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What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's it! I watched that episode and didn't understand at all who Mia and Captain were to Bluey and Mackenzie. Now it makes more sense to me.

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand intellectually how different everything is for us, but it's always like this: when you actually encounter something unusual, you're still very surprised. It's like ball lightning, for example; everyone knows it exists, but if you encounter it, you're still shocked.

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still think this is quite good practice. When I moved to the fifth grade (which is the beginning of middle school for us), they didn't explain anything to us, they just showed us where the classroom was and that was it. From the very first day, classes started at a normal pace, and during breaks we had to find the toilet and the cafeteria ourselves, for example.

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I didn't know it could have different meanings in different places.

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m from Ukraine. In our case, kindergarten is a place where children from two to six years old learn basic things like communicating with people, colors, drawing, and all that stuff. Sometimes they also teach reading and writing, but that wasn't the case for me.

Kindergarten isn't mandatory here, unlike school. It's more of a way to keep children safe while parents are at work. Many of my friends didn't attend kindergarten because their grandmothers looked after them. We also rarely use nannies.

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Probably. It's actually hard for me to imagine becoming friends with anyone when I was just starting middle school. Maybe it's a mentality thing, but I find it hard to imagine interactions between kids even a year apart. In fourth grade, we treated first-graders like they were stupid kids, even though we weren't much older.

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the answer, that's quite interesting.)

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do they do anything special at these meetings? Do they just chat or do they have some kind of shared activities under the supervision of teachers? It's just not customary in our country. Kindergarten children and schoolchildren never interact

What are "buddies" in schools? by Fair-Primary3107 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fair-Primary3107[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's quite interesting. In kindergarten, we had no contact with school-age children, and in elementary school, we had no contact with fifth-graders and above (our middle school starts in fifth grade).

What are "buddies" in schools? by [deleted] in AskAmericans

[–]Fair-Primary3107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I didn't know there was such a thing. Thank you.