IT'S FREEZING!!!
My brother called the shot gun and I was left at the back of the car chilling to my bones because there's no butt warmers at the back of the car seats.
* There's this high school culture or American culture where people wake up early in the morning and then prod another person and yell SHOTGUN!! The person who yells it first get to sit in the front. The annoying part of it is that CJ wins it all the time.
I'm enrolled in Hannah-Pamplico High School (HPHS) or also known as Florence High district two. My new American high school is relatively small compare to the others but it's still BIGGER than my old Malaysian high school. ( no picture provided, sorry :( )
This is my high school emblem.
The school is only one floor, unlike many typical Malaysian high schools( the higher the better). It's super clean and the toilet will all flush automatically ( ain't it amazing?! ). The classrooms are well equipped with heaters for the winter, smart-boards, white boards, LCDs, you name it. It's so high tech here and all students are required to wear a student tag around their necks which distinguished them according to their grades.
I am placed in Senior year which is AWESOME! Here in this school, we only take 4 classes, and that's the maximum. I'm dropping all Science classes, I have enough of them back in Malaysia!! Therefore, I took English 4( seniors only). US History ( mandatory), Masonry and 3D Art.
School starts from 8am to 3pm. Each schooling day consists of four blocks and a block lasts for 90 minutes. Unlike the schooling system in Malaysia, it's the students that move classes, not the teachers. We only have 3 minutes between each classes so there's quite a massive traffic jam in the hallways whenever the bell rings.
I have Ms. Cusack for first block which is English 4, Ms Cornwell for second block which is US History, Mr Shird for third block which is Masonry and Ms Calcutt for fourth block which is 3D Art.
What is amazing about American high schools is that you get to wear anything to school and even eat and drink in class! My masonry teacher, Mr Shird has a small grocery in his workshop where he sells us drinks like Dr. Pepper and stuff for 50 pence per item. That gave me a culture shock.
The Americans in high school are very bright and friendly. The first friend I made is Ashley Poston from English 4. She's real nuts about OCs and anime characters and her English is real good. Other friends made eventually throughout my first day are Maurice, Nadia, Lisa Whaley, Justin, Blake Calcutt and many more. They're all like "Hey! It's the new girl!! HI!!!'
I can also see many couples holding hands in public and even in class. I got culture shock for a couple of time in school and I got confused about which bus I was supposed to be boarding to get home.
Let me make a list about the differences between Malaysian and American high schools
MALAYSIA :
1. Clothes : Pinnaform
2. Classes : Restricted to Science subjects
3. Hair : No more than 5 cm below the ears.
4. Nails : Whatever you like
AMERICA :
1. Clothes : Anything, as long as its not too short.
2. Classes : Each to their own aptitude.
3. Hair : Anything
4. Nails : Anything
However, no matter how different the school systems may be in these two countries, I still heart MALAYSIA.
#Proud to be Malaysian#
