What is high school like in your country?

[shlin28]

Chinese schools from primary schools to universities are all hell, you have to do lots of tests, lots homeworks, lots of tests, lots of homeworks, lots of tests, too little scientific experiments, too little sports... did I mention the tests? THE TESTS???

I studied Year 1-3 in China, when I came to England and went to an English school I was shocked at so little work they did... they are sticking pretty pictures and making stuff (very fun, but seems a step down compared to China) when in China I was doing maths stuff I only started to do in Year 7 in secondary school. Suffice to say, I do not have to use my brain in the English primary school.

In secondary school the subjects gets harder, but still not very taxing. The only subject I am relatively bad is P.E (duh...) and Art (WHY DID I CHOOSE ART???). The GCSE tests at the end of Y11 does not seem terribly hard, and every year the teachers whine about how their subjects is getting easier every year... (In China people have to learn more and more to keep up)

The British education system has some advantages though, we get to play far more sports, do a lot more experiments (flames! YAY!), and in history we learnt to analyse historical events, whilst in China we just learn the dates/people/events.

Of course, my English is also much better