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@ 22-10-2004 18:34 Cyd | 
11,116 posts
| Yeah, i'm interested in finding out about different places so if you could please answer these questions for me I would really appreciate it. 
1. What is your name, age, and country?
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
4. What is the major language?
5. Major religion(s)?
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
7. What form of government do you have?
8. How does the school system work?
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words? |
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 0  @ 22-10-2004 18:48 minastirith | 
2,451 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country? I am
Robert, I am 16 years old, from Wales.
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult? I am an adult(legal adulthood is 16).
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive? Smoke at 16, drink at 18, drive at 17.
4. What is the major language? English is main language, but Welsh is also big.
5. Major religion(s)? No major religion(Protestantism, but I am not religious)
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture? St David's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc...
7. What form of government do you have? We have a dickhead government, full of muppets and the corrupt.
8. How does the school system work? Haven't ever thought about it.
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words? Beautiful, serene, glowing.  | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 18:48 lolit | 6,540 posts
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1. What is your name, age, and country?
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
4. What is the major language?
5. Major religion(s)?
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
7. What form of government do you have?
8. How does the school system work?
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
1. Lital, 16.5, Israel
2. at the age of 18
3. smoke- 18 yo i think but everybody does it earlier
drink- 21 yo in some places, and 18 yo in some places.
drive- 17 years old.
4. Hebrew, then Arabic and English.
5. judaism, muslim.... almost everything.
6. Roch Hashana, Sucot, Purim, Passover....
7. democratic
8. hmm totalitarian 
9. the best country in the world, tho all the world thinks different. (sorry i had to say it) | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 18:49 lolit | 6,540 posts
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why do i cant see the name of the starter??
| | 0 @ 22-10-2004 18:51 su_see | 10 posts
| My name is Susana but you can call me susee, im 19, my country is USA
We are adults at age 18, WOW im an adult already!!!!
We can smoke at age 18, drink at 21, and drive whenever you want j/k i think its 16, but i don't do neither 
The major language is english but their are tons of languages spoken here, i speak english, spanish and french
democracy but not really
many many religions here
We celebrate christmas, halloween, easter,my birthday etc...
school? well we go to school since age 5 and then when you graduate from high school you can choose to go to college or drop out
not so perfect
So what are your answers???
| 0 @ 22-10-2004 18:54 mikey_boy | 20,467 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
USA
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
to smoke in my state its 18. drink 21, drive 15.
4. What is the major language?
English
5. Major religion(s)?
all forms of Christian. Jewish.
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, 4th of July
7. What form of government do you have?
Democracy
8. How does the school system work?
federal goverment gives every state money and then the state gets to decide what to do with it.
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
Kick Ass Hole (as in awesome) | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 18:57 stupot | 14,962 posts
| 1. stu, 18, england
2. adult @ 18
3. smoke @16/drink @18/drive @17
4. language = english
5. religion = not sure...
6. holidays = xmas, easter, summer
7. government = labour and uninspiring
8. school system:
- 4-11 primary school
- 12-16 senior school
- 17-18 college
- 18+ university/job/ w/e
9. 3 words = likes to win | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 18:59 Pop_killer | 
6,729 posts
| 1. James, 15, England
2. 18
3. 16/5 at home, 18 in public/17
4. English
5. Christian I guess
6. Birthdays, christmas
7. Crap
8. You get taught 
9. Very very boring
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why did I do that? People know that anyway!
| | 0 @ 22-10-2004 19:05 mannolewen | 730 posts
| 1.Sam, 16, CANADA
2. 18
3. smoke-19/drink-19/drive-16 with adult,17ish on your own
4. English and French but many others
5. Any
6. Everything under the sun...man we have we everything somewhere.
7. democratic
8. depends on province, in ontario we have to pss 30 classes get 40 hours community service and pass the literacy test. uh start when you are 4-5 then high school starts grade 9
9. best one around
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great topic, 'tis interesting
| | 0 @ 22-10-2004 19:12 Amythest | 5,464 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country? Emma, 15 and N.Ireland
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult? 18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive? hmm..i think it's 16, 18 and 18
4. What is the major language? well, N.Ireland mainly speaks english, but down south speaks Irish
5. Major religion(s)? Catholic and protestant
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture? St Patricks day,12th of July, and the usual Christmas and Easter, etc
7. What form of government do you have? "democracy" (with inverted commas)
8. How does the school system work? start nursery at 3/4 and go to primary school 4/5 you stay there until you're 11 and then you sit a transfer test, to determine what high school you'll go to, then you go to high school from 11 until you're either 16 or 18, and then you can go to university if you want
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words? divided, narrow minded, bigoted | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 19:21 Cyd |
11,116 posts
| Thanks you guys... | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 19:22 Dekar | 36,120 posts
| 1. Matthew, 23, Canada
2. 18
3. 18
4. English and French
5. Multicultural, hence multi-religious
6. Canada Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving in October, New Year's Day, Labour Day, Easter, and other religious holidays.
7. Despotism
8. Depends on the province. Here in Quebec, Elementary goes Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K), Kindergarten, and grades 1 to 6, High School is grades 7 to 11, then you can apply to a CEGEP (college), and then apply to a University or get a job, or you can skip CEGEP and apply to University as a mature student when you turn 21.
9. We're not Americans. | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 19:31 Shira88 | 12,250 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
Shira, 16.5, Israel.
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
18.
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
Smoke- There is no legal age, everyone can smoke whnever they want to. Drink- 18. Drive- 17.
4. What is the major language?
Hebrew, and Arabic.
5. Major religion(s)?
Judism, Islam. There's also Chritianity here and Druzes and Bahai's, but the big ones are Islam and Judism.
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, Hannukah, Passover, Purim, Shavuot, etc.
7. What form of government do you have?
Form? What do you mean? Israel's a Jewish democratic state and the government is.... I dunno, I don't listen in civics classes.
8. How does the school system work?
Free schooling, everybody have to go to school until the 10th grade. Grades 1-6- elementry school, grades 7-9 junior high school, grades 10-12 high school.
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
Violent. Hot. Annoying. | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 19:52 woowoo_7676 | 23 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
4. What is the major language?
5. Major religion(s)?
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
7. What form of government do you have?
8. How does the school system work?
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
1.Marcus/17/USA
2.18
3.18/21/16
4.English
5.christian
6.t-giving/x-mas/etc....
7.?????
8.????
9.it's f****** awesome!!!!!!!!! | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 20:04 loopylaura33 | 272 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country? laura, 16, england
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult? 18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive? 16/18/16
4. What is the major language? english
5. Major religion(s)? christian
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture? christmas, easter, bonfire night, halloween, new year, birthdays
7. What form of government do you have? we have a queen and a prime minister
8. How does the school system work? you do your SATs when you are in years 3, 6 and 9 and then get GCSEs when you leave school at 16. then you can go on to do A levels or equivilant (eg. i am gettin a BTEC national certificate=2 A levels). then you can go to university to do a degree.
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words? rainy, fun and fab | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 20:09 purple_hippo | 17,341 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
Haz, 14, England
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
16/18/17?
4. What is the major language?
English..
5. Major religion(s)?
Christianity
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
Christmas, Easter, New Years
7. What form of government do you have?
Democracy
8. How does the school system work?
3-11 = primary school
12-18 = Highschool
18+ University
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
I like food | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 20:32 Buyiyo | 106 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
4. What is the major language?
5. Major religion(s)?
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
7. What form of government do you have?
8. How does the school system work?
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
1. Lucía, 18, Spain
2. 18.
3. 18.
4. Spanish.
5. Catholic.
6. Día de la Constitución (6th of December, it's the date when the Spanish Constitution was made in 1978) is one of the most important non-religious holidays.
7. Democracy, since Franco died in 1975 (and not Republic, as George Bush' brother said!) Well, there's the Royal Family, of course. You might remember the wedding of Prince Phillip with a journalist called Letizia... The thing is that half of the Spanish population like the Royal Family, and the other half think that it's completely useless... I'm neutral really. Everything has good things and bad things, and so does the Spanish monarchy, I suppose.
8. It seems it depends on the political party that governs the country, so now that it has changed... who knows! Anyway, these are the basics: you can enter nursery school at 3 or 4. At the age of 6 you start primary school, which you finish 6 years later. Then you have E.S.O., which means, more or less, Compulsory Secondary Education, and it takes four years. Then, the compulsary period ends (you're 16) and then you can enter Bachiller, which is not compulsary, so that you can enter University. Once you've finished Bachiller, you have to do an exam that takes about three days  and is called 'Selectividad', the equivalent to the English 'A-level' exam. Instead of Bachiller, you can enter some two-year courses, which give you the required qualification for some professions like mechanic, hairdresser and many other various jobs, and these courses are called 'módulos de formación profesional'
9. (Too) Hot. Unknown (for some foreigners, especially those who think that olé and flamenco are a tradition from all over Spain... and they're not! But I suppose it's very difficult to know more things about Spain and be right at the same time when in blockbuster films like 'Mission Impossible 2' they mixed the Easter tradition of Seville and the 'falleras', which are from Valencia!  Very different from each other, I can tell). Unique (as every single country in the world! ) | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 22:15 Evan_Blant | 177 posts
| 1. Irene, 14, Argentina
2. you're legally an adult at 180
3.All at 18
4. Spanish
5. Christian
6. well, Christma's and all that stuff, nothing really different
7. SO-called-demacracy
8. hmmmm, normally???
9.fucked up, nice, I dunno | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 22:19 radiate86 | 3,311 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country? Annie, 18, USA (Massachusetts)
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult? 18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive? smoke: 18, drink: 21, drive: depends upon the state, mine is 16 1/2
4. What is the major language? English
5. Major religion(s)? Catholicism, Protestant, Judaism, etc.
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture? Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
7. What form of government do you have? democracy
8. How does the school system work? kindergarten, 6 years of elementary school, 2 years of junior high, 4 years of high school--all mandatory (although you can drop out of high school at age 16 with parent's permission) and college is optional
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words? diverse, interesting, something else? | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 22:23 DeathByMonkeys | 24,877 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
Allison, 14, USA.
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
It depends on what you're talking about. Legal age in which you are considered an adult is 18, but age of consent changes, and drinking age is still 21.
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
Again, this depends on what state you're in. Driving can be anywhere from 15 to 18, smoking anywhere between 18 and 21, and drinking is always 21.
4. What is the major language?
I'm not sure if the US has an official language, but if it does, it's most likely English. The major language spoken regionally, however, depends on where you are. In Texas, San Antonio especially, you often hear Spanish instead of English, and almost everyone is bilingual.
5. Major religion(s)?
Most major is the varied forms of christianity, but all religions are practiced and there is no official one.
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
Good Gods, don't get me started. Easter, Hallowe'en, Christmas, Hanakuh, just about everything is celebrated. One of the bigger ones in San Antonio is Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead.
7. What form of government do you have?
Bicameral democracy, if I remember my terminology correctly.
8. How does the school system work?
Every child is entitled and often required to attend school up to grade 12, after which you can choose whether you want to go to college or not.
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
Pretty weird sh*t. | | 0 @ 22-10-2004 22:38 Milita | 1,369 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
My name is Milagros, I'm 26, and I'm from Peru
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
You're an adult when you're 18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
The legal age to drink/smoke is 18 too ( but of course everyone does it earlier ), and to get your driver's license you have to be 18 too... when you reach 18 you get you ID and that open all doors hehe
4. What is the major language?
Spanish
5. Major religion(s)?
Catholic
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
The independence day is July 28, St Rose's day is August 30, Cancion Criolla's day October 31, All saints day November 1, Christmas december 25, new year eve december 31.... etc....
7. What form of government do you have?
Democratic
8. How does the school system work?
We do 2 years of pre-school, then 6 years of what we call Primary ( that's what in US is called elementary ) and then 5 years of Secundary (that's all high school years ).... and then we go to college.... if we want to....
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
Beautiful, colorful, diverse | | 0 @ 23-10-2004 00:03 ignacio | 14,843 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country? Ignacio, 14, Chile (Even though I'm in Australia)
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult? 18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive? Any age, mainly around 14
4. What is the major language? Castilian (South American dialect)
5. Major religion(s)? Catholocism
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture? Dias de los Muertos, Christmas
7. What form of government do you have? No comment
8. How does the school system work? Year 1 to 8 is primary school. Year 9 to 12 or 13 is high school (13 is optional)
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words? Poor, Proud, Lively | | 0 @ 23-10-2004 09:57 salaam | 15,547 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
Jonne, 16, Finland
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
Mm well they won't sell stuff to ppl under 18.. but somehow they do get drinks and cigarettes etc.
4. What is the major language?
Finnish, Swedish, Sámi.. then of course English.
5. Major religion(s)?
Christian stuff... but here's a lots of Muslims too..
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
Joulu (Christmas), Juhannus (Hmm some middle summer thing... sunno...), Pääsiäinen (passover) and some other ones I can't remember.
7. What form of government do you have?
Demogracy (sp)
8. How does the school system work?
Umm... elementary school ages 7-12, junior high school ages 13-15, high school ages 16-18.. and then uni 18+
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
Cold Warm Green | | 0 @ 23-10-2004 13:44 fruity | 
12,214 posts
| yea yea I know Israelis have already replied to this thread, but I like to think of myself as the superior Israeli on this forum.. or just a regular simple one who's a bit frustrated thatshe didn't get here first.
1. What is your name, age, and country?
Neta, 19, Israel
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
you're considered an adult at 18 (I got to this conclusion cuz when you're 18 they kinda stuck a rifle in your hands and tell you "go shoot stuff")
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive? smoke.. I actually think whenever.. I'm not familiar with any age restrictions about smoking.. maybe it's because I'm not really a smoker (in your face, fatso! ), you can drink at 18 as far as I know, and drive at 16.
4. What is the major language? HEBREW. hebrew is the major language in Israel, and is the national one here, but as Israel being populated by citizens who come from many different countries, and as it's being located amongst many arab countries and populated also by arab citizens, it has a variety of languages being used at it besides Hebrew. second of most is Arabic, then I guess it's Russian, English, Spanish, Yiddish.. and some other stuff I don't remember now lol
5. Major religion(s)? Judism. no doubt about it. Israel was established to begin with to be the land of the Jewish, whether it's right or wrong, whether it's really the case nowdays, this is an undeniable fact that Judism is the main religion in Israel. followed by Islam, Christianity (of all streams), Druse, Cherkes or whatever you call it in English hehe etc.
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture? Rosh HaShana, Yom Kippur, Sukot, Chanuka, Purim, Pesach (Passover), Tu Bishvat, Israel's independence day, Lag Ba'Omer etc.
| | 0 @ 01-01-2005 17:24 maritsa | 34 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
meriç , 15 , turkey
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
18 (but most people smoke before 18)
4. What is the major language?
Turkish
5. Major religion(s)?
muslim
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
special days for muslims
7. What form of government do you have?
democracy
8. How does the school system work?
we got lots of types of schools and all of them has different systems
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
nice , cruel , different
| | 0 @ 01-01-2005 17:34 Jarka79 | 1,060 posts
| 1. What is your name, age, and country?
Jaakko, 25, Finland
2. In your country what age are you legally an adult?
18
3. When can you smoke/drink/drive?
generally 18, for spirits it's 20
4. What is the major language?
Finnish
5. Major religion(s)?
Lutheran
6. What are some holiday's celebrated in your culture?
religious holidays like Easter and Christmas as well as New Year and Midsummer Day in June
7. What form of government do you have?
Democracy
8. How does the school system work?
Check here: School system
9. How would you describe your country in 3 words?
Beautiful, different, interesting |
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