Compare and Contrasting to the U.S.
Differences:
The teacher switches classes and the students stay in the same class.
The boys and girls are split up into different classes. (Only this school does this, other schools in Spain do not)
This school teaches 3 different languages
The teachers get more planning time
In this school the students wear uniforms
The students walk to school. (In some schools in America this is normal but in the school, I grew up in you could only get to to school by bus or car.
The classroom management is different. There is no reward system or no discipline system.
The students can sing and dance around the hallway.
Only silence when doing independent work. It is a very loud culture.
Lunch is an hour long and students can leave to go get lunch.
The students have swimming as a special.
The students do not have the same classes at the same time every day.
Safety is very relaxed. Classroom doors are not always locked and there is access to outside very easily.
Teachers go by their first names here. (It is not like in all schools in Spain)
The students in Spain only write in cursive.
In Spain, they do not drink as much water. The teachers or students do not carry water bottles around with them.
The culture and classrooms are louder.
Similarities:
The content being taught is the same.
Teachers are underpaid.
The class sizes are the same
Most of the specials are the same