Growing up in the USA Flashcards
A brief autobiography of the American school experience
I grew up in a small village just 2 hours northwest of New York City.
Jeg er opvokset i en lille landsby kun 2 timer nordvest fra New York City.
I started in kindergarten class when I was 5 years old, and I went to school 5 days a week.
Jeg startede i børnehaveklassen da jeg var 5 år gammel, og jeg gik i skole 5 dage om ugen.
Normally we arrived at 8 o’clock and ended the day around noon. 14:30.
Normalt ankom vi klokken 8 og sluttede dagen af omkring kl. 14:30.
There were approx. 1000 children both boys and girls at our school, with approx. 25 children in each class.
Der var ca. 1000 børn både drenge og piger på vores skole, med ca. 25 børn i hver klasse.
I liked going to school because I loved learning, but I also like to meet with my friends and talk to sweet girls.
Jeg kunne godt lide at gå i skole, fordi jeg elskede at lære, men jeg kunne også lide at mødes med mine venner og tale med søde piger.
The two classes I liked best were science and music, but I never liked math.
De to klasser, jeg bedst kunne lide, var videnskab og musik, men jeg har aldrig kunne lide matematik.
At that time, the teachers had to beat the children with a paddle in the bare butt if you didn’t behave properly.
Dengang måtte lærerne godt slå børnene med et bat i den bare numse, hvis man ikke opførte sig ordenligt.
Fortunately, it never happened to me, and it was eventually banned some years later.
Heldigvis skete det aldrig for mig, og det blev nogle år senere til sidst forbudt.
It was free to go to school up to 12th grade and that is still the case today.
Det var gratis at gå i skole til og med 12. klasse og det er det stadig i dag.
We did not have special school uniforms, but I think it would have helped with bullying if we all wore the same clothes.
Vi havde ikke specielle skoleuniformer, men jeg tror at det havde hjulpet med mobningen, hvis vi alle havde det samme tøj på.
