Difference between French and american school ? (1 Viewer)

[MochiFace]

How School in america work ?

For example i heard that in america for example during the senior year it's kind of relax because students just have to finish their credits and are allowed to take the SAT multiple times and they'll keep only the best scores
while in France it's totally different and more stressfull because we just have a final exam who is call the Baccalauréat where you'll have a 4 hour exam for each subject, and if you fail you'll have to wait until next year, which means that even if you had some amazing grades all the year but fail during this exam you'll have to stay in High school one more year to pass again your baccalaureat
Universities in Canada even acknowledge the Baccalauréat as having studied freshman year in college, so students coming from Lycée Rochambeau, for example, could start in McGill or Concordia directly as sophomores.

Can you post one thing about american/english school so i'll be able to see the difference between the two system

 

[VillageIdiot]

Typically, you finish your State testing by Junior (3rd) year unless your State required testing on a senior subject like Government.
It's best to finish ACT/SAT testing by Junior because early admission is due in November and that's not enough time for Collegeboard to have Seats graded.

But yeah, Junior year is the most stressful year of high school. Senior is a bit more relaxed unless you're like me and took 3 AP classes and a early bird. By senior year, your GPA isn't changing much and it won't boost your chances of getting into college. It's stressful because you're terrified about the future and trying to figure everything out. Not because of the schoolwork

When it comes to the test scores, it really depends on the college. Some colleges take an average, some take the best and some superscore it

 

[MochiFace]

Typically, you finish your State testing by Junior (3rd) year

what is state testing ? and how many year do you pass in High school ?

 

[VillageIdiot]

what is state testing ? and how many year do you pass in High school ?

Standardized testing dictated by each state over the curriculum. Determines whether or not you graduate but there are ways around it.

And 4 years: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

 

[MochiFace]

Standardized testing dictated by each state over the curriculum. Determines whether or not you graduate but there are ways around it.

And 4 years: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Damn it's very different

Because Freshman would be our last year of Middle school and we also have a final exam call the Brevet that you need to have to take your licence etc....
and then in Senior we have the Baccalaureat

But damn it's really great

because Here for example If you want to do a particular studies they watch if you have the baccaleaureat, how much points you get, and they even watch the result you had in Junior and Senior to see if it would be better to choose you more than someone else

Also i heard that if you fail to a test you can still negociate with your teacher to find a way to do something else to have a better grade , is it true ?

 

[VillageIdiot]

Damn it's very different

Because Freshman would be our last year of Middle school and we also have a final exam call the Brevet that you need to have to take your licence etc....
and then in Senior we have the Baccalaureat

But damn it's really great

because Here for example If you want to do a particular studies they watch if you have the baccaleaureat, how much points you get, and they even watch the result you had in Junior and Senior to see if it would be better to choose you more than someone else

Also i heard that if you fail to a test you can still negociate with your teacher to find a way to do something else to have a better grade , is it true ?

Here, our colleges focus on our overall grades unless you apply to a Science/Tech college or you decide to declare your major outright.

Depends on the class
In math, they almost always let you retake your test in you fail at it.
Most other subjects are not that lenient but some nicer teachers allow extra credit assignments

 

[MochiFace]

In math, they almost always let you retake your test in you fail at it.
Most other subjects are not that lenient but some nicer teachers allow extra credit assignments

damn it's really easy to have good grades :O

If only in france we could retake our test if we fail i would have much better grades in math x))

 

[VillageIdiot]

damn it's really easy to have good grades :O

If only in france we could retake our test if we fail i would have much better grades in math x))

It's not that easy.
It really depends on the classes you take and whether or not you take college level courses.

From what I understand about European schools, it seems a bit more lax. Here it's extremely homework based and assignment based learning

 

[MochiFace]

It's not that easy.
It really depends on the classes you take and whether or not you take college level courses.

From what I understand about European schools, it seems a bit more lax. Here it's extremely homework based and assignment based learning

It's like this in Middle school but no longer in High school
it's high school all the homework and assignement i purely base on reasonment and trying to create a scientific way to think

for example it's very common for a math teacher to give you an math exercice on which you never train as an assignement just to see if you have the good way to think by using most of the time all the math theories you saw since middle school
that's why we hate french
Same in our France class they teach you how to analyze a text base on methaphotic sentences , that's why all the homework you give to your teach must be create base on a "plan" and literrally just by see this plan your teacher know how many points he'll give you

i can tell you it's not easy to make a philosophy homework and find a plan

 

[VillageIdiot]

It's like this in Middle school but no longer in High school
it's high school all the homework and assignement i purely base on reasonment and trying to create a scientific way to think

for example it's very common for a math teacher to give you an math exercice on which you never train as an assignement just to see if you have the good way to think by using most of the time all the math theories you saw since middle school
that's why we hate french
Same in our France class they teach you how to analyze a text base on methaphotic sentences , that's why all the homework you give to your teach must be create base on a "plan" and literrally just by see this plan your teacher know how many points he'll give you

i can tell you it's not easy to make a philosophy homework and find a plan

Here, homework is 20% mastery of the course, 80% busy work.
I believe the average highschooler spends 3-5 hours on homework added onto extra curricular activities that we're supposed maintain

7-8 classes a day and each one gives out lengthy homework assignments that often don't prepare you for the tests. A large reason why high schoolers here have suffering grades isn't because we can't understand the material, it's failure to complete the overabundance of homework that drags grades down. Anxiety and depression is pretty common among highschoolers here

 

[MochiFace]

Here, homework is 20% mastery of the course, 80% busy work.
I believe the average highschooler spends 3-5 hours on homework added onto extra curricular activities that we're supposed maintain

7-8 classes a day and each one gives out lengthy homework assignments that often don't prepare you for the tests. A large reason why high schoolers here have suffering grades isn't because we can't understand the material, it's failure to complete the overabundance of homework that drags grades down. Anxiety and depression is pretty common among highschoolers here

I guess homeschool are the same in both countries

Yeah same around 3-5 hours for homework besides for math homework where we have some give one week ago because of the time they take and the one they gave us for tomorrow

7-8 classes but your schedules is very light compare to what we have here
you end school at 3pm and then you have extra curricular activities
which give you enough time to work in your house

In france Student start school at 8am and we finish school at 6pm, with school the wednesday morning and saturday morning
and after we finish school at 6pm we go to our activities outdoor the school where we can finish around 9pm30 then go to home to do our homework to go to school at 8am again

 

[VillageIdiot]

I guess homeschool are the same in both countries

Yeah same around 3-5 hours for homework besides for math homework where we have some give one week ago because of the time they take and the one they gave us for tomorrow

7-8 classes but your schedules is very light compare to what we have here
you end school at 3pm and then you have extra curricular activities
which give you enough time to work in your house

In france Student start school at 8am and we finish school at 6pm, with school the wednesday morning and saturday morning
and after we finish school at 6pm we go to our activities outdoor the school where we can finish around 9pm30 then go to home to do our homework to go to school at 8am again

School on Saturday sounds brutal
How much time did you have between classes?
A ten hour day sounds like a lot

 

[MochiFace]

School on Saturday sounds brutal
How much time did you have between classes?
A ten hour day sounds like a lot

we have a 15minute break around 9am45 so we can go back in class at 10am
another one at 12am to eat and go back in class at 1pm

another one at 3pm45 until 4pm
and then no break until the end of the day

but some teacher can reduce our break of 9am and 3pm if they didn't finish something during their time and need to finish it