23 Foreigners Share Weird Things American Schools Do

If you live in the USA, your school experience was probably similar to what you see on TV. If you live outside of the US, the weird things American schools do might not even seem real to you.

The truth is: they’re weird and a lot of us know they’re really weird.

Between reciting the pledge of allegiance like zombies at the beginning of the day and the literal metal detectors when you walk in, there are a lot of weird things at American schools that people from other countries are pretty confused by.

Here are some of the most perplexing things US schools do:

1. Starting school so early

2. Needing a hall pass to walk around

3. Actually having lockers

4. Reciting the pledge

5. Flags are everywhere

6. The morning announcements

AMERICAN SCHOOLS ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS???????? I THOUGHT THAT WAS FAKE OMG

— don't look at me (@trashboyyx) February 24, 2021

7. Milk with lunches

https://twitter.com/insatiate0/status/1296901132988616704

8. School busses

Do schools in america actually send buses to pick students up of a morning?!

— abigail (@TROUBLET0NES)

9. Our school lunches

….. do american schools actually give u this??? https://t.co/UC5FxmbYB1

— micho loves bokuto menacingly⁷ (@http_taehyungs) June 19, 2020

10. Starting in August

https://twitter.com/hilaryagro/status/1291766317368975361

11. Schools having their own nurse

do american schools actually have a nurse or is that just in tv?

— indie (@_smell_ya_later) September 20, 2020

12. Cheer Squads

do american schools actually have cheerleaders? And are those cheerleaders stuck up? I NEED TO KNOW

— justin (@bieberexhale) June 11, 2013

13. Weird water fountains apparently

https://twitter.com/lisaislovesick/status/895884429444268033

14. Passes for the bathroom

Do American schools really require you to have a physical pass to go to the bathroom?

— Her name was Lola (@CryinInATaxi) September 23, 2018

15. Eating lunch in a cafeteria

https://twitter.com/marsfromthesea/status/1350232161060839424

16. Rival schools you compete with

https://twitter.com/ketterdqm/status/1235669202108735488

17. Schools with their own parking lot

https://twitter.com/ratbaby_666/status/676534324527800320

18. Drama clubs that have entire plays

https://twitter.com/balletquartet/status/1127654437626032138

19. Whole ass swimming pools in schools

https://twitter.com/hemsbucky/status/1285182044771770369

20. The dreaded rope climb

https://twitter.com/ERODAVOL6/status/1310954941545172994

21. So many vending machines

Do American schools really have vending machines what the fuck

— ninjabread man (@prostrider) February 5, 2020

22. All of the other clubs too

https://twitter.com/kirstyclyne/status/693915320860459009

23. And crumbling under two inches of snow

why tf do american schools get cancelled when theres snow. every january in sweden there is a meter of snow and NOT ONCE have our school cancelled the day. DO IT THE AMERICAN WAY SCHOOL

— jay. (@argentdols) January 28, 2019

23 Non-Americans Share Things US Schools Do That Don’t Make Sense To Them