Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A year at an American High School

1)
-where ketil went to school
Rowland highscool in California.
-how he got to know people
when he talked about himself infront of the class, the stundents became curious and began asking him about how we lived in Norway.
-the subjects he studied
He studied «Getting Around», which were about to handle bank and money matters, and to organising a wedding.
-what he did in his leisure time
Ketil played on the school's soccer team, and had to practise four hours every day except sundays.
-what made tonje's school somewhat special
It was an outdoor school with no corridors. The classroom doors lead straight out into the open.
-how big the classes were at her school
In most classes there were 25-35 students.
-what kind of food they had for lunch
-how the students were informed about daily events at the school
They got informaed about daily events at the TV screens in every classroom.
2)
1 – false, each state has its own laws regulating education.
2 – true
3 – false, the question is wrong
4 – true
5 – true
6 – true
7 – false, the classes in USA were at 25-35. the norwegian are about 20
8 – false, it doesnt
9 – true
10 - false, schools are strict about their students