On Thursday and Friday I had my first days of real school in Switzerland. In Swiss high schools, there are four grades like in the US, but they are later because they go to middle school for two extra years here. You also have all of your classes with the same people, but still change classrooms and teachers. School starts here at 7:45 usually, but I didn't have to go until 9:20 because my class had Spanish class which I don't have to take. When I got to school, I went to the secretary's office to meet my "coach" who is in my class and showed me around and introduced me to the others in the class. I had German, Chemistry, English, and Physics on Thursday. German was so over my head that it was easy, because I didn't have to pay attention. Chemistry was hard because my class was doing pretty advanced stuff and 'm already bad at chem. I was actually able to understand some of the Physics because they were still doing the easy stuff. English class was probably the best though, because everyone had to speak English in class so I understood everything. I also introduced myself in English class because when you're new in a school in Switzerland, you have to introduce yourself to the whole class at once. But my English teacher had me introduce myself in a different way than usual. I went out of the classroom with three classmates and a subject to talk about (like school or family) and we asked each other about the topic. Then we went inside and I presented them and they presented me. It was a good way to get to know my classmates. After morning classes we had a two hour long break so some of my classmates and I watched movies in a "black box" which is a black room with bean bags for watching movies.
Friday was a very easy day. The sports teacher wasn't there, so I didn't have to go, and I don't have to go to French, so I started at 10:25 with double math. The regular math teacher had a substitute for the beginning of the year, and it was her last day, so we ate cake and played games for the second half of the class. Then I had German class for exchange students at a neighboring school, and then I was done!
I definitely like kantonsschule better than language school in Zurich, and I'm excited to be there full time!
Ciao!
Shinae,
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