DIFERENCES

BETWEEN SCHOOLS
FROM

UK USA
SCHOOL
A typical boarding school has several separate
residential houses, either within the school grounds or
in the surrounding area. A number of senior teaching
staff are appointed as housemasters, housemistresses,
dorm parents, prefects, or residential advisors, each of
whom takes parental responsibility for anywhere from
5 to 50 students resident in their house or dormitory at
all times but particularly outside school hours. Houses
or dorms usually include study-bedrooms or
dormitories, a dining room or refectory where students
take meals at fixed times, a library and possibly study
carrels where students can do their homework.
The typical high school day includes:
Students arriving between seven and nine in the
morning and leaving school between two and four
in the afternoon. Four to eight 45 to 90 minute
class periods, broken up by around five minutes
to get to the next class. A lunch break Homework
amount differs depending on the school's purpose
and culture. Extracurricular sports team activities
right after school. In american schools you can
choose what to study. There are councelors wich
you can ask for some advice or help.
DRESS CODE
wear uniform, but in many schools there is
In most schools in UK, public or private,
pupils have to wear a uniform: generally a
jumper, a shirt, pants or a skirt, black
shoes and sometimes a tie for boys and
girls. In some schools, the uniform is
more casual: a shirt, a sweatshirt, and
black pants or skirts. Pupils have to wear
shoes, they can’t wear trainers, hats, caps
or hooded sweatshirts. Girls can’t wear
long earrings.
Young Americans wear casual clothes:
jeans, sweatshirts and sneakers. In
American public schools, students don’t
a dress code. On special occasions,
young people wear formal clothes.
School prom is one of them. Girls buy or
rent evening gowns and
boys wear suits and ties and sometimes
rent tuxedoes. Another big thing for
‘seniors’ is graduation day, the day when
the students receive
their diplomas. Boys
and girls rent a black
cap and a black gown
for the ceremony.
GRADES • Marks are given from A to E
• There are no catalogues • There are a certain number of credits
• Marks are put on their papers for each class
• Marks are from A to E
• Sometimes are given points or
percentages

CEREMONIES
Sports games
Sports games Proms
Different interactive activities Activities organized by clubs
Dances Holidays like halloween or valentine’s day
Graduation Graduation
CONCLUSION
In conclusion schools and the systems of education are
very different in UK and USA. In the UK the relationship
between the students and the teachers is not that free and
the materials are harder to study. In the USA the
relationship between students and teachers is more liberal.
The difficulty of the class is made for an average student
and they show more interest in extracurricular activities.