Quote Originally Posted by Mockingbirdflyaway
A friend of mine in Moscow and I got into a discussion about secondary schools a few weeks ago.

After discussing the subject at length, we figured the biggest difference was that in Canada, high school students are allowed to pick and choose the majority of their courses in the last two years of high school, whereas at his school, they didn't have any choices when it came to subjects - they did everything it seemed.
it depends on your school...in my gymnasium we can choose the majority of our courses)