Some movies I recommend watching to get the idea of America, and that you can talk about with people.
1. Legally Blond-It's about a "blond" going to Harvard and getting a law degree. A bit preppy but really good movie and proves that "blonds" are able to be smart lol.
2. Mean Girls-Getting revenge on "plastics"(popular girls) by joining them and eventually being one of them. Kinda shows what high school is like only a bit exaggerated.
3. Super Bad-Comedy same as above the setting is in high school, except a bit dirty at some parts xb (same directors as 40 year old virgin, knocked up, all very good movies though)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean/Harry Potter- Very popular and easy to talk about.
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But watching the latest films that came out are fine too but if you are planning to study abroad or just visiting go search for movies on yahoo or msn or any search site for the latest movie, plus it's definitely much cheaper watching movies in the state than watching it in Japan.
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difference between u.s. and japan
There isn't a huge difference between the united States and Japan, other than the races of people living in the county and the holidays that are celebrated.
The difference is in the U.S. you are finally legal when you turn 18 but the drinking age is around 20-21 depending on which state you live in. But you are able to buy tabacoo, vote, and join the army when you are 18. Also the driving age in the U.S. is usually 16 so there are tons of people in high school driving to school in their cars. Other than that probably most girls in the U.S. would rather buy a computer, or really expensive brand clothes, unlike girls in Japan who brings brand bags to class. (That was a real surprise for me) Also nobody really dress up for class and every one comes to school in sweats, jeans, any thing rough. You usually dress up when going out with someone, eating at some where fancy, or for a party. So if you think of studying abroad I reccomend to don't dress too fancy like wearing shorts and tights xb
The difference is in the U.S. you are finally legal when you turn 18 but the drinking age is around 20-21 depending on which state you live in. But you are able to buy tabacoo, vote, and join the army when you are 18. Also the driving age in the U.S. is usually 16 so there are tons of people in high school driving to school in their cars. Other than that probably most girls in the U.S. would rather buy a computer, or really expensive brand clothes, unlike girls in Japan who brings brand bags to class. (That was a real surprise for me) Also nobody really dress up for class and every one comes to school in sweats, jeans, any thing rough. You usually dress up when going out with someone, eating at some where fancy, or for a party. So if you think of studying abroad I reccomend to don't dress too fancy like wearing shorts and tights xb
service hours
To graduate high school other than getting all the credits, you also need to get service hours.
You need to get about 60 hours of volunteer work, it's like going to work except you don't get paid.
A lot of people volunteer as a staff for summer camps called CIT (Councilor In Training) or go to parks and pick up trash, help out at retirement homes, wrapping presents during holidays, and so on. I worked as a CIT at an art camp, which I thought was a good experiment for me handling with young children, and that the responsibility as beeing a role model for young children was harder than I imaigned. Since there were many kinds of different kids like kids who had food allergies, mentally-ill kids, and a kid who couldn't really talk english. But overall it was really fun at he end.
You need to get about 60 hours of volunteer work, it's like going to work except you don't get paid.
A lot of people volunteer as a staff for summer camps called CIT (Councilor In Training) or go to parks and pick up trash, help out at retirement homes, wrapping presents during holidays, and so on. I worked as a CIT at an art camp, which I thought was a good experiment for me handling with young children, and that the responsibility as beeing a role model for young children was harder than I imaigned. Since there were many kinds of different kids like kids who had food allergies, mentally-ill kids, and a kid who couldn't really talk english. But overall it was really fun at he end.
How to make smores
Does any one know about s'mores?
Well its an all time favorite snack while you go out camping!
You need to prepare
1 or 2 graham crackers
1 bar of chocolate
1 big puffy marshmallow
first stick he marshmallow to something long (like a stick) and roast the marshmallow over a fire place or any where that has heat
then break the graham cracker and chocolate bar into half, put the roasted marshmallow between the chocolate and graham cracker
Finally eat and enjoy!!
Better image of how you are making it
Well its an all time favorite snack while you go out camping!
You need to prepare
1 or 2 graham crackers
1 bar of chocolate
1 big puffy marshmallow
first stick he marshmallow to something long (like a stick) and roast the marshmallow over a fire place or any where that has heat
then break the graham cracker and chocolate bar into half, put the roasted marshmallow between the chocolate and graham cracker
Finally eat and enjoy!!
Better image of how you are making it
Schools and back packs
At school unlike Japan where you leave your stuff in your locker and move around class with a few note books and stuff every body carries a back pack around with their binders with your notes, pencils, keys, and stuff. we do have lockers but our reason for carrying around a bag was because not only personal belogings but the text books we use are too heavy to carry around. They are practically a size of a phone book with a hard cover. We could leave it at home but most times the teachers wanted us to use it in class plus we needed to bring them back home too... which was a big pain in the butt. Other than that a lot of grown ups worried that if we would get back problems as we got older. But eventually as we turned 16 most of us high schoolers got a car so that problem was solved. (except while in school)
simple txting
texting or txting is the u.s. version of mailing to someone to their phone except you don't need an e-mail address.
And since it's a pain in the butt writing out the words you abbreviate most of it.
Example:
you-u
lol-lots of laughs/laugh out loud
thnx-thanks
why-y
see you later-c u l8ter
and-nd
But since every body are abbreviating words, it gets a bit confusing when you write essays. Other than it's fast and saves up time :D
Other than txting by phone you can use the above abbreviation when chatting with someone!
And since it's a pain in the butt writing out the words you abbreviate most of it.
Example:
you-u
lol-lots of laughs/laugh out loud
thnx-thanks
why-y
see you later-c u l8ter
and-nd
But since every body are abbreviating words, it gets a bit confusing when you write essays. Other than it's fast and saves up time :D
Other than txting by phone you can use the above abbreviation when chatting with someone!
Books I recommend to read
Probably if you think of a really good english book you might think of Harry Potter or The Davinci Code. I dun't know about Harry Potter but the Da vinci code is really uver hard for people who just sarted english. So I really reccomend books by Roald Dahl. He is my favorite author all times next to Arakawa Hiromu my favorite manga artist lol. He wrote books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Witches, BFG (Big Friendly Giant), and James and the Giant Peach. Especially "Matilda", it was the top selling children's book before Harry Potter came out. Why I strongly reccomend Dahl is, all of his stories are fabulous, it draws you right into the story so you can't put the book down, and it is not too easy and not too hard so it's perfect for tweens and upper elementry students in English speaking coutnries.
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