Half way

I am now half way in my american life, and are therefore going to write about what I have seen and experienced so far when if comes to whats alike and whats very different from USA and Norway.

- There are fastfood chains everywhere, and they are not only there for the view, but people eat there. A lot!

- The beds only have a thin cotton sheet, nothing thick. If you are cold, you grab one more.

- There is no such thing that makes your clothes silky smooth when you wash them.

- Americans never eat healthy breakfast. Common choises are wafles with way too much sirup and a pile of pouder sugar on top, pop-tards (candy like thingy, very unhealthy), beagles, eggs & bacon, and if you are eating a sandwitch, you use white bread only.

- Every family have atleast 3 cars; one truck (which is very rarely used), one cheap car, and one family car. In addition my family have a golf car. Yeah, baby!

- Gas cost 1,75$ a gallon which equal to about 3 kr pr liter, and they conplain all the way.

- Sports and school go hand in hand. You play for your school, not a team.

- The school gets delayed if there are a little snow on the road, or it is too cold. So far we have had 8 delays and 1 canselation.

- The school system are quite poor. You learn very little stuff of significant meaning, and it is almost a free ride to good grades.

- In during the classperiod we take notes off the overhead, or we lisen to the teacher speak about anything. Often not school related at all.

- Even though americans are crazy about cars nobody changes into winter-tires, and as a result, there are cars in every ditch on a snowy day.

- America have Hooters! Gief!

- It is EXTREMELY inpoortant for a teenager to have clothes exclusively from Hollister or
American Eagle. Personally, I don't like eighter of them.

- It cost more money to make you'r own dinner that to eat out. A dubble cheeseburger at McDonald's cost 1$ (5,5 kr).

- About 80% of the people here first thought they spoke english as the main language in whole of europe, including in Norway.

- 15ish% didn't know Norway existed.

- If you are 1 second late for a class - you get a detention.


I'll write some more stuff later on, this was just the first things that came to my mind.