I love my school in America. It's small, you know everyone, you don't have to walk very far to classroom to classroom, the teachers are always know your name before you even start, and you have the same schedule for almost everyday. I had been going to the same school for 11 years. My elementary school, junior, and senior high school are all in the same building. The total school has 350 students. 225 in the elementary. And 125 in the junior and high school. Small town. Small school. I am very used to having not so many people in my town and my school.
In Sweden, it's a whole different story. My school is huge, you might know the people in your class or you might not, you might have a 3-5 minute walk to one class to the other, the teachers are given pictures that have your name on them (after seeing you they still have to ask what your name is), and your schedule might change without you knowing.
I have had personal experience with the constant changing of schedules. I had no classes from 11:00 until 12:10. At 12:10, I would walk to my chemistry class and then go to another class afterwards that wouldn't start until 14:20. I start in the library doing work for my Swedish class. 12:10 came around. I walked to room H 231. No one was there. I opened my laptop to discover the class had been cancelled. I could have gone home or stayed in the library doing more work.
The students at my school have only been there for one, two, or three years. It's different from the states where you go to a high school for four years. At this school, it's large enough to be a college. My school has a total of over 1,500 students. It's pretty sad when your high school in Sweden has more people in it than your town back in the States. Students come from over six surrounding towns to come to either ED, PB, or a private school that is located just on the outside of the place I live.
Never had such a big difference
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