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| bassaholix |
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Hey guy's... have a question... I watch alot of movies and talk to some people from overseas, but not one can tell me the difference about school here and over places like USA, or even Europe.
Has anyone grown up in either regions, whats the schools like, we see heaps of USA movies about cheerleaders, college football, keg parties, nerds, street racers and whatever, even the stoners get a mention.
What's school like, and school life in these parts of the world? How do they differ with us. Is our education system comparable? What sort of excursions, class work, or hell even topics are done.
I would love to go to college, that line is portrayed in heaps and heaps of movies, but we don't have College in OZ, we have School, TAFE, Private Collages, University and whatever else is out there that I might not know about.
I guess im thinking, hey that would be cool... but maybe its just an image we see so much from the movies. Would be nice to hook up my flux capacitor I bought from eBay to my little corolla and check out how things were done in the past if I had the chance to go back and see what my life's experiences would have been like.
Mario :) |
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| kittn |
In the USA, college = university. The difference there is that they have to pay up front to go, unless they have a scholarship.
Apart from that there's not much difference really. Australian universities also have nerds, stoners, sports teams and keg parties (although we call them barrels). The crucial difference is that we don't have cheerleaders to the anywhere near the same extent, but oh darn how sad. What the world really doesn't need is more pom poms.
Watch Freshmen on Campus on the ABC if you want to find out what "college life" is really like in the USA, rather than a bunch of Hollywood fluff. |
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| gumble |
College is like an intermediate in the states I thought.
They still have Universities there, but thats where you go on to after college. So a college is probably between a Tafe course and a Bachelors Degree.
The college system is also heavily driven by sport (football and basketball). So even if ure a dumb , you can still go there to play for the college on a scholarship.
England I think is much the same as us - but you often associate yourself with a college (residential school) and attend a University.
Kegs are still called kegs in Australia - Barrel is ed up hobart pirate talk. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
nah, college = uni. the differences are that the states have things like "law school" that you do after completing a bachelor's degree.
hmmmm. i call them kegs. |
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| Fledz |
College is University, they just call it differently and yes, most of the stuff you see in movies is Hollywood fluff to an extent.
Because they can't drink before they are 21, they have to have massive parties whereas we can just go out like normal adults. Stupid rule not being able to drink before 21 :rolleyes:
Esentially though, it's all the same. Unless of course you play for one of their sports teams, then you are treated like a God. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
nah, college = uni. the differences are that the states have things like "law school" that you do after completing a bachelor's degree.
hmmmm. i call them kegs. |
Which is the same as here too.
A US "Law School" is the equivalent of a OZ "Law Post-Grad Department" :) |
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| christos |
college in the US is super competitive, you live on campus, (you are more independent in that aspect)....I do prefer that kind of schooling, living on campus that is, gives you time to grow hairs on your chest (and create close bonds with your fellow peers) before facing the real world.
Like beverly hills 90210! lol |
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| gumble |
college isnt directly university tho in u.s.a. the word also encompasses schools which have higher education courses (TAFEish), but no graduate program.
and I think University colleges in england are not universities - but associated with them or something. Like another TAFE deal, but run by a uni.
meh, google it or some .
Also, college in Tasmania = years 11 & 12. (Oh what fun that was, go EC.) |
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| BJeT |
| quote: | Originally posted by gumble
Also, college in Tasmania = years 11 & 12. (Oh what fun that was, go EC.) |
*** Elizabeth College? |
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| gumble |
| yer, class of 2000. |
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| the gamemaster |
| quote: | Originally posted by bassaholix
Education
Hey guy's... have a question... I watch alot of movies and talk to some people from overseas, but not one can tell me the difference about school here and over places like USA, or even Europe.
Has anyone grown up in either regions, whats the schools like, we see heaps of USA movies about cheerleaders, college football, keg parties, nerds, street racers and whatever, even the stoners get a mention.
What's school like, and school life in these parts of the world? How do they differ with us. Is our education system comparable? What sort of excursions, class work, or hell even topics are done.
I would love to go to college, that line is portrayed in heaps and heaps of movies, but we don't have College in OZ, we have School, TAFE, Private Collages, University and whatever else is out there that I might not know about.
I guess im thinking, hey that would be cool... but maybe its just an image we see so much from the movies. Would be nice to hook up my flux capacitor I bought from eBay to my little corolla and check out how things were done in the past if I had the chance to go back and see what my life's experiences would have been like.
Mario :) |
we dont have cheerleaders because its just not apart of our sporting culture like it with americans with their basketball and football (gridiron).
ive lived in the us and aus so i know wat its like, just like every school u have your stereotypical groups (jocs, nerds, etc.) but its not to the same extreme you would see in saved by the bell or watever. alot of the teaching is also alot more oreintated about america and american history alone rather than alot of other countries and places in the world unlike australia.
college is pretty much exactly the same as uni, except in college u live on campus and u pay upfront. its like this because unliek australia where everything is pretty much in the main cities america is huge, the college u want to go to may not be in chicago or alabama or watever place u live in. it usually would be in a different state altogether depending on where u want to go because obviously america has more than about 6 main cities and 7 states. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by gumble
yer, class of 2000. |
well, youre not a total bogan then. otherwise you woulda gone to rosny :) |
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