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Videos of USA School Life?

 
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refikaM



Joined: 06 May 2006
Location: Gangwondo

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:37 pm    Post subject: Videos of USA School Life? Reply with quote

Hey there... Anyone know off hand and have suggestions for video/movie/whatever clips that depict at least in part a typical day in the life of an American kid?? I need to make a lesson for a winter camp focusing on "American School Life"... I have no clue what's out there in the way of visual aids for this subject.. If someone has any ideas/suggestions I'd be much oblidged... A clip from a movie would work fine.. but of course, it couldn't include toilet humor/sexual references/drugs... all that stuff... So, a "clean" kids' school life movie? (does such a thing exist?)
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DrOctagon



Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Location: Chicago

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Show them Laguna Beach. Cool This depicts the lives of ALL high schoolers in America.
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saved by the Bell?
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refikaM



Joined: 06 May 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:53 pm    Post subject: school life.. Reply with quote

I'm thinking life of younger kids... jr. high/elementary... if possible.
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Ukon



Joined: 29 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xuanzang wrote:
Saved by the Bell?


Seconded
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DrOctagon



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boy Meets World? Oh Tapanga...
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saved by the Bell when they were in middle school with Hayley Mills. Or Degrassi junior high.
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T-J



Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Breakfast Club.
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OculisOrbis



Joined: 17 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

freaks and geeks
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Sland



Joined: 12 Apr 2008
Location: Suwon

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Find some old Degrassi episodes. Not that Next Generation stuff.
Try to convince them that in Canada everyone dresses like that too (circa 1988).
Watching Degrassi is what we did English class back in middle school.
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jay-shi



Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definitely Degrassi



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrassi
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jay-shi wrote:
Definitely Degrassi



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrassi


One of the world's most famous American schools, I guess.
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DrOctagon



Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Way to read the subject.
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Hyeon Een



Joined: 24 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Season 3 of The Wire would be eye opening for them. ^^
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buster brown



Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're just using clips, these all have possibilities:
TV Shows
Wonder Years
Malcolm in the Middle
Southpark
The Wire (I think it's the third season that focuses on the kids.)
**EDIT: Hyeon Een got his message in while I was typing.

Movies
A Christmas Story
Matilda
Three O'clock High
Clueless
School of Rock
Freedom Writers
Kindergarten Cop

I'm sure there are a ton of either Nickelodeon or Disney Channel shows about 'normal' school life, but I can't recall the names of any of them.
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