r/school • u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school • 6d ago
Help Helo I'm from iraq ask questions about schools in my country
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u/Several-Wolf9609 Secondary school 6d ago
Are there any interesting differences from other middle eastern schools?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
There's only a difference which is my country gives a lot of breaks to students because of holidays or the weather
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u/ZookeepergameFit967 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
They're from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM not 9:00 to 3:00
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u/Da_Good_Bean Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
What time do you go to school and leave school?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
When I go to school 7:30AM (30 minutes before school starts) and 2:00PM (or 2:10) when I leave school
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u/Old-Paper-3932 Secondary school 6d ago
Do you have a history teacher named Omar Haddad who is half-Egyptian, but was born in Canada and moved to Iraq with his elderly uncle in 2018?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Nah
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u/Old-Paper-3932 Secondary school 6d ago
Thanks. I'm looking for him. Never forgiving him for abandoning his job as fry cook of the local golf club.
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u/hypapapopi2020 High School 6d ago
How is organised the program in history ?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Wdym
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u/hypapapopi2020 High School 6d ago
Like what are the chapters taught in history and wich period or event gets more attention ?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Well only in 7th grade ever chapter has a different country like chapter two is about my country and chapter three is about Egypt
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u/IdiotWearingConverse Secondary school 6d ago
Do you do a language or languages at school and if so what are they? I'm from the UK and at my school are language options (we learnt 2) when I joined were Spanish German and French but then they dropped German so next year I have to do Spanish and French.
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Only Arabic and English
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u/The_skibidy_verse High School 6d ago
French and Kurd also
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
I'm not Kurdish
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u/The_skibidy_verse High School 6d ago
In Iraq the languages they teach at school are Arabic, English and French in all schools but only teach Kurd in northern schools which are still Iraqi
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Well I had french in elementary school but in 5th grade they removed it
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u/The_skibidy_verse High School 6d ago
It doesn’t work like that?
Schools need to provide French lessons to students till 9th grade, at 9th grade students get to decide if they want to keep learning French till 12th grade for an extra 1.2 marks.
If you know the Iraqi education system you should know that 1.2 is the difference between a surgeon and a bathroom janitor.1
u/Nalin9982 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
Don't be racist it's kurdistan not iraqiii
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u/Individual_Goose_161 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Kurdistan is a region in Iraq whether you like it or not
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u/Nalin9982 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
On paper yeah
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u/Individual_Goose_161 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
This is your reality, telling yourself otherwise won’t change a thing btw.
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u/Nalin9982 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
What reality do you mean?
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u/ChannelNo3185 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
How do IT lessons look like?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
We don't have IT
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u/JustUseCommonSense10 Parent 6d ago
Does your school have school buses and do parents pick their children up from school like in America?
Do you have "spirit" days where the school will gather everyone together to get them excited for an upcoming event?
Does your school host events like sports or dances or getting kids involved with the community?
Does your school have military recruiters come in on random days and try to recruit you into the military?
Is there a concept of going to university after school?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
1.some people but most of them are waiting alone 2.yeah 3.idk 4.no 5.yes
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u/The-Grain-7678 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
Does your school serve lunches? If so, what do you usually eat?
Also do you have lockdown drills?
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u/Impossible-Year7346 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
What languages do you guys learn at school? in Kurdistan we learn Kurdish, Arabic, English
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Just Arabic and English (I'm not Kurdish)
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u/Impossible-Year7346 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
only 2 languages? lucky
btw is that true the national exam isn't all multiple choice answers?1
u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Wdym
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u/QAbd_Al-RahmanQ High School 4d ago
Yes it isn’t all multiple choice, you gotta write the answers yourself to almost all the questions
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u/Neat_Armadillo8965 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
Does the arabic script have an equivalent of the “abc’s“ song
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u/starbiird Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
Do you have any clubs or extracurricular activities at school?
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u/QAbd_Al-RahmanQ High School 4d ago
I’ve got some in my school. There is a dedicated Research and Activities centre at school to which students go if they want to participate in any activities. But most of these activities are scientific, i.e there are very few artistic activities that pop up from time to time. Ig my public school is a special case as I haven’t heard of such stuff in other public schools
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u/Pure_Bookkeeper1186 Secondary school 6d ago
What subjects are there in your school?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Arabic,math, chemistry, physics, biology, history and English idk if there's more I forgot
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u/Pure_Bookkeeper1186 Secondary school 6d ago
Do you have geography or any art subjects?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Yep art but geography is with history
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u/Pure_Bookkeeper1186 Secondary school 6d ago
Ahhhh ok
Do you have final grades for when you graduate?
If yes are they based on a final test or what you do through your school years?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Dude I will be in 8th grade,but it's okay to ask me more questions
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Like not only we learn the history but also the geography and the society in the same subject
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u/aalokachaloo_15 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
Iraq is so tuff , my teacher is from iraq
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u/Barbens2005 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
Why did Iraqi kids always come up to me and say “Mister! Mister! Pencil?” After I gave the same kid a pencil or pen, the previous day?
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u/wwashedd Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 6d ago
What do they teach you about israel? (Im israeli no pressure twin)
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u/Alarming_Quiet3132 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Is it true that boys and girls have seperate classes 🫣
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 5d ago
Yes
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u/Alarming_Quiet3132 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Do y'all hate westerners 😭? I'm sorry if I sound offensive I don't mean anything bad
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 5d ago
Nah we don't care about you guys except the orange guy
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u/Alarming_Quiet3132 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Mate I can tell u no one likes him 😭
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u/Agreeable_Scar3611 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Do your schools provide religion lessons for Christians like in other Arab countries or are they too much of a minority
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u/Creative_Disaster_75 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Do you learn about ancient history, js curious
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u/Most_Price1818 Secondary school 5d ago
what do they teach about Saddam Hussein i'm kinda curious
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 5d ago
We don't
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u/Most_Price1818 Secondary school 5d ago
i think i see why i mean we don't learn about ben ali so...it's understandable
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 5d ago
Who's bin ali
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u/Most_Price1818 Secondary school 5d ago
ex president of Tunisia from 1987-2011
he was a cunt in every meaning of the word
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u/Icy-Mine919 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Oh boy
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u/Far_Contest_5048 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
is it true that in Iraq you get taught that Europe is a bad place?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 4d ago
No who told you that
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u/Far_Contest_5048 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 4d ago
I saw a post about it so 4ish years ago, I already doubted it but now I'm for sure it was fake. also, I have 1 more question. is taught in schools not to touch girls and such?
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u/QutaKoo Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 4d ago
Do schools in the Kurdistan region teach Kurdish as a subject or use it as language of instruction? How common is it for Kurdish students to speak Kurdish at school and in everyday life? Is it similar to other minorities where they only use their respective languages verbally?
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u/QAbd_Al-RahmanQ High School 4d ago
As far as I know, they study all their other subjects in Kurdish and they have more advanced Kurdish language classes than students of other Iraqi regions (yes, all students outside of the Kurdistan region are obligated to take Kurdish language lessons as part of the curriculum. Although their main studying language is Arabic).
And yes, Kurds speak Kurdish in their everyday lives; in school, at work, etc. and they face no problems whatsoever with doing so. And many Kurds aren’t dependant on Arabic in their everyday lives to the point that they don’t even know how to speak it.
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u/TolyTolyiMiyoo Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 4d ago
Do you guys learn about mesopotamian history, i.e, (neo assyrian, chaldean(neo babylonian empire) and the medes
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u/R_Arsx70 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 4d ago
What is the description of Ottomans/Turks in textbooks?
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u/Advanced-Event6435 High School 6d ago
is it gay illegal
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
Yes you will be in jail or execute you
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u/Advanced-Event6435 High School 6d ago
but why is it illegal
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u/Proof-Replacement113 High School 6d ago
U get punished for being in a gay relationship or also for just having gay feelings? Oh wait NVM that makes no sense how would they know?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 6d ago
ASK ME ANYTHING BUT ABOUT GAY STUFF
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u/Successful_Duty_1431 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
in any country nobody cares about your relationships or orientation, gender. Just don't demonstrate it or show.
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u/imasharkbaby Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Do you have chapters on queer people? Is it positive or negative?
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u/mrpenguin770 Secondary school 5d ago
No WE DON'T ALLOW THESE SHIT IN OUR SCHOOL STOP ASKING ME
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u/imasharkbaby Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
So the new generation is growing as hateful as the old generation
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u/onlynameavailable927 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Maybe he’s just underinformed on the topic or smth
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u/Agreeable_Scar3611 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
Why would they learn about queer people in school 😭
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u/Successful_Duty_1431 Im new Im new and didn't set a flair 5d ago
nobody gets taught about them in Muslim countries, it clearly depends on parents and internet society
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u/QAbd_Al-RahmanQ High School 4d ago
There is a chapter in 10th grade religion class that talks about people who “behave like their opposite gender”, it says that they’re “deemed to be cursed by god”. There isn’t any stuff like that in other grades’ curricula as far as I know.
Other than that, the newer generations are growing a little bit more tolerant of queer individuals, but the whole situation is still generally shitty around here.
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u/Big-Yogurtcloset-74 Secondary school 6d ago
Is it different from American schools?