Sports/ School

We talked about what are our favorite sports are to watch or play.

We mentioned sports like football, basketball, tennis, gymnastic, high-dive, swimming... and we also talked about the most famous athlete in our country.

In the USA they have a lots of  famous basketball players for example : Lebron James or Kobe Bryant, while in Spain we have  lots of well-known athletes such as: Pau Gasol, Rafa Nadal or Fernando Alonso.

This year, we celebrate the most prominent sport´s competition: The Olympic Games. And if we had the opportunity to go to the Olympics, we four would have gone to London.

About school we compared both systems (Rhode Island and Spain) of education. In the USA they have:

Elementary school

1-5 grades (6-12 years)

Middle school

6-8 grades (12-14 years)

Highschool

8-12 grades (14-18 years)

You have to pass an exam call "SAT's" to qualify for Universities.

University / College

(+18 years)

In Spain we have:

Primary school (6-12 years)

Secondary school (12-16 years)

Bachillerato (16-18 years)

And finally you have to pass an exam call "selectividad" to qualify for the university.

University

(+18 years)

Both educational systems are similar but they aren´t  exactly the same. We told to them that our school is very small compared to other schools in Spain. And they answered that in Rhode Island their school is smaller than ours, so Antonio and I where surprised by  that.

At their school, Sabina and Allie can choose two different languages, they can choose spanish or chinese. While in our school we can only choose French as a second language. Something interesting is that, in Spain their favorites subjects are Math and Physics because is the easiest subject to understand in spanish. But,  in the USA they would rather history.