Shalom everyone,
There have not been too many comments on the posting about Israeli and American schools. What do you think ?
I had another question, with the events of the last few days what do you (Israelis and Americans) think about what is going on in Egypt ?
How will the change in the Egyptian government affect you or has it already had an effect on you and your families ? What do you think ?

So now that there have been posts about the different systems in Israel and America, which one do you think is better ? What are the good points and/or bad points of each system ?
Let’s see what you teens who are in the thick of things think ?

So let’s sum up Israeli high school, yeah? really- really interesting subject.
The high school system is actually based on the british system because around a century ago the Brits governed over Israel which is why Israel embraces British things like, tea and biscuits? or uh- ladyfingers? I don’t actually know what British people like.

through grades 10-12 we have a series of tests called bagrut in which we are tested in all required subjects plus two subjects we choose( electives, sorta) I chose biotechnology and physics. Each subject receives a certain amount of points, in math and English we can choose from 3 to 5 points.

requirements: English, math, civics, literature, tongue(hebrew grammar), history and uh- bible studies

there, that’s it, rather annoying, I prefer the American system but hey, here we have…humus

thanks to Daniel for finding spelling mistakes in my last post, I appreciate it.

chow

So I was told to describe the American high school system. That’s a lot to explain so I’ll try to keep it short that way you aren’t bored.

The school most of the Americans go to is called Nicolet and it is grades 9-12. Nicolet is special because it has three different class levels (College Preparatory, Accelerated, and Honors/AP) where most schools only have two levels (College Prep and Honors/AP). You choose what levels you want depending on how much work you are willing to do.
For example, here is my schedule. (We have seven classes a day and have the same classes every day.)
1. Hebrew 5 – Accelerated
2. AP United States History
3. AP Chemistry
4. Honors English
5. AP Studio Art -Design
6. Honors Pre-Calculus
7. Engineering, College Prep

If you do well in AP classes, you can get college credit for the work you do in high school.

The SAT and ACT are also very important for high schoolers. They are tests that everyone has to take and colleges look at your scores. Students can take these tests as many times as they need until they get the scores they want.

That’s all I have to say for now. If anyone has any questions they can just ask… Hopefully that wasn’t too boring!

Any of you Americans have some good snow pictures from this storm ? Why not post them and let’s all see what Wisconsin looks like in February. What did you do on your unexpected day off from school ?