What it's like to go to school in Egypt as a pre-teen

Well..Egypt..isn't much different from any other country..but here we have so much dust : (

The school i go to is in Katameya it's the Canadian International School of Egypt
( cise) My school is amazing it has so many fun activities and your teachers are like your friends my teacher is ms.kelly Hennessey she is a really nice teacher and only cares of what we think..in class if she wants us to do science for example and we really want to do phys ed ( physical education) she'll have us vote and surprisingly we don't always choose Phys ed

But before i was in this amazing place..i was in jail
okay i dont mean real jail..the school just felt like jail
It had absouletely no learning
all you had to do was memorize things
Also my sister Jasmine ( 16) was there from 6th grade - 8th grade and in about 7th grade she started to get very stressed ! in grade 7!! who gets stressed in grade 7 is she stupid or something your probably thinking that but no she was actually top of her class when the stress made her clench her teeth so hard every day they would have a test everyday and I remember her telling me every single Tuesday they would have 3 tests ( on Tuesday) now your probably wondering what is this school :o well im not going to tell you the name just yet..
It was a Lebanese system it was probably not the school's fault that my sister had tmj ( what she had in her jaw from stress) it was the teachers also my best friend Nada ( in cise with me now) had a kidney problem and they wouldnt allow her to go to the bathroom.

I don't like to say bad things so i won't tell you the name of the school
i know you really want to know but im sorry it wouldn't be fair.


Finally i get to my favourite part what we learn at school
Well okay French and arabic is mandatory from Grade 1-8
there are levels for arabic AFL ( Arabic foreign language) or the higher level of classic arabic im in AFL because i can't read or write Arabic but i speak Arabic

Also you get one teacher for everything from grades 1-7 he/she will teach you everything from language arts to Phys ed

Lunch is from 12:20 to 1:00

for elementry ( 1-8)

Also we have a graduation from SK ( senior kindergarten) to 1st grade

and we have one from eighth grade into highschool

your considered in middle school from grade 5

all homeroom teachers have to be certified by ottawa to teach a class
and really we learn the same things you do...well not everything

= D

See ya later Dudes hee hee

Iris ( the eleven year old)