[TYourusername]

I have this for my small project.

1. Can you pls briefly explain what Social Security Number (SSN) is? Keep this easy
----We don't have SSN in our country and I can't imagine what is that used for becuze usually americans talk its something never should be said publicly

2. What is school detention?

----We have nothing like school detention, elementary school is until early adolsence years and then there is high school for couple years(yes couple not few) if you dont go to high school, they can suck your dick, they cant do nothing about it. And same goes with Elementary school, you go here as very young, but if you dont go here, they usually call the cops on your parents if its too suspicious but I never heard about case like this, they usually just always said that but its pain dealing with it.

3. what do you learn in history classes?
----We in history classes usually learn, history about our country and countries near by in Europe.

4. what do you learn in geography?
What do you learn in Geography?
----I feel most Americans dont know where even serbia is, and they just think its some poor country.
----We in Europe learn all countries, cities, continents, water falls and everything, the culture. Each time I see interviewers on youtube ask US Citizens they dont know where even is that, not even approximately sometime

5. How long is your break, periods long?
----Usually we have lessons (like history, math, PE, chemist) from 35 to 50 minutes with 5-15 minutes pause after that.


thanks you

[SoulZeh]

I'm not from America either but a SSN is basically your identity, you could easily google to find out what it is. Over in the UK we have something called a National Insurance Number which is pretty much the same, it's your identity.

School detention is basically if you get into trouble during school, they will make you skip lunch/break or even sometimes after school they will make you sit for a period of time writing out something for them, could be an apology letter to the teacher or just whatever they feel like it.

[TYourusername]

I'm not from America either but a SSN is basically your identity, you could easily google to find out what it is. Over in the UK we have something called a National Insurance Number which is pretty much the same, it's your identity.

School detention is basically if you get into trouble during school, they will make you skip lunch/break or even sometimes after school they will make you sit for a period of time writing out something for them, could be an apology letter to the teacher or just whatever they feel like it.

thats crazy we never had something like this.

sometimes kids used to get apology letter but you didnt have to do that.
We dont have anything like School detention where you skip class.

In our country it's illegal to learn for more than i think 2-4 hours straight without single pause and we must have pauses /lunch break, it's illegal otherwise if you don't have lunch break or snack break or even small 10-15 minutes break or anything anything you can sue the school.
It's just not allowed.

And Usually we have lessons from 35 to 50 minutes with 5-15 minutes pause after that.

[SoulZeh]

thats crazy we never had something like this.

sometimes kids used to get apology letter but you didnt have to do that.
We dont have anything like School detention where you skip class.

In our country it's illegal to learn for more than i think 2-4 hours straight without single pause and we must have pauses /lunch break, it's illegal otherwise if you don't have lunch break or snack break or even small 10-15 minutes break or anything anything you can sue the school.
It's just not allowed.

And Usually we have lessons from 35 to 50 minutes with 5-15 minutes pause after that.

I'm not too sure about how America works but in Scotland, once you're in high school you start at 8:45 and do not finish till 4:15, however you get 6 periods which are all different classes going from English - Math - Break - History - English Sometimes or Math again - Lunch then last 2 periods could be - P.E - Geography - Home time.

All classes were about 45 minutes long, breaks are 15 - 20 minutes and lunch was always an hour, so yea... It's pretty nutty.

[TYourusername]

I'm not too sure about how America works but in Scotland, once you're in high school you start at 8:45 and do not finish till 4:15, however you get 6 periods which are all different classes going from English - Math - Break - History - English Sometimes or Math again - Lunch then last 2 periods could be - P.E - Geography - Home time.

All classes were about 45 minutes long, breaks are 15 - 20 minutes and lunch was always an hour, so yea... It's pretty nutty.

Thanks you for the response.

But 8.45 damn we start around like 7.45am and we end by 4.10-30pm
but there are also days where we start at 11am end maybe end like 1pm that really depends on our time table which is each (semester/period) different. there are 2 (semester/period) and they basically change every 5 months i believe.

but also days we go ot 7.45am and end 1pm or days we go to 11am or end 4.10-30pm

We are also going to different classes 90% of time there are exceptions but that doesnt happen often,
we usually have like English - 10 minute Break (Class swap) - Math - 10 minute Break (Class swap) - History - 10 minute break (Class swap).
THen there is snack pause which is usually 15 to 25 minutes and then we have Lunch pause which is often around 50 minutes.

All classes are around 40 minutes long.

we have similar system i think.

[TYourusername]

1. Can you pls briefly explain what Social Security Number (SSN) is? Keep this easy

Social Security numbers are unique identifiers given to all U.S. citizens. If you are born in the United States, you are given a number. If you are from another country and gain citizenship, you also get a number.

This number is important: It's used by the government to identify you and for financial inquries. The Internal Revenue Service uses it for tax purposes. Many jobs require a SSN for applications.

The SSN is also used by Social Services, which oversees retirement and disability compensation.

5. How long is your break, periods long?

When I was in school, classes were back to back, with about five to 10 minute transitions between classes. We also had 45 minutes for lunch.

What is back to back?
Also hm okay i understand but here for example if we want to verify to the police we can just say our DOB and First and last name. We also have got a personal identification number but that can be given to anyone really.

This number is basically your DOB so if you were porn 10.03.2001 that 10/03/01 / XXXX (XXXX represent your city and the year you born it, if there was more people born the same day in same hospital, you add 1 Number) this is useless number but its can required but nobody can abuse it.

[TYourusername]

That's talking to the police. Usually, the cops will ask for an ID card, which they'll run on their database for any information about you. One of the attributes will be your SSN.


That's concerning because if someone gets your birthday and place of birth, it's easy to crack the number and pretend to be you.

You don't have to show cops your ID
You don't have to show your id to anyone, just give them the details they need. (DOB + Full Name) is only needed in 90% of cases if you are local. If you are from forgein country they usually want to have everything they can so they can see if you have not search warrant world wide on your name.

yes but we also have ID Card document (8-10 digit number), now this would be hard to duplicate but definitely possible.
You can change your 8-10 digit number anytime within 1 day, just block your ID card, request a new one.

[TYourusername]

I didn't say one is REQUIRED to show ID. I said cops will USUALLY ask for an ID. Regardless, your SSN will show up in the database search.


Ah, gotcha. The way you phrased it seemed too easy.

Never said you did said that, I was just saying in general.

And yes sorry just my english is not best.

btw if you have any question about here where i live let me know, i can answer some curiosities

[TYourusername]

When you are born in the USA, you receive a birth certificate and a Social Security card.  Social Security is just a tax funded ponzi scheme, so your SSN is something you most often use for employment and taxes, but other entities such as hospitals, universities, insurance, banking, utilities billing often use it as an identifier.  Since your SSN can't be changed even once they've been leaked, it's a very misplaced identity security check.


It's a punishment for children who don't follow orders in school where they are forced to stay for longer after school to either sit in silence, do homework, do labor for the school, etc.


It's fugged up.  You learn about colonial America over and over and over every year, and your education of US history stops abruptly after the civil/world wars.


Not a damn thing.


It's like 55 minute classes with 5 minute breaks in high school.  Very rushed.

Thank you I think I already know what is it
It's weird that you give your hospitals SSN same goes with Universities. I understand Banking.
When I was creating my bank account, I gave them my ID Card and my Birth Certificate. Birth Certificate is something that can be re-issued if stolen, copies can be made. It only says your DAD + Mother + Date + What city and hospital nothing serious.

Btw I have bank account and my ID card is already out of date for 2 years, they sent me one email to come and update it, but nothing serious.
I should do it already.

In hospitals we have our personal insurance card, we don't have to pay for hospital but they will still take care of us.
So if homeless is dying, and haven't paid penny and is in debt in hospital for $5k they will still take care of him.
It's good i think.

Same goes with Universities, you only give them your Name + Phone (if any) or email + Address. That's all they need you dont need ID Card or naything to go to uni sounds new to me.

But I know, I dont know why you guys in US learn not so much in History or Geology we learn about many things.
We learned in Elementary school about South America, North America, how America was discovered, United Kingdom and it's government and then we also have to find and localise all Countries (Entire EU and then sometimes also US) on Blank Map, so there is no text we just have to say what is it.

Same goes with rivers or oceans or seas.