my the teachers in mine don’t care too much as long as you also get on with your work and do it at a reasonable pace
Brief summary
Schools in uk: shit
Schools in the usa : also shit
Edit:Thanks for 564 likes👍
bencody3 pretty accurate summary.
Best years of you're life bud
You'll look back and miss it
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UK Schools: Crap
USA Schools: Easier grades and relatively more fun but also crap
bencody3 Sounds about right mate
Isn't every school crap
The British System isn't fucked up, it's effective. Coursework followed by exams is traditional and educational, and being told what's going to be on the test is stupid! Yes, exams are stressful to hell, but it makes us Brits a lot more resilient and able. Also, we get a lot of support from teachers (well I personally do), so we actually learn a lot, and generally benefit because of this. Also, with universities, in the UK you get to focus on one subject that you're good at - you don't waste time on random topics you'll never use in the future, nor do you procrastinate on what you want to actually /do/ in the future. Being forced into choosing speeds up the process and allows you to tailor your education to *you*.
Also, I don't know when/what school Emma went to, but we pick 4 GCSEs in year 10 (9th grade), as well as beginning the GCSE courses for mandatory subjects (English, Maths, Science, PE).
As well, most UK university courses are 3 years long, not 4.
Brits are not more resilient and able. People can say that the public school system in America sucks, but we have the best universities in the world. We are actually making a difference with all the new advancements in technology and medicine. All Brits care about is football..they haven't done anything substantial in years.
+sabershot2360 Woah stereotypes much. I HATE football :P
+sabershot2360 Brits have done many things for the advancement for technology in the last 20 also I would say by universities overall Britain can give most American universities a run for their money. If you're going to make bold statements like that at least back it up with some evidence because to be honest your just sounding like a stereotypical nationalist doushebag.
Mackenzie Sinclair name some specifics. google, microsoft, tesla, apple...
Now in America its like 10% homework, 10% classwork, 30% quizzes, 50% tests. And extra curricular stuff doesn't really count for your grades.
Extra curricular is literally the curriculum in Britain lol
Welcome to Britain:
99% tests, 2% non-uniform day, 100% roadmen
@@randommfkWhat? No one cares about extracurriculars.
My school uniform policy is the WORST
Blazers must be worn on the corridor at all times
No jewellery or earrings
No badges except for school badges
Black socks and black leather shoes must be worn
No nail polish or acrylic or false nails
No unnatural hair colours or extreme hairstyles
Top button must be fastened at all times
Skirts mustn't be shorter that knee length
It's HORRIBLE
Chloe that is literally the dress code of every British school 😂 with some exceptions
Chloe Shannon wow, and I thought my dress code in America was strict...
***** 😟 ikr
My school has conduct and uniform cards so if something is wrong with your uniform a teacher asks for it and puts a mark on it and if you get 5 marks before 4th Period you get a 1 hour detention and if you have nail polish or makeup on, all teachers are required to keep nail polish remover and makeup wipes in their classrooms and will make you take it off, which is really unfair because my friend did a pantomime show and she couldn't get all her stage makeup off so she got in loads of trouble
Chloe Shannon
I have uniform cards too 😂
mines the same 😁 this year every school got stricter policies and its horrible. some kind of government crap😁😂
oh well excuse you Evan you haven't experienced true pain until you've lived through the IB diploma
*cries* HL math
I'm starting it next year, but I'm taking pre-IB so I feel like I'll be more prepared than not. Also my mom did it
+I sold my soul to tumblr I'm sorry for you, but I'm also jealous. My school only offers AP courses.
+Rebecca Nicol I'm taking HL physics math and chemistry just kill me please
+I sold my soul to tumblr I feel.. But SL English was the way to go 👌
I am from the UK and want to move to America. Also did anyone else in Senior School have to take a whole Week of straight exams from year 7-9 before GCSE's
oh my godddd. we had to do them for 2 weeks straight, it was awful.
C Osburn I mean if you’re okay with the 50/50 chance of your school getting shot up at any point in time when you’re just trying to get an education be my guest; but they’re making our grades a lot about tests now and a lot of schools don’t have ‘participation points?’
We did end of years every year until our actual GCSE's
C Osburn be very careful
Yessss!! Ours determined which options you were allowed to pick. I did triple science, statistics, French, history and geography.
Omg you need to make a new video with the new 1-9 gcse system I took mine last year and it's even harder now! Plus my year were the first to do 1-9 across all our exams 😭
Lizzy Kelley at least the grade boundaries are way more lenient. People are coming out with straight 8s compared to before when someone getting straight A*’s was practically unheard of.
And the new a level system 😭😭
@@baileyharrison1030 not I wasn't they introduced it cos people were doing too well I swear... I have heard plenty of straight As and one or two straight a* but straight 9s are rare
@@janani1826 my school campaigned for change because the teachers thought the exams were too hard
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+Red Did you watch the video -_-
+Red because who would rather pay a little more in taxes than have to pay ridiculous amounts of money when you need health care? I don't get hurt, I'm even immune to accidents.
+Red Did you even watch the video? I hate paying for heathcare... I was quoting the video...
+António Bezerra i'd much rather pay a little extra and know im covered whereas if i had to pay that'd mean like paying bed rent and stuff and i would hate that because it can get expensive... at least im not made cripplingly poor because of an accidental bump on the head!:)
Actually you don't commit at 17 , your commit at 13/14 . That's when you choose your GCSEs
Or national 5's which are in scotland
+Sophie Wood yes but you can change every year at my school
+WWE1875 what
That's crazy. Almost nobody knows what they want to do at 13.
+Tosh Omni I knew my social subject science and technology but had no clue for expressive art
There is new grading in the UK there is no coursework and just exams and instead of a b c it's 123...9
I'm guessing that's just starting this year?
It's confusing now as some of my coursework/assessments are graded in numbers but the exams are graded A, B, C etc. ?
AutumnFoxes
Yeah my English course work was graded in numbers but in the actual results it was with letters.
Do you mean o levels ? :-) I'm taking mine this October !
I have to do coursework (I'm in yr 11)
My summer (UK):
20th July- 4th September
My school has a cheerleading team lol
Ur summer is so short we have it from May 28 to August 1
@@Ash-qr1yh ikr, yall have 3 months holiday
@Grey Wild Wolf haha not anymore😂
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British schools are now 100% test. UGGGGGG
Ravenclaw Panda Art is 40% coursework
Alexia B and computer science is 20% course work if i remember right
I think music is about 60% coursework
Ravenclaw Panda Drama is 40% coursework
No, no is not
I am in year 9 in the UK and they are changing the whole thing. Instead of grading by letters we are getting graded by numbers 😔. Other horrible stuff too...
+Emma Green yep I'm in year 8 so my year will be the first year to do that 'New' GCSE. uhhh
+Julia Piech And now coursework doesn't count towards the GCSE's
I'm in year 10, and we've got the numbered grades and it'd really confusing
+Julia Piech Actually year 10 and 9 both have to do the new numbers as well, I'm in year 9 and have to do it, so is my friend in year 10
+Alex Clayton oh fair enough. I didn't know that as my teachers always tell us that we will be doing the new GCSE.
As a child, I always wondered why guys in American movies would "carry a girl's books for them" to be romantic. I thought "haven't they heard of a backpack?" I had literally no idea that back packs were banned because they might be carrying a gun! I am so appauled that a country would get to the state where kids taking guns to school is a common issue. Now I understand why people in American movies are always getting stuff from their locker. Shocking.
Dude not every school is like that lol in my school we can take our bags with us every where.
Most schools in America allow you to have backpacks, he definitely went to a strange school lol. And it's romantic in older movies because they didn't have backpacks a long time ago, kids would carry their books by strapping a belt around them to bind them. But some reason the romance still carries til this day in movies.
Not in my school
+SixtySecondYoga Yoga I promise you most schools can carry backpacks haha.
+SixtySecondYoga Yoga Not always guns. In lower income areas where kids had to take the bus and then walk or just walk straight home from school, they might have to pass through unfriendly neighborhood or just a gang area and would carry knives and the like for protection when alone.
How I feel to have to go to school in england:
1 we have to pay to were non school uniform
2 there are sooooooo many tests
3 we have to slowly bake in our blazers because we aren't allowed to take them off
4 everything has to be colour coded (black or navy)
5 we dont get ANY hints whatsoever about wahts going to be on the test
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Hannah kookie if you don’t know what’s gonna be on a test when you’ve been studying like 3 topics you should know there on the tests
@@jeff21killersep54 thats exactly what we do but somehow what we get taught at school and study for is nothing compared on what we get on the test, like i dont get the point of them teaching us stuff that was supposed to be on the test but somehow wasn't and now i'm gonna fail school because they taught me stuff (and i studied the wrong shit for months) that wasn't on a piece of paper, one of the reasons why i envy american/Canadian schools
@@jeff21killersep54 We have a brief idea of how to answer them but when you have to memorise like 15 poems it isn't that easy to remember everything. I do understand what you mean but Britain isn't that nice anymore😂
Jeff21killer Sep we have study eight to nine topics for our GCSEs. And in those topics is 30+ miniature topics like maths isn’t just 1 add 1 is 2 there is division, subtracting, long multiplication, algebra and is our tests 15 or more of those topics in a singular big topic will be in the test
@@mle8243 most schools have to pay for non-uniform and have blazers and give us the wrong information about tests in uk like mine
Where I go to school, we have no coursework so everything is based on our test
That's the new system in Britain which is being used
The only coursework that is still used is the art subjects
Oh man, I wish I went to the same school that Evan did, I would've left school as a brainiac 😂🤓 Also, American schools seems way more fun than the ones in the UK
they are not he went to some fantasy. school idk but like what its completely different at my school
Atleast in the UK we are smarter.
UK system works better in the long term
Most schools in the US are much worse
school is not supposed to be "fun" it's about learning
Guys there's very good reasons for having a uniform. The main one being it minimises bullying related to having or not having the latest clothing, brand names etc. That also reduces financial pressure on parents for buying lots of clothing for their kids if the majority of their time they're wearing a school uniform.
+TheSestren ok but dont wear ugly clothes: problem solved :)
People still make fun of other girls trousers though... Because they said they have to be really baggy and then they didn't enforce it, so my friend had a really baggy pair from the actual school shop and people kept laughing at her...
+awkwardlyemily see back in the stone age when i went to school baggy was in. some of the girls may as well have been wearing skirts..
My friends school blazer alone cost over £100 and her full school uniform came to around £200
+Ariel Griffiths A recent government report on the cost of school uniforms shows that for the UK the average spend on a blazer is £34.05... "over £100" is clearly not the norm. Does your friend go to a public (fee-paying) school?
Report: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/436576/RR474_Cost_of_school_uniform.pdf
I love when Evan loses his American accent every time he says “wot?” 😂
I hate going to school here I'm in like year 10 or 'sophomore' as Americans would call it and honestly the curriculum has changed so now our grades are based 100% on exams, therefore coursework is no longer relevant to your marks. I have to crash study for the next two years in order to get into the top 5% in the nation in order to be accepted into Cambridge. Then I have to do my A levels which have been fucked with as well and made 20x harder. We get a holiday like every 3 months so it's 3 long hard months of doing 4 extra lessons asides from compulsory maths English language and literature and triple science. We have to have counselling in our school and art therapy due to the mental effects it has on us.
Najima Muse I literally feel your pain I am in year 10 too I fricking hate school
I'm in year 9 and I'm dreading it.
I love Year 11 :) I'm the last year of the good old system (except for English and Maths). I know you that in Year 10 it seems like the next 2 years are set for doom but, although you will have moments which will be hell, 99% of the time it all goes fine. Because at the end of the day, if you go on to A Levels no one cares about your GCSEs. No one. Even Oxbridge, as they've brought back their entrance paper. So don't sweat it, just bag a few 7s and 8s and you'll be fine. 9s are overrated. No one gets them. You gotta remember that you're learning practically the same stuff other students have been for years, the testing format is just different. Some people like it, some don't. I personally don't but we're stuck with it. It's the same system from the O Level system. I just count myself lucky because I have the grades to cope under the new system, I feel sorry for those losing out because the foundation papers have been scrapped. Anyway, I've rambled way too much. Just keep going, it gets better (and a little bit worse at times but there's good stuff coming, I promise)
Year 9 and ready for my shitty roller coaster of a life. Thank you, education.
I'm year 10 here as well, and since I did a couple GCSEs last year I can say the difference (in the language exams at least) is MADNESS. Everything got just that little bit more complicated and I'm now dreading mocks/yr11 :/
school in america seems so much easier rip
it seems that way but alas tis not
+Rebecca // School in America is vastly different depending on what state you're from
+Rebecca // It depends where you go to school in America. Evan went to a very relaxed school based on what he said. For example, the only class I've ever gotten participation grades in is Spanish and that's only 10% of the grade. The most homework has ever been for a class I've taken is 15% Tests at my school are generally worth 50% with quizzes at an additional 30%, so 80% total is examinations. That's not including the classes with final exams. The final exams are worth a 5th quarter grade, so 20% of your grade is the final exam. But every teacher has a different system and they are each allowed to decide how much each assignment is worth. Some teachers just given points for each assignment and don't sort it into categories at all.
+Thalia I school now is a lot more stricter and harder cuz us needs to first in everything
+Thalia that still sounds a lot easier than the UK schooling system. ours is literally 100% final exam now that coursework has been removed because it made it 'too easy'. that is why we're so stressed and anxious all the time, because if you do badly in that one exam or 2 exams then you will fail the whole subject. for example, I did psychology this year and got As in every piece of work I did for the whole year and I actively participated all the time. however, I got a D overall for the year (and 50% of my A level to get me into uni) because I fucked up on the second exam and got an E. now I'm screwed.
No wonder every american is always like 'oh i was a straight A student'
This guy went to some pathetic schools. I never earned points for participating. All of my grades were based on exams.
23magneta same!
tasnia matin their talking about public education the private schools are hella hard
I always thought: "Wow there are so many good students in the US" and then I watched this video...
My teacher will only give me a 1 (=A) when I'm better than her?! And we have to speak a lot in our lessons as well, but it's not "oh I'm going to raise my hand and then I am going to get a good grade". You have to say really good stuff and say it well formulated.
By the way I'm not from Great Brittan, I'm from Germany.
Idk what school he went to but most schools aren't like this our grade is mostly tests about 70%-80% it may have been that way back when he went but now it's nothing like that except for participation we do still have that
I’m currently getting my masters in the UK and I feel you so much Evan when you say “It was so much easier in the US. I just didn’t realize it at the time.” I miss having mini assignments to boost up my grades.
I'd rather graduate highschool at 18 than at 16 tbh or choose gcse choices at 12/13