Does American high schools really looks like in the movies?

Few years ago in a little island called Australia, I thought high schools are like the ones in the movies, lockers, football field, long hallway etc. But I was wrong, it look nothing like what I thought. So does American high school really looks like the ones in the movies?

don't know about american ones,they do look like **** here where i live.i hope americans aren't as good as it's shown in the movies too;it makes me utterly jealous:x .

The way the school looks or the atmosphere? Looks... Yes if its rich enough. Atmosphere... No.jeremiah06

So they do exist. Only without this High School Musical or GLEE crap.

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]The way the school looks or the atmosphere? Looks... Yes if its rich enough. Atmosphere... No.stevoqwerty

So they do exist. Only without this High School Musical or GLEE crap.

I've been wondering the same thing.Not about the aesthetical aspects,but more about the scoial atmosphere,as in,the whole clique-based structure(Is it really a nerds,jocks,cheerleaders type thing?) Is there really that amount of animosity between kids(stuffing people into lockers,cheerleaders ganging up on the fat girl etc.)? And if so-what do they put in the water to make everyone act like they have their heads-firmly-in-anus?grape_of_wrath

I've been wondering the same thing.Not about the aesthetical aspects,but more about the scoial atmosphere,as in,the whole clique-based structure(Is it really a nerds,jocks,cheerleaders type thing?) Is there really that amount of animosity between kids(stuffing people into lockers,cheerleaders ganging up on the fat girl etc.)? And if so-what do they put in the water to make everyone act like they have their heads-firmly-in-anus?grape_of_wrath

Yes and no. People tends to hate other cliques but not as defined, the lines more blurred. Getting stuffed into a locker only happens in movies or on TV. When I went to high school the lockers were way to small for people to fit into making it physically impossible to happen.

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]The way the school looks or the atmosphere? Looks... Yes if its rich enough. Atmosphere... No.stevoqwerty

So they do exist. Only without this High School Musical or GLEE crap.

:P

Now I wish I could be in one of those rich co-ed high schools in America. But here in Australia, though we get free education in public schools, I chose to go to an all boys Catholic school (ironically no one cares about religion here), it's so tiny (population approx. 600), no grass field, outdated equipments and no lockers. But we had really awesome teachers that joke with us. Too late for me to change schools.

Now I wish I could be in one of those rich co-ed high schools in America. But here in Australia, though we get free education in public schools, I chose to go to an all boys Catholic school (ironically no one cares about religion here), it's so tiny (population approx. 600), no grass field, outdated equipments and no lockers. But we had really awesome teachers that joke with us. Too late for me to change schools.

stevoqwerty

I've been wondering the same thing.Not about the aesthetical aspects,but more about the scoial atmosphere,as in,the whole clique-based structure(Is it really a nerds,jocks,cheerleaders type thing?) Is there really that amount of animosity between kids(stuffing people into lockers,cheerleaders ganging up on the fat girl etc.)? And if so-what do they put in the water to make everyone act like they have their heads-firmly-in-anus?grape_of_wrath

[QUOTE="stevoqwerty"]

Now I wish I could be in one of those rich co-ed high schools in America. But here in Australia, though we get free education in public schools, I chose to go to an all boys Catholic school (ironically no one cares about religion here), it's so tiny (population approx. 600), no grass field, outdated equipments and no lockers. But we had really awesome teachers that joke with us. Too late for me to change schools.

funsohng

We really need lockers, we are sick of carrying a 6kg bag all day long with you, where ever you go. And yea, only 2 teachers in my school are crappy, all the other 40 or so teachers are good and funny, some talk about games, some just make fun of other kids (not in a bad way), some jokes alot, some talk with us about everyday life and some are just plain nice, our school is also very multicultural.

Few years ago in a little island called Australia, I thought high schools are like the ones in the movies, lockers, football field, long hallway etc. But I was wrong, it look nothing like what I thought. So does American high school really looks like the ones in the movies?

stevoqwerty

It does where I grew up (Fallon, NV). In fact, one (or part of one episode) episode of The Wonder Years were filmed at a Jr High there.

No I doubt.

As far as student culture goes, there's probably as much bullying in American schools as you'll find anywhere else. But again, it really depends on the school you go to. Some schools are pretty tame with bullying while others have kids stabbing each other and pushing kids down flights of stairs (those are usually inner city schools ridden with gang crime though).gameguy6700

I live in the UK and school I went to was just like Hogwarts!!!!

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]People caught on the wrong points in my first post. I wasn't asking to discuss the semantics involving "Locker-stuffing",but the social statuses of americans HS. I'll give an example-in some HS films there's this phenomenon where the "cool crowd" or "A list"(does those exist,for one?) refuse to let the unpopular kids-In "their" hallway/to "their" lunch table etc. can that be found IRL? Cause that was always a bit ,too hard, to believe...SeraphimGoddess

There's not much bullying at the high schools of my hometown. Many households have guns and most bullies are smart enough to know the consequences can be fatal for them (and/or their friends).

I'm in Canada, and my school looks nothing like in the movies.. in appearence. There is some clique behavior between some people though. Its quite annoying since people stereotype at the drop of a hat.

i'm lucky enough to have a "small town school" and pretty much yea.. we have a school that would fit "normal high school"

Some, especially the newer ones, do. Most don't.

I wonder how Japanese high schools look like.

The students seem older in movies.

My school does look like one of the ones in the movies as it's rather large and the area is upper-middle class in general. We all have full-size lockers, though they're primarily only visited once a day since c|asses can be rather far apart.

The school has a small theater, a large, i-max size theater, a small gym, a large gym/fieldhouse with an indoor track upstairs, a competitive swimming pool, a recreational swimming area that's open to the public (like a mini-waterpark), two floors, a school store, full size library, large cafeteria, indoor courtyard, roughly six computer labs, fully stocked auto-lab, a football field and track, two baseball fields, and softball field. The school population is a little over 2,000 I think, but outside of government funding, the school receives funding from GM (their proving grounds are in town).

I'd say that the atmosphere is quite different from what's portrayed in the movies though. There is no definitive "jock" clique, the cheerleaders aren't worshipped (the attractive/popular girls play volleyball, soccer, and basketball), and it's a lot less stratified in the movies. For instance, you can see "jocks" and "nerds" having fun together throughout the school. There are definitely different groups of friends, but there isn't really antagonism between them. There's tons of school spirit as well. Even though the football team is decent, not amazing, the stands are jam-packed every game. It's pretty sweet, I gotta say. :P

Thats more of a middle school thing. In high school, the "social class" things starts to fade a bit. At least it did in my high school. I went to one of the top 5 public high schools in my state; so it was both awesome and awful. It has awesome class selection, like 100 electives. But the school is really strict on tardy and absence policies. So its frustrating.

So yeah, my high school looked kinda like a movie.

my school had a lot of bullying, about 1400 kids went to our school. the problem was rich kids and poor kids all went to the same school. there would be four more kids then what the room could hold and half the time we would have to share books cuz there wasnt enough for every person. if someone started flexing at you and you didnt fight them right away you would be tortured the rest of the year.. sometimes jumped.

fights went on everyday.. a lot of ambulences were called, staties were called out to do full body searches on us normally once a week. i know of ten people that died before we even graduated... most were drunk driving accidents but the rest were all shootings usually from drugs or women troubles.


how you know your school is gangster, when two guys get into a knife fight during your high school graduation ceremony (medivac hellicopters were called but no one died tho). this actually happend at my school!

i take it most people went to nice schools and dont have the same experiences that i did, my school was rough.. every day was like walking into a wolves den and fighting for survival.

i had three instances where the principal got punched in the face trying to step inbetween fights.. then both guys jumping the teachers and principal instead of fighting each other.

They do, but the students don't. They look way younger than how they look in the movies. ice144

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]The way the school looks or the atmosphere? Looks... Yes if its rich enough. Atmosphere... No.stevoqwerty

So they do exist. Only without this High School Musical or GLEE crap.

High School Musical used a real school for part of the filming.

The way the school looks or the atmosphere? Looks... Yes if its rich enough. Atmosphere... No.jeremiah06