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I’m going to try to go through these a couple at a time to see if I can help.

U guys have one (high-)school?

That depends on where you live. Some states make you stay within your school district (which is a group of schools in roughly the same area), others don’t. Even if your state lets you go to other districts, rural areas and small towns will often only have a couple of schools close enough that you could feasibly get to them. If you live in a city, you’ll usually have more options, but sometimes they’re all similarly bad.

For everyone? 

Some people also choose to homeschool, although usually not for high school.

Some states  have charter schools, which are still public schools but aren’t part of a school district. They tend to be more specialized than district schools.

If your parents are rich or you get a scholarship you can attend a private school as well.

With one degree? 

Typically, a given high school will only offer one degree.

Like, what do u do if you get bad grades? Drop out of highschool? Do u still get a degree? 

It depends on the person and the school. As far as I know, all states have a minimum number of credits required to graduate and get a degree, and some schools and districts add onto those requirements. You need to pass a class to get credit, but even a D- still counts as passing. If you fail a class, your options vary by school. At some schools you can make it up with summer school or online courses, but at others you have to actually retake the class. Some people do drop out of school, but that happens for other reasons as well.

If you drop out or age out of the system, you can also take a test to earn a GED, which is supposed to substitute for a high school diploma.

Why do you have a separate school for grades 9-12?

First of all, not all schools are 9-12, although many are. There are a few reasons for this division:

1. Many public high schools are large enough that it wouldn’t make sense to add younger students as well.

2. It may not be safe to put elementary schoolers in the same building as high schoolers.

3. The licensing requirements often are different for teaching elementary, middle, and high school. 

What are standardized tests,

There are two main types of standardized tests in the United States:

1. Legally mandated tests

Because of No Child Left Behind (a law passed in 2001), schools have to do well on this type of test or lose their funding and possibly be closed down. In theory, they cover basic material that every student is supposed to be able to do.

2. College admissions tests (SAT/ACT)

These are multiple-choice tests that students take to get into college. They have a LOT of problems and by in large do not measure what they’re supposed to measure.

Both types have their issues. I tend to consider the ACT/SAT less effective as measuring what they’re supposed to -- I did very well on the ACT, and in large part that was because I was a fast reader, not because I was actually better at the material covered than my classmates. 

y do u get so much homework, 

First of all, most of the reports of people doing massive amounts of homework a night are exaggerated. If you don’t stop to check social media, watch Netflix, etc. it doesn’t take that long at most schools. 

With that being said, it’s still a fair amount. Some teachers assign busywork, which increases homework time without providing real benefit. Fundamentally the issue is that every teacher views their class as most important and assigns homework accordingly.

y do they matter so much?

I assume this refers to standardized tests. Standardized tests are frequently assigned a high weight in college admissions because some high schools grade more strictly than other schools and colleges want an allegedly objective metric to compare students from different schools.

I hope that makes sense! Feel free to ask me if you have any other questions.

Important Question

Can someone pls explain the American school system to me?

Like… U guys have one (high-)school? For everyone? With one degree? Like, what do u do if you get bad grades? Drop out of highschool? Do u still get a degree? Why do you have a separate school for grades 9-12? What are standardized tests, y do u get so much homework, y do they matter so much? I’m confused. (And why do u have the same subjects EVERY.SINGLE.DAY?)

sry if those were too many questions but like… ¿??¿¿¿¿?????¿???¿????

AMERICA EXPLAIN

I’m not sure if my ask box is working, but if it is, this would be fun!

How Well Do Your Followers Know You?

OH MY GOD LY

no homo. we’re fresh out. we should get a new shipment in on monday

My Marvel Derby Girls!  They are all transparent.

Bonus:

[Gwen] [Black Widow] [Scarlet Witch] [Gamora] [Sif] [Peggy] [White Tiger] [Hawkeye] [Wasp] [Captain Marvel] [Spider-Man & Deadpool]

Also, while lurking the tags in the individual posts, I’ve seen quite a few people say they’d like to cosplay these.  To that, I can only say: PLEASE DO, and show me pics!

(should go without saying, but don’t remove my caption)

For the record the ACLU considers enforcing dress codes differently based on gender to be a violation of Title IX. If you do this again and they send home girls but not boys for the same dress code violation you can threaten to sue them, that’s usually pretty effective.

MY SCHOOL DRESS CODE IS FUCKING SEXIST AND WE STARTED A MOVEMENT

SOOO I go to Bangor High School in the state of Maine and yesterday our assistant principal told us “to the ladies we don’t want to see you’re bodies, no bra straps, no short shorts, and no crop tops, it’s a distraction” So my friend Cat started a movement at our highschool asking everyone to participate in breaking the sexist dress code and wear spaghetti straps, and crop tops, and short shorts. Even the male student body made bra strap bracelets to support our cause and wore cut open muscle tanks. ONLY FEMALE STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME. BOYS ENTIRE CHESTS WERE SHOWING BUT OUR MIDDRIFTS GOT US IN TROUBLE. WE HAD TO MISS OUT ON OUR EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THE MALE STUDENT BODY GOT THEIRS. TO MY SCHOOL IM SAYING FUCK YOU. TO MY FOLLOWERS PLEASE HELP ME PUT THIS SHIT ON BLAST!!!!!!

How can I engage with other human beings as full human beings?

Why is this so accurate?

HUMANISTS:

Expectation- Grow! Strive! Excel!

Reality- Government of, by, and for the most insufferable shitheads you knew in high school

BRILLISTS:

Expectation- Unlock the mysteries of the human psyche!

Reality- Your president is a smug sack of shit who’s also computer-racist

EUROPEANS:

Expectation- Unbreakable bonds of cultural tradition

Reality- “You seized my borderlands, you executed my hero, you conquered me a thousand years ago, and I remember.”

COUSINS:

Expectation- Altruism, community, common good

Reality- Some rando’s crashing on your couch six out of seven nights and it’d be too awkward to say anything at this point

UTOPIANS:

Expectation- Join our constellations and build the future! Also, Fursona-Pokémon are real and you can have one!

Reality- I Fucking Love Science + ENDLESS SCRUPULOSITY HELL

MASONS:

Expectation- Power. Order. Eternal tradition.

Reality- Facebook feed is endless unironic “when did THIS [modern architecture] become hotter than THIS [Byzantine spires]”

MITSUBISHI:

Expectation- Noble stewards of our terrestrial inheritance

Reality- Everyone’s least-favorite rent-seeker, and you don’t even have close to enough property to have a say in anything

WHITELAWS:

Expectation: Morally upright, clean living, stable communities

Reality: Mormonism but without the pretense of spiritual development

GRAYLAWS:

Expectation- Join the one group that isn’t directly run by lunatics

Reality- Somehow even more milquetoast than just becoming a Cousin because your ba'pas are

BLACKLAWS:

Expectation- Proud, honorable libertines, shining example of voluntary self-governance

Reality- The worst possible overlap in the Venn diagram of ancaps and LARPers