35 Things About “American Schools” That Are Completely Normal To Americans And Incredibly Weird To Non-Americans

“Do American schools actually have those yellow buses or is that just made up for movies and TV shows?”

6.

Lockers for stuff:

wait do american schools actually have these weird-ass lockers where you put your stuff in??? like it’s not just in the movies??

04:17 AM – 03 Aug 2020

7.

Saying The Pledge:

is it true that in American schools students stare at the flag and recite the pledge of allegiance?? That is sooooo wild to me

10:49 PM – 06 Dec 2020

10.

And the mandatory milk:

12.

Or in August:

Ok but why do American schools start in August anyway. It’s still summer, this is madness

04:01 PM – 07 Aug 2020

16.

Cheerleaders existing:

do american schools actually have cheerleaders? And are those cheerleaders stuck up? I NEED TO KNOW

08:08 PM – 11 Jun 2013

17.

Not using numbers:

I don’t understand american school years what the fuck is a freshman or a sophomore why do you have these words instead of the numbers

03:32 PM – 05 May 2016

22.

Rival schools:

do schools in america actually have rival schools or is this only a thing in fictional land?

08:51 PM – 05 Mar 2020

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And clubs in general:

why do american schools have clubs for like everything though?? imagine your school having a fishing club aye no thanks x

09:54 PM – 31 Jan 2016

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Snow days:

why tf do american schools get cancelled when theres snow. every january in sweden there is a meter of snow and NOT ONCE have our school cancelled the day. DO IT THE AMERICAN WAY SCHOOL

02:38 PM – 28 Jan 2019

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And, just like, lacrosse:

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