Two students of IES Manuel de Pedrolo, Lluc Salvador and Clàudia Serrano, are coursing 4ESO in the USA. We get in touch through this page so they can explain to us their everyday experiences at the High School. This is what Lluc tells us about it.
- Can you remember how your first experience on American English was once you were in the USA?
It was not as hard as I thouhgt it would be because they are pretty used to foreigners. The easier people to understand was actually the teachers, who spoke much slower. And the hardest thing to get was my friends' jokes.
- What do you do every day and how is a normal day in an American family?
We start school at 8.30 and each period lasts 70 minutes. We take five periods every day, so we finish school at 3.15 p.m. We eat lunch at noon and dinner at 5 or 6. Bed time is between 9 and 11.
We eat a pretty large breakfast and a really small lunch. Dinner is pretty large too.
All the houses are the same. There are two kind of houses you can choose in a neighbourhood. The streets are all the same, and there are not really people walking in the street. You need a car for everything: shopping, hang out with friends. You need people to bring you everywhere because you can't walk to go anywhere.
The stores are all chains. There are not many small stores. They are all ten times bigger than a supermarket here. Almost all stores sell everything. From food to cell phones; everything is big here!
- How is your life at the High School?
The schools are pretty different. Many of the teachers don't come directly from college, but they have worked for pretty cool companies or organizations. The I.T. teacher knows Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, German and English.
Three or four of the teachers have worked for the United States Government, and they told us that they cannot say anything about what they saw or heard while they were working for them. The Chemistry teacher has worked in a place where they investigate about Astronomy stuff.
Everything is in the school: basketball team, volleyball team... Everyone is really friendly and curious about other countries.
