What is life like living in london?

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I live in new york but would love to visit london someday. What are the differences between the us and uk? I'm a bit confused about college/university in london and the age that kids go to college so could someone explain how the school system works, id also like to know about the time difference, health care, sight seeing attractions...or any other useful facts. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

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I live in London and I've spent lots of time in New York and I'd say that the two cities aren't completely different. They are both very cosmopolitan, they both have a diversity of cultures and they are both full of people doing similar things, finance, design, media. The West End isn't as hectic as Manhattan but life in Brooklyn can be compared to life in parts of London. Park Slope reminded me of St John's Wood, Williamsburg is the same sort of idea as Shoreditch. Brighton Beach reminded me a little of Whitechapel here, with similar shops (and a similar metro/tube station perhaps) only it's a Bangladeshi community in London (and there's no beach). You might find people here a little more polite on the whole or maybe that's just me.

As for education, 6th form are two (optional) years of study for students 16-18 where they earn 'A' levels, necessary to get them into college or University should they choose to go. So perhaps straight after A levels, or after a gap year or two, students are 19+ and (usually) study for three years for a Bachelor degree.

I think we're five hours ahead of EST. All health care is free on the NHS. No insurance here (although you can opt to go private. For serious stuff you'll end up treated in NHS hospitals anyway, more often than not.)
There's lots of sight seeing! London Eye (huge Ferris wheel overlooking the whole of the West End), houses of parliament, Tate modern art gallery, Highgate cemetery, the list goes on and on.

A New Yorker will find it very easy to live in London I think..

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Thanks that was very helpful.

Answer 2

Our Education system is very different to yours. Not only do we use different qualifications we also go to school at different ages.

We start school at age 4 at 'Preschool' from there we go on to Primary school -

Year 1 age 5/6
Year 2 - age 6/7
Year 3- age 7/8
Year 4- age 8/9
Year 5 - age 9/10
Year 6 - age 10/11

From there we go onto Secondary School (or High School)

Year 7 - age 11/12
Year 8 - age 12/13
Year 9 - age 13/14
Year 10 - age 14/15 (This is the year we choose our GCSEs, the subject we are going to continue with. I chose Food Technology, French, Modern World History and ICT)
Year 11 - Age 15/16 (This is the year we did our GCSEs)

From there we can either stop education and go into the world of work or go to college/6th Form. 6th Form is attached to school and is often referred to year 12 & 13. This is where we do our A Levels. College is for more vocational courses, such as hairdressing etc

From there we can go onto University or into the World of Work. Ahhh!

(I'm in year 11 btw)

I hope I helped on that area. :)

Answer 3

London is one of the most exciting cities on earth, and one of the most thrillingly historical ; you'll be reminded of its great age and colourful past, wherever you look !
Many visitors appreciate its abundance of green spaces; its a very ' leafy' place , it has squares as well as parks
The architecture is awesome, and from many different periods/styles; even the pubs and stations tend to be lovely
Shop til you drop ; you could live there for years and still find new shopping venues , because, like New York, the neighbourhoods have great shops, too !!
Whether you're rich or poor, it's fabulous, but I'd say you're in for a much more varied and memorable experience if you're not broke -- the downside is that it can be terribly expensive . Oh, and you may have to search a bit for some true 'Londoners' , as most folk seem to be from other places, but,as a Nu- Yorker, you'll be used to that.

Answer 4

shooting is famous in usa and knife stabbing is famous in london

london has free healthcare for all its residence and tourist, anyone can walk in and check up in hospital

london has more tourist attraction than any other place in the world?

London has everything, What london Doesn't have?

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Answer 5

It's one of the best experience and I've been staying there for a year. The people there are that okay. There are some people that's snobbish and kinda frank but you can handle it. The food is that good and I love to shop because it is not that expensive.