{"id":32722,"date":"2014-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/32722\/this-is-what-happens-when-you-attend-a-lebanese-high-school"},"modified":"2014-05-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:00:00","slug":"this-is-what-happens-when-you-attend-a-lebanese-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/32722\/this-is-what-happens-when-you-attend-a-lebanese-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"This is What Happens When You Attend a Lebanese High School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every student who went to high school in Lebanon will tell you, laughingly, that it was one of the best times of their life (except for those currently studying for the Bacc or Brevet \u2013 but give them a year to recover, and they\u2019ll agree).<\/p>\n

The reason? Well, Lebanese high schools have their own breed of interesting characteristics. Take a look:<\/p>\n

1. Endless Days Off Due to Strikes\/Snow\/Political Turmoil <\/big><\/big><\/b>
(Image via Tumblr.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The chance of finding a school with as many vacation days as one in Lebanon is close to none.<\/p>\n

The teachers go on strike regularly to demand a wage hike. During the winter, anyone who lives in a mountainous village is snowbound and can’t make it to school. Another reason: the regular closure of roads due to protests or turmoil. Although this isn’t a joking matter, it is pretty fantastic for Lebanese students who spend more time at home than at school. Also religious holidays. We celebrate them all.<\/p>\n

2. School Buses… or Zoos? <\/big><\/big><\/b>
(Image via Tumblr.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

When you think of school buses, you probably think of the standard yellow buses we’ve see on TV with organized seating and obedient children quietly reading their homework.<\/p>\n

Ha. <\/p>\n

In Lebanon, school buses, which are anything but yellow and big, have become synonymous with zoos. Everyone is always screaming (including the bus drivers themselves) while the zu\u2019ama (masters) sit in front, smoking cigarettes and inciting innocent fourth graders to fight with one another.<\/p>\n

3. Teachers are Personally Invested in Your Life <\/big><\/big><\/b>
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They know who you\u2019re dating, they know when your family has financial problems, and they know when you\u2019re fighting with your friends.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not your normal student-teacher relationship, it\u2019s more of a familial bond where every adult you know is magically informed about ever detail of your personal life. And, it\u2019s a bit awkward.<\/p>\n

4. Fireworks after the Brevet\/Baccalaureate <\/big><\/big><\/b>
(Image via Tumblr.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Families and friends of students that have passed the official government exams will, at the very moment they find out the happy results, order boxes of fireworks, light them all at the same time and for the next seven and a half minutes annoy anyone within a three kilometer radius of the area.<\/p>\n

But hey \u2013 congrats, mate.<\/p>\n

5. Gym Coaches Will Be Your Best Friends<\/big><\/big><\/b>
(Image via Tumblr.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Take it as a rule of thumb: \u201ccoachies\u201d in Lebanese schools are the homies, the bros, the ones who will save your butt when the principal kicks you out. Although he\u2019s rough and gruff, he\u2019s also a very lovable, goofy father-figure and he exists in every Lebanese high school. <\/p>\n

6. Students Can, and Will, Turn Anything into a Dirbakeh <\/big><\/big><\/b>
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Whether it\u2019s a desk or a friend\u2019s head, the hallways and classes are always ringing with the sound of drums. Lebanese students will look for the tiniest signal that it\u2019s time to make a party \u2013 whether it\u2019s your teacher falling, your friend\u2019s birthday or the cancellation of an exam – and make some percussion-inspired sound to accompany the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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