Who Went To A Different kind of grade/high school period?

[ADqtPiMel]

Well, honestly, nobody is going to believe that your kid is a super-genius if you can't even type a short sentence without 6 typos and a total lack of punctuation/grammar. Please.

Ok, back to the thread. I went to a normal public high school. However, one of my good friends went to a school where they didn't have to wear shoes if they didn't want to, and they got to sit on pillows instead of at desks. I was way jealous.

[Private I]

Elementary school lasts 8 years in Yugoslavia, but you start at age 7. I left after the 7th grade, so I jumped straight into the 9th but with the correct age (14). For the 1st year I went to one of those high schools connected to the university where the students come in and do stupid quizzes on you. The next 3 years I did the IB program, which is the closest I got to a European education. It paid off cos I came into college with 42 credits.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by ADqtPiMel


Ok, back to the thread. I went to a normal public high school. However, one of my good friends went to a school where they didn't have to wear shoes if they didn't want to, and they got to sit on pillows instead of at desks. I was way jealous.

Yeah, some of my friends went to the local alternative high school, where you could take yoga for credit, they got to sit on couches during class, and where a lot of work was done via self-guided projects on the subject of your choice. NOT FAIR.

[Buttonz]

I'm a private school brat! But thats cus I went to a Jewish school my whole life till College

Originally posted by sugar and spice
Yeah, some of my friends went to the local alternative high school, where you could take yoga for credit, they got to sit on couches during class, and where a lot of work was done via self-guided projects on the subject of your choice. NOT FAIR.

We had hula for credit classes. My AP British Lit class had couches, and in my religion, econ, and AP government classes we had carpets and beanbag chairs. They were soooo comfy. I miss high school.

[_Lisa_]

I went to the School for the Creative and Performing Arts...we just called it SCAPA. SCAPA (4-8) had their own school & SCAPA (9-12) was housed a local high school. At the high school we had a Zero Hour for our major & then one other class during the day regarding our major (or your secondary major if you had one.) The rest of our classes were mixed in with with other students from the high school.

Regardless of SCAPA being housed there my high school was all about the Arts. Our band was #1 in the state for 11 years in a row with 400+ people, our orchestra was 150+ strong & always traveled & got wonderful state ratings & won many competitions, there were 6 different choirs you could be in-the largest being an audition choir with 200+ people each year (also traveling & receiving wonderful state ratings & winning many competitions.) We had award-winning dance & art studios, & numerous drama & creative writing classes. At my high school, if you didn't do something with the Arts (SCAPA was often used as an excuse to attend my high school if you were out of district) you were a nobody really. Our basketball team won the State Sweet 16 once but that was our only sports-related claim to fame. People went to the football games to see the band play-not the cheerleaders or the actual game.

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally posted by BetaRose
I went to a 7th-12th college prep magnet. Our only sport was rowing when I started there,

!!!!!!!!!!! I would DIE! that's awesome...bet they had nice boats...*boat envy*

I went to an all magnet public high school...you were either in Science and Math or the Traditional program. I was science and math, thinking I was going to be a vet in college..nope. Ended up just another crappy lib arts major. But i was in the Honors program, so I pretty much did whatever I wanted to. People don't realize that if you behave, you can run things muwahaha.

I forgot to mention that our football team is "Statebound" despite being a city division school. My senior year, we went undefeated and unscored upon until the state finals. (let's not mention the fact that half the team failed the state tests, yet still got full rides to colleges....)

[DeltaSigStan]

Originally posted by crzychx
I went to the School for the Creative and Performing Arts...we just called it SCAPA. SCAPA (4-8) had their own school & SCAPA (9-12) was housed a local high school. At the high school we had a Zero Hour for our major & then one other class during the day regarding our major (or your secondary major if you had one.) The rest of our classes were mixed in with with other students from the high school.

I went to the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, and we called it SCPA. And there was an SCPA down the road, but they were attached to the high school like yours.

[_Lisa_]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I went to the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, and we called it SCPA. And there was an SCPA down the road, but they were attached to the high school like yours.

SCAPA was the only school for the Arts in my city. I'm glad the high school portion was hosted by another high school-I feel a lot more well-rounded that way.

[emleepc]

I went to a private school K-12......college was the first public school for me ever. We didn't have football, and homecoming was for basketball too (just like ADPiZXAlum). It was great up until I was a senior, then it went downhill that year......man, was I ready to go off to college!!

[AEPhiSierra]

I went to a specialized science high school. 20,000 kids take the test and about 800 get in. It was all about the test and grades didn't matter. Everyone commuted from all over the city. Our course selection was pretty good lots of languages, AP course and various electives.