With the amount of home schoolers I see online, I would believe that 70% of the US population were home schooled. You guys are like an invasion. And I've only ever met one person who was home schooled. She was an odd one.
Hmm... Can't say I have ever been refereed to as a New South Welshman or a Queenslander. They're usually sporting terms, but the average person just calls everyone mate. No need to be state specific.
It's just that Canadians are harsh when I call them Americans. I mean, they are Americans. My Colombian friend is also American. So United Statesmen... I feel is a better way to describes some of the North Americans.
Homeschoolers are more likely to be on a kid-friendly site talking about LEGOs. Most public schoolers wouldn't deem it cool.
We don't usually refer to people as Texans or New Yorkers, they're just terms that can be used.
Yeah, everyone on this side of the world is technically an American, and at the same time techncially isn't. Sorry if that made no sense, but it's technically true.
I was "educated" at a government school/s and I still hang out on a kid-friendly forum. Besides, when do we actually talk about LEGO? I think you'll find that the public school kids are just too busy.
Confusing, but I think some Aussies try to be American. Girls who say 'like' far too often.
Which do you prefer? Do you have to wear a uniform?
Well technically we are citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia but that's just wordy. We can be confusing too, we have three flags. The National Australian flag, the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag. Thankfully, we all like to be called Aussies. Though some people pronounce Australia more like Austria. So it's like Os-tralia. We usually leave the 'a' as silent. So Ustralia.
The super lazy people say Straya.
We have one flag for the United States, and one flag for each state. So that's 51.
Some people shorten United States of America to just Murica.
We have state flags too, though technically (to use your phrase) we have three national flags.
Haha, I don't like the shortened names. Especially when it's a local thing and not something people from other countries have used. I don't know but I don't believe the term Aussie was created by an Aussie.
Which do you prefer? Do you have to wear a uniform?
Well technically we are citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia but that's just wordy. We can be confusing too, we have three flags. The National Australian flag, the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag. Thankfully, we all like to be called Aussies. Though some people pronounce Australia more like Austria. So it's like Os-tralia. We usually leave the 'a' as silent. So Ustralia.
The super lazy people say Straya.
I don't really know, I went to private kindergarten when I was 6. Yes I had a uniform and I didn't mind it.
We have fifty-two flags (not counting the territories), one for each state, one for the country and one for the capital of the country. I can't even explain the different ways all the states say stuff.
Lazy people here just say "'Murica"
Pretty much all schools have uniforms in Australia. It's where they make their money. It's free to attend, though all the materials and camps need to be paid for. My old secondary school had around five uniforms. We had a sports uniform, junior and senior day uniforms, a formal uniform and house uniforms (usually for house leaders). That not to mention the blazer and funny hats that the school captains had to purchase at over-inflated prices. Even our teachers wore a uniform.
It's illogical and improbable. Real science has never proven that life can come from non-life, and I can't imagine how it could, having just spent a school year studying life in detail.
Life coming from non-life actually isn't part of the basic evolution "theory," but that is a common misconception. Evolution is the fact that new species evolve from and into other species over millions of years, via natural selection. It is possible to believe in evolution and a creator. Studying life in school for years has only made me MORE certain evolution is true, so I suppose different schools teach differently.
Still, it's impossible. I believe in natural selection, that's fact, but it has its limits. A fish could never become a frog no matter how much time it had. (And yes, I know it's not actually supposed to turn into a frog, they're just supposed to have a common ancestor, but that's the easiest way to word it.)
Technically, the official demonym for people from the US is American, but I understand why it's confusing. United Statesmen could work, I guess, but it's two words...
Still only one more syllable than American. I suppose we could just call you just Statesmen.
That would work. Now let's start lobbying the government to make that our new demonym.
Homeschoolers are more likely to be on a kid-friendly site talking about LEGOs. Most public schoolers wouldn't deem it cool.
We don't usually refer to people as Texans or New Yorkers, they're just terms that can be used.
Yeah, everyone on this side of the world is technically an American, and at the same time techncially isn't. Sorry if that made no sense, but it's technically true.
I was "educated" at a government school/s and I still hang out on a kid-friendly forum. Besides, when do we actually talk about LEGO? I think you'll find that the public school kids are just too busy.
Confusing, but I think some Aussies try to be American. Girls who say 'like' far too often.
It just seems like the majority of users here are Christian homeschoolers, and they're probably the most likely to want a clean website to chat on.
Like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo? He says "like" waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much. Most of the time in ways that don't even make grammatical sense.
We have one flag for the United States, and one flag for each state. So that's 51.
Some people shorten United States of America to just Murica.
We have state flags too, though technically (to use your phrase) we have three national flags.
Haha, I don't like the shortened names. Especially when it's a local thing and not something people from other countries have used. I don't know but I don't believe the term Aussie was created by an Aussie.
Life coming from non-life actually isn't part of the basic evolution "theory," but that is a common misconception. Evolution is the fact that new species evolve from and into other species over millions of years, via natural selection. It is possible to believe in evolution and a creator. Studying life in school for years has only made me MORE certain evolution is true, so I suppose different schools teach differently.
Still, it's impossible. I believe in natural selection, that's fact, but it has its limits. A fish could never become a frog no matter how much time it had. (And yes, I know it's not actually supposed to turn into a frog, they're just supposed to have a common ancestor, but that's the easiest way to word it.)
The Earth is billions of years old, A LOT can happen in a billion years. It is difficult for a human to understand how long that is when we only live to be about 70 years on average.
Ignore everything I say, to the best of your ability.
I don't really know, I went to private kindergarten when I was 6. Yes I had a uniform and I didn't mind it.
We have fifty-two flags (not counting the territories), one for each state, one for the country and one for the capital of the country. I can't even explain the different ways all the states say stuff.
Lazy people here just say "'Murica"
Pretty much all schools have uniforms in Australia. It's where they make their money. It's free to attend, though all the materials and camps need to be paid for. My old secondary school had around five uniforms. We had a sports uniform, junior and senior day uniforms, a formal uniform and house uniforms (usually for house leaders). That not to mention the blazer and funny hats that the school captains had to purchase at over-inflated prices. Even our teachers wore a uniform.
So you're from Murica and I'm from Straya?
I think uniforms are a good idea, makes the dress code shorter. I would like to go back to school only for a day, mostly just to see the difference. I'm trying to work out what university I want to go to.
Right back at you. 
