PRIVATE VS. PUBLIC

VS HOMESCHOOL

-No uniforms required

-You can wear whatever you

Want according to the rules,

including religious symbols

Cost: Free

PRIVATEUniforms usually required

Some private schools are

religious

Average Cost: 20k-40k

LEVELS OF COMPULSORY

EDUCATION

Pre-school or Pre-K (Pre-Kindergarten) l: Ages 4-5

K-8

Primary or Elementary school: Ages 5-11, Grades K-5/6

Kindergarten: Ages 5-6

First (1st) grade-> Fifth(5th) grade

Middle school: Ages 11-14, Grades 6/7 -8

Sixth(6th) grade or Seventh(7th) grade (depending on state) -> eighth

(8th) grade

Continuation: “Graduation from 8th grade to high school

High school: Ages 14-18, Grades 9-12

Ninth (9th) grade -> Twelfth (12th) grade

Graduation

AMERICAN SCHOOL

ACTIVITIES

School DancesHomecoming

Pep Rallies

Winter formal

SCHOOL SUBJECTS

DramaSchool Play

Home Economics

Woodwork

Photography

SCHOOL CLUBS

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

French club,

Spanish Club

The Debate TeamThe Chess Club

Radio Club School newspaper,

yearbook Choir

Band

Marching Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIBCms9rk0g SGHS Choreo

CAFETERIAS

SPORTS TEAMS

Sports teams, clubs

Girls’ Volleyball Girls’ Basketball

Boys’ Football

Wrestling

Baseball

Lacrosse

Cheerleaders

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

AND BASKETBALL

TEAMS

College Scouts

South of the US

Places much

importance on

American

Football

PROM

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION-

WALK

Cap and Gown

UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Associates

degree: 2 years

University or “college”, Community

college

Bachelors

degree: 4 yearsMasters degree: 2 years PhD: 4-8 years

MajorMinor

Public schools- usually State Schools:

UCSB, UCB, UCLA, University of Florida, University of

New Hampshire, University of Maine

Avg. cost per year-$20k-30k

Private schools- Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Stanford,

Yale, Brown, Princeton, Duke, Notre Dame

Avg. cost per year- $60k-80k

Colleges in the US (2005)

Public 4-year institutions 629

Private 4-year institutions 1,845

Public 2-year institutions 1,070

Private 2-year institutions 596

Total 4140

1) UCLA

2) UCB

3) U of Colorado

4) Harvard

5) Brown

University

COLLEGE SUBJECTS

Liberal arts

DinosaursVampires in Literature

Sociology of Fame and

Lady Gaga

Theory and History

of Video Games

Zombies in

Popular Media

Disney Feature:

Then and Now

The Textual Appeal

of Tupac Shakur

Elvish, the language

of “Lord of the Rings”

Topics in Comparative Media:

American Pro WrestlingThe Strategy of StarCraft

UNIVERSITY

GRADUATION

HOMECOMING VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfIp-_M2I8