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- Ok so I've visited a handful of times now, but there are things I still don't understand about America!
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If Diane doesn’t understand cheerleaders, she’s really not going to get team mascots.
But something tells me she's gonna love 'em! As well as the idea of a mascot summer camp! 😁
We got team mascot, not exactly the same.
Nope
Cheerleaders add sexual energy to the equation. I'm hoping mascots don't add sexual energy for you.
@@rickc2102 Isn't there a Georgia team with a giant peanut?
How can you not feel sexually energised by a giant peanut?
Middle School is meant as a transitional period between the rigid single class structure of elementary school and the class hopping of high school.
Good explanation. I would also like to add that middle school children are ages 12-15 just as they are entering puberty. So they are not little children but not yet young adults. From an emotional standpoint it is easier to cope with other students about their own age. Do you remember being 13?
Oh, I thought that middle school was the most hellish portion of a young person's existence, surpassing the remarkable record set by high school.
In middle school we still hopped from class to class.
We had Junior High which kind of explains a little better. Grade School (K-3) emphasized learning to read and write and the beginnings of math and science but there was a lot of play. We stayed with one teacher and class size was small and less structured. Elementary school (4-6) was more structured and we went from teacher to teacher but the class stayed together. Junior High (7-9) was the beginning of taking classes according to interest and ability. The majority took the same classes so there was structure but there also were things like advanced classes. High School was what everyone thinks of. Middle school is usually grades 6, 7, 8 so it is close to our Jr. High.
@@shan931 My Mom was a Jr. High teacher and loved it. When I got my teaching degree I swore I would teach the littles and the oldsters but keep me away from the middle. It took a special personality to deal with the squirreliness. Add in the girls getting their first periods and all the hormone drama.
Some of the stuff you find confusing (homecomings, graduations, Sweet 16, cheerleading) are vestiges of the pre-war era, when most people lived in small towns and social events revolved around church and school sports. In many of these communities there was one high school, so inter-school rivalries were also inter-town rivalries, which just amplified the importance of high school competition. Many people never finished high school, much less went to college, so for those who did graduation was kind of a big deal. For everyone else, they tended to enter the workforce at 15 or 16, and 16 was considered the transition into adulthood. Many of those traditions have been maintained in the modern era, but they've lost a lot of their original meaning. "Graduating" from kindergarten or other lower grades is a new thing, and there are plenty of people who think it's weird (best summed up in a scene from "The Incredibles", where Helen says "it's a ceremony" and Bob replies "it's psychotic!"). Cheerleading started out as supporting the team during the game, but over time the rival cheerleading squads would start competing against each other with ever-more-elaborate routines (again, in many parts of the country, it's not just school vs. school, it's town vs. town). Eventually it became a competitive sport all on its own, with its own set of rules and conventions.
Middle school: Also known as junior high school. Exact grade breakdowns vary across the country. In my old district (northeast San Antonio), elementary school was 1st through 5th grade, middle school was 6th through 8th, and high school was 9th through 12th. In smaller districts like where my parents grew up, elementary school was 1st through 6th grade and high school was 7th through 12th and there was no separate junior high. It tends to be a miserable experience. It's a really bad age to only be around other kids your age.
Tipping: Nobody can agree on it. I use a baseline of 20% because it keeps the math easy. Don't worry about computing it to the penny; if it comes out a little high or low it's not _that_ big a deal. I've never been bitched at over a tip, but that may be a function of where I live or what places I go to. It's a thing because many service jobs (such as waiting tables) pay below minimum wage.
Super Bowl: It stopped being about the game a _long_ time ago. Networks wanted to appeal to more than just the hardcore fans, so they started adding more entertainment, which boosted ratings, so they added more to the entertainment side, which boosted ratings some more. Ad agencies saw the ratings boost and started targeting the event, leading to more creative advertising, which ironically also boosted ratings because people started watching for the damned commercials. It also didn't help that for many, many years the game itself was often a totally uncompetitive shitshow, with one team absolutely steamrolling over the other.
Credit: Whole socio-politico-economic dissertations can be written on American's relationship with credit. Suffice to say we're lazy, greedy, and banks took advantage of that fact.
Accents: Again, for many many years, most Americans lived in small communities and didn't have much contact outside of that community. To your own ears you don't have an accent, and everyone you know talks like you do, so naturally everyone _else_ has an accent except you.
I agree with everything but the credit. It was that we were lazy, but now it's about survival. The things you have to have to live cost way more in most places than you could reasonably save while paying for the substitute.
The "no accent" thing also stems from the fact that there doesn't seem to be anything "special" about the way such individuals with those accents say things. They're "boring". But if you take stereotypical accents like "Surfer Dude", or "New Yorker" or "Southern", there's audible tangible flavor in their voices. But with an accent like mine? From Oregon, the Pacific Northwest? What's so special about it? We don't pronounce anything especially interesting. Granted, anyone with any of the accents I mentioned could say the same but I only sense a "flatness" in my accent where I don't sense in other accents. Not sure if that makes sense.
Technically Middle school is when the child attends that school in 6th, 7th and 8th grade and when junior high is either when children go for 7th and 8th and then onto highschool for 9th, or they're there for 7th, 8th and 9th and then onto highschool for 10th. So basically if 6th is still part of elementary school in yeah district, it's junior high, but I'd not, it's middle school :)
Homecoming was intended to invite former graduates to come back home(Homecoming) to their alma mater to catch up with former classmates. Over the years it has evolved. It's a week long activity that ends with a dance for current students.
Weekly?
@@thomasobrien5320 I think they meant to say "week-long." At many high schools, there are homecoming events all week long, usually leading up to a big sports game (usually football) and then a dance.
At my school homecoming was after the last home game of the season.
@@thomasobrien5320 my apology, yes I meant "week-long"
Every place I've lived homecoming is the first football game you play on your home field after a long string of away games, many fans wont travel to other stadiums to watch the game so after 3 or 4 weeks of not being able to see your team play they would make a big deal once they could watch them again. afterwards there would be a dance/ party.
One origin of Spring Break was time off from school during the beginning of the planting season in rural/ agricultural America. This allowed children to assist the family without missing school.
I find that very interesting and its a bit like the reason why summer holidays are so long in Ireland compared to most countries, historically kids and teens were needed to help with the harvest etc even kids from the towns and cities used to be drafted in to help but it's not needed anymore but the length of holidays have stayed the same
@@donnchaodalaigh4031 Our summer holidays are very long, but our summer season is a week-long. Typical Ireland.😂😂
Adam McDonnell true or it starts as soon as you go back to school! 😂
I really find that quite interesting. Makes sense.
I think the reason they do it now is to add that 3rd break. You have a long one in the fall for thanksgiving, then a really long one for Christmas in the winter and then ..... just Spring break. The break in the spring.
Then I believe the reason it is one of those CRAZY things is that it is not family oriented and also is during a time where it starts to warm up when people are getting out of "hibernation".
@@morphflex
I don't know if I find the break at Thanksgiving necessarily "long". At most schools, you probably get out at noon on Wednesday, in case your family house to travel for the holiday (And it is traditionally a holiday where we travel a lot to see family because .... that's the whole point of the holiday). But it's really only 2 or 2 and a 1/2 days off.
Any graduation ceremonies prior to finishing High School is something fairly new. A cap & gown ceremony/photos for finishing kindergarten is nothing more then a cash grab
I seem to remember Linus from Peanuts complaining about them so they can't be that new.
I didn't have a cap and gown finishing Kindergarten. But I did have a binky. Mind you, this was circa 1970, so like stone age.
Grad ceremonies for finishing Kindergarten I think is a regional or state-by-state thing (and it's a cash grab). I went to KG in Ohio and we didn't have graduation, they don't do it in FL, but my cousins in Kentucky all had KG graduations. Doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
Well we didn't graduate from kindergarten when I went to school just from jr hi (7-8th grade) and high school (9th-12th grade).
Both my daughters had graduation ceremonies at the end of Kindergarten. I don't remember having to buy anything at all, unless you count the cupcakes I made.
I always over-tip, because I’ve lived that life as a waiter.
even bad service?
@@cobes11 Yea, to a certain point.
Ten years a waiter, a few more as a bartender. I also tip generously, as in over 20%. It's true you don't have to tip at all, but that makes you shite. And don't go back. Also, anyone in America who tells you that you don't need to tip 20% is so cheap stop hanging around with them. You can do better.
@@cobes11 depends if it's intentional or not. If the waitress just isn't good at her job, I'll still overtip. She'll get enough stress and crap from miserable ppl.
In Colorado the wage for servers, in 2015, was $2.07 per hour. Many patrons didn’t know and would only tip the same amount as The state of California win the minimum wage was about $12 an hour.
I was a cheerleader, and some teams focused on the athletic part (stunting and gymnastics) but other teams (mine) focused on the cheers, and school pride
I was a cheerleader as well. We were more school pride but we did a lot of stunts with our cheers too. We had to lift weights everyday.
Bless her heart. She had "2 grand in debt in college". Adorable.
I got 25k in debt just by signing up for classes
2 grand
Graduating this year at 130
Spring break is about going to exotic destinations. Many college students that live on campus just look forward to going home and maybe to making some money
Yeah, I am 65 and still owe 26k. I will win because I will be dead before I get it paid off. All loans are forgiven when you die.
Sweet sixteen was, back in the day, a time when girls were allowed to start dating. It's sort of celebrating not being a "little girl" anymore.
That’s just not true at all. It’s about being able to drive
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se re-read my comment sweetie. I said back in my day - that's been around a lot longer than you.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se also if that was the case they would celebrate it for boys too. And that's just generally not what happens. Also even before that was when a girl was generally able to get married.
@@Teeleesom5 yes that is even further back in the day.
Yeah it's like a more widespread version of the old Coming Out Party for society girls. Which would mean something different now! :)
Most American's also do not understand credit.
Some think it is a convenience and easier than carrying cash. There are more apps people can use now to pay. However, some people don't have the discipline to pay them off every month or at least pay down a good chunk. I did not To have a good credit standing here one must have a credit history that shows they know how to pay on time. If you cancel a card it can go against your credit score. Crazy. Some think their credit is an extension of their income. Wrong.
Or we learn the hard way. I don't use credit unless I have the money to pay it off in a very timely manner! If you don't, you DROWN IN DEBT! I learned the hard way.
It took years but I have outstanding credit now. You can dig yourself out of that hole.
Credit card companies hang out of US college campuses handing out credit cards like candy. Young students don't have much money and all of a sudden they can buy anything they want. It's a rush. Most kids go crazy without realizing they have to pay that money back. The average credit card debt in the US is a little over $6,000. Happy to say, mine is zero. It is a good feeling.
It's a scam ment to keep poor people poor and rich getting richer
Sorry dude LA is not appart of the US, it is it's own world.
That's kind of what makes it a part of. All of Texas could be described the same way. I live in Albuquerque New Mexico and the whole state is like literally nowhere else on Earth. Nowhere. But in so many little ways LA is so much a part of the U.S. it can't truly be separated from big Texan cities or New York City to any outside perspective. Albuquerque's at least small enough to be unique.
Right cali is kinda its own place
@@nicholashandley4456 not really, I grow ipnin SO CAL. And even compared to the test of cali it is it's own world.
Replace LA with California.
It's the garbage dump of America.
Homecoming is when alumni's come back basically for a school reunion and revolves around a football game
Also I haven't been to a homecoming since I graduated.
Is it also the last home game of the season?
Yes, there are also homecoming dances but at least where I'm at none of the alumni actually go to that. Who wants to go to a dance with old classmates and high school students?
@@LindaC616 You're on the right track, but I think it's the first home game of the season. That way it's the big fall thing while prom is the big spring thing.
As a teacher, we all universally HATE homecoming. Kids get together to make floats for the homecoming parade. Well its not the parents who stay there and supervise the kids, its teachers. Nothing more fun than having to stay for another 4 or 5 hours after work, unpaid, to supervise a bunch of teens for 2 weeks in a row.
Is it weird to find Editor Diane’s sarcastic personality so attractive?
P.S. great work on the vid as always Diane!
Thanks and yes!
It's the loose hair as opposed to it being pulled back, it looks so nice.
Pardon my being so direct, but the sarcastic editor Diane is not all that is attractive. The hair... Both Dianes are stupid beautiful.
Not at all. Normal, everyday, bubbly Diane is spectacular, but it's Editor Diane who stole *my* heart.
Well... I have a theory that there's a mythical 3rd Diane, who's actually a combination of both personalities, which I personally feel would be the best Diane. 🙃 But that's just me.
Spring Break is a week off in March. MOST students in high school take the time to sleep in late or stay the night at their friends’ house. In college we go home to sleep after mid-term exams. The ones who party at the beach etc, are a very small percentage.
Speaking as someone who worked foodservice, the standard tip(or gratuity) in American restaurants and pubs is 20% of the total bill. I usually just round up to the nearest dollar. Giving a larger amount for exceptional service is optional.
I use a debit with a credit card logo for most of my purchases instead of a paper check or a EBT to the vendor. I only use cash for small purchases or places that don't have credit readers because of the fees to them like farm stands.
Yeah, as an American I don’t get a lot of stuff we do.
Also when America’s say they don’t have an accent really it’s mostly means they don’t have an identifiable regional accent.
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You hear "I don't have an accent" quite often in the Midwest, particularly in the Nebraska-Iowa area.
@@sborrink It is the least easily identifiable accent, but there are obvious Midwestern things like the Mary-marry-merry merger. That sounds weird to people on the Coasts.
@@puremercury the what do they do? Im from Nh. Unfamiliar with what you mean but i never travel outside my state except maybe to Boston and once to Vermont.
@@davidbeaulieu4815 They merge the vowels in words like Mary, marry, and merry to all be long a's. So it sounds like "Mary Christmas" or "We're getting Mary'ed in June." Those are three separate vowels for most East Coasters.
Tipping =10% or less for bad service, 15% for average service, or 20%+ for excellent service. (When the bartender is bringing over your next drink when you’re finishing up your current drink = 20%+)
If you tip 15%, no one will think badly of you. I generally aim for between 15% and 20%. If the waiter/waitress was really on top of things, I'd probably go the 20%.
You're nuts, if they are bad servers they get nothing. 10% is the baseline for all tipping, anything over that is because you were an excellent server and deserve more. The whole point of tipping was to show appreciation of good service. These days people try to make you feel that it's required, but it is not. Personally I hate the BS that restaurants get away with by not paying their employees at the very least minimum wage. This BS law needs to be changed. The customers should not be held responsible for the employer's responsibility to pay their employees and shaming people into doing just that is below scummy. Oh and don't even get me started on those restaurants that add a gratuity to the bill. They can get bent. :P
Yes, Mr. October has summarized how to tip in the US. Legally you are not required to tip, but you'd be jerk not to. And if you went back to the same place where you did not previously tip, just expect lousy service.
Then to confuse things, if you are getting take out, you aren’t expected to tip. But I usually do and especially now since restaurants are still struggling in my location since we are only on phase 2 still. If I’m getting a coffee or a beer, I usually tip $1 even though it’s probably more than 20% tip but $1 is the least I would ever tip.
A lot of places to add 20% tip automatically
Homecoming is usually a football game and a dance with "king" and "queen". Similar to prom but everyone can go to Homecoming whereas Prom is for Juniors and Seniors only. Also...Homecoming is near the beginning of the year during football season while Prom is the end of the year.
It is also a home game which means homecoming happens after a football game at your own school. Usually game is Friday and the dance is Saturday night. It is a way of school socialization and spirit.
spring break is a college thing where the collage give everyone a week off in the spring, some students go wild.
"Homecoming" was fall event involving a high school football game and dance where graduates of the high school are "welcomed home" to the school. I didn't know many graduates who attended (especially the dance) and it turned into just a Prom that happened in the fall.
It makes more sense when the person moves out of the area. For university it is very important as there are events that give the alumni a chance to rekindle their relationship with the school. For Northwestern(north of Chicago) homecoming is marked by football, parade, class parties(e.g. class of 1993 gets back together), seminars, etc. This is where the university also gets most of their donations which for Northwestern could be hundreds of millions of $ each year.
Not correct at all. Not even close.
@@smylebutta7250 All I remember is it had something to do with football. I didn't care to know more than that. I never had much "school spirit." Couldn't wait to be done with it, actually. ;-)
Home coming is for everyone in the fall and prom is for seniors in the spring
All well and good, but what does that mean in English?
@@jonathanfinan722 "I say, good sir. In the autumn all forms gather for the final game at the home field, what ho. It is usually followed by a disco for all the upper level students. In the spring a semi-formal cotillion is held for the 12 and 13 form students, called a "prom" which is a shortened form for "promenade," I'll be bound. It's all rather juvenile, don't you know."
Prom is either a mix or 11th grade juniors (age 16) Junior Prom. 12th grade Seniors (age 17) senior prom. In small schools sometimes they are held together. They are generally formal. This means Tuxedos for boys and gowns for the ladies long gowns. Depends a great deal on where the school is. The fancier the school the more formal the dress code. Yes it varies coast to coast and in between
There are TWO PROMS: JUNIOR and SENIOR. Senior prom is the IMPORTANT EVENT of the entire High School experience. Junior Prom is 11th year, and Senior is 12th year.
Yea thats true, but i went to neither, i didnt have a chace to finish school, but i did go to prom in my freshman year of school, cause of my friend didnt have a date so she ask me.
I was a fun nite.👍
Homecoming is when the local football team comes home from their away games at their major rival team.
Homecoming was a celebration held once a year to celebrate the return of the soldiers from overseas after WWII finished. Most towns had this party at the end of summer, which coincided with the kids going back to school. Everybody could see their old high school play football against whichever rival school was to be had. It then morphed into the parade, football game, dance, after party, underage drinking, etc. On to Cheerleading, yes it is kind of weird but the job of the cheerleaders is to rally the crowd and lead them in a cheer when the football team needs a morale boost during the game. That’s their main function, eye candy is the close second with future Karenhood being third. I’m sure someone else pointed this out about schooling here but we have, Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade School (1st-6th), Middle School (7th-8th), High School (9th-12th), then on to college. Some school systems have 6th grade rolled into their Middle School. Middle School is a system used to utilize aging High School buildings that have become too small for the population of children. When they build a new high school they make a middle school out of the old one and shuffle the kids around to fill it.
Grade school is a school that’s both elementary and middle school combined
NinjaKED12 : Not here.
Michael-John L. Mushill there have been “homecoming” celebrations as early as the 1890s. It became a bit more popular in the 1900s with schools like Northern Illinois, Baylor, Texas Southwestern, and Missouri staking claims. Also, Lord, but you’re a pedant.
@Scott Edgmand Maybe in your hometown, but in mine, it is.
@Scott Edgmand After talking to my local VFW hall, I need to make a correction. It was started by the 19 survivors of WW1. Not WW11.
Homecoming usually revolves around a football game on a designated weekend where pastgradutes of your school come together for fun and reuniting with people you haven't seen in awhile."A Homecoming"
That's interesting. In the Midwest, I never heard of a reunion during homecoming. It was always the first home football game of the year so it was welcoming the school and the team back "home". It was a week to encourage team spirit with a formal dance for every one in highschool (aka, the last 4 years of secondary school).
You’ve never seen a homecoming until you attend a Texas High School homecoming..
@@bartmanx11 No doubt I'm from Boston and we don't take football quite as seriously as you guys do. I went to the Cotton Bowl in 84 BC vs Houston (Doug Flutie) and it was a real eye opener
@@lizblock7175 That's what I remember as well. I live in the south.
@@belkyhernandez8281 Live in NW and same.
When I was a kid, in California, we actually had "Junior High School", no Middle school. That meant you had different classes and teachers - like an English teacher, history teacher, and lockers for your books.
Same thing, we just called ours middle school here in Nevada
We had Elementary, then Middle school, followed by Junior High before High School.
K-4th Elementary
5-6th Middle School
7-8th Junior High School
9-12th Senior High School
Ahh, sorry I see, ya our elementary is k-6th middle/junior is 7th and 8th then high school 9-12
MIddle school switches classes too.
@@tj_2701 OMG that was ridiculous.
Homecoming is a dance that usually celebrates the last home football game of the season.
My homecoming is coming up, and preparing for it, I’m on colorguard and student council, has been both stressful and amazing.
Regarding credit cards in America:
There are three agencies in America that keep track of your borrowing, repayments, and reliability of paying bills. If you don't have a credit card, that is a major penalty on the reports these companies provide to lenders, which makes it difficult to make major purchases like a car or a house.
Additionally, many services require you to sign up with a credit card, as the service can draw on your credit account for fees and penalties (for example, if you keep a rental car too long, they can automatically charge the extension to your card).
They want you to demonstrate two thing, (1) you pay your credit off reliably, and (2) you pay your credit off in a way that maximizes interest payments. I pay my CC in full, each month, no matter how big or small the payment is. Because of this I have a small limit compared to my monthly bill. I'm dinged for this in my credit score.
America has literally dozens of accents, but we can't always hear it like a visitor would.
I feel the people who say they don't have an accent have never traveled or aren't the most enlightened individuals.
Right? I never thought I had an accent until I asked my Aunt who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She said I sound very southern. Huh.
Most of the things you bring up in this video are so normalized to me that when you say you "don't get x" I have to watch several times to understand "what about x does she not understand?" After watching your other videos where you mention credit, I gather that you mean "why use credit instead of buying things outright?" The short simple answer is "there are things I want now, that I can't pay for in a lump sum, but I can pay for it in bits and pieces over the years because I have a job. If my situation changes, I can sell it to someone along with the debt still on it. Everyone wins." The in depth and most intelligent answer is something many Americans don't even realize, but Lord knows they should. I've had to teach everyone from Marines in my unit, to my students at the college I taught at, to my own mother- living in America you super want, I daresay Need a credit history. A public record of having used credit. I don't know if all Irish people are wealthy enough to buy houses and cars outright, but most Americans can't or refuse to drop half a million dollars out of their liquid bank account on a house purchase. Instead, a mortgage (I've heard the "mort" means because you'll be paying it off till you die, lol). But imagine someone came to you to get a big loan to start their own business or buy a house. Which would you prefer to lend to if you had to- some guy in his 40s who has never used a credit card or had a loan and that's all you know about him, or some guy who has three Banks, a hospital, a university, and a car dealership who write you letters saying "I vouch for this guy. He has owed us money for thirty years, and not once, since he got his first loan at 18, has he EVER missed a payment. Never been late one day, and often he even pays above the monthly minimum. Never had late charges, nothing! He has a stable, well paying job, and in about 15 years, you'll likely have doubled the money you gave him."? That's a more sound investment than the person with no credit history. There are some Americans who say proudly "I have one credit card only, and it's for emergencies. I've only used it once in five years and I paid off the debt two days later!" Well, you sir, are an idiot. No credit is as bad as bad credit.
😂😂😂 I liked the end, but true !
Great video.
There are a lot of various accents here in the United States.
Lennie's cheerleaders. "What does he do? He's just awesome."
Reminds me of Gary's cheerleaders from Pokemon.
I'm damn near 60 and I gave up trying to understand most of what people do when I was in my twenties. I've been happier ever since.
Not every school here in the US have graduation for every grade. In my town we only graduated at the end of High School.
We only have 2 graduations that really mean anything, one is when you finish High School ( 12 grade ) and the 2nd is when you finish College.
We do have more than two that matter. We have nursing school graduations, med school graduations, law school graduations that passed college or university.
@@RexTheDinosaur1 Your comment makes no sense, all the subjects that you mentioned in your comment would fall under graduating from college. FYI college and university is the same freaking thing.
Tipping: Move the Decimal Point once to the left and double it.
That is generally what I do, and I suspect most people who have ever worked for tips do the same thing.
The formula doesn't work for diners and less expensive places. It is sad to watch someone bust their butt scrambling from table to table, and find two or three dollars left behind because the bill was only ten dollars. I probably tip more in these places than at more expensive restaurants. If the server in a diner tries hard to be pleasant, even if the evening has clearly been difficult, I sometimes leave a tip that is the same as the bill.
Some months ago I left a twenty-dollar tip for a server at a local diner when the bill was less than ten. It was two days before Christmas, she hadn't taken a five minute break in the back the entire time I was there, and I saw her pocketing tips that consisted of a bill or two and some coins. She was confused at first and thought I made a mistake, but at the end it clearly made her night. She deserved it.
I do this and often then round up to the nearest whole dollar to simplify it because I'm bad at mental math! I think 15% was more common in the past and that's how many people were raised and never "updated" their rules, but the minimum wage hasn't been upgraded in forever. I'd rather err on the side of being too generous than too stingy. When I'm on per diem I aim for 25% or higher.
When it comes to tipping I generally always tip the bill and I always pay for my meal with my debit card and my tip is always in cash. I worked in the food service industry and servers only are paid $2.13 an hour so they depend on those tips to pay their rent, bills, auto insurance, or other transportation as needed plus most servers are single parents and also need to pay for child care which in the United States is by no means safe. One of my big pet peeves is to see a server go out of their way to make a person's dining experience as enjoyable as possible and then end up with little or no tip. It really makes me upset that McDonald's workers are paid more than restaurant servers.
It's also not an exact science, nobody is going to be offended if you round up a bill or something. Let's say your bill is $15.20 and you just hand over a $20 and say keep the change. As long as you're not grossly undertipping as servers usually have to kick back 3.5 percent of their total sales so as to pay out host/bar staff/kitchen/whomever.
At least in the video Diane seemed to feel like if you don't give exactly 15-20 percent someone will be offended. Just give them enough to cover the tip out and a little something for themselves. Tipping culture works. Try going to a place where there is no tipping, good luck getting your water glass filled.
If service was good, go above that usual 15ish percent minimum. If the server was shitty, tip a little less.
Cheerleading is to ramp up the fans to get them rooting for the team! Yeah, they add dance and gymnastic part to it but it’s to fire up the fans at a game!
I follow your channel because of your adorable accent!!
When I graduated High School 50 years ago this year, it was the ONLY graduation other than college. Now, just about every school celebrates pushing their students out of the door.
"Mommy Mommy, read my diploma to me!" Kelly on "Married with Children" being a prime example.
I thought graduation ceremonies from anything other than university was a new thing. Certainly, it isn't a thing in Britain yet, and it usually only takes a few years for us Brits to appropriate the glitzier American customs, especially those which have a presence in popular culture. It's just surprising to hear that High School graduations have been going on for 50 years in the US, and without us Brits stealing the idea.
@@samuellawrencesbookclub8250 graduation is a passage from young child to being an adult (about 18) That is why we celebrate in the USA!
High school graduation has always been a big thing in the USA for as long as anyone can remember. Most folks don’t go to college. High school graduation is the one time most kids get to celebrate their academic achievement.
There was usually some sort of celebration for completing elementary school, and middle school. When I finished elementary school, we had a big pizza party for everyone in the fifth grade, and we got to run around on the playground most of the day. Back in the 1980’s this did not go as far as an actual graduation ceremony, which is more common these days.
But even now none of these match the pomp of high school graduation.
The LEGEND has returned!!. Very entertaining video
I'm so proud of you... you did not cry in this video! YAAA!
Tipping - easiest thing to do is 1 for every 5…yes, that’s 20%.
Middle school -- generally grades 6, 7, and 8.
Junior high school 7, 8 &9
By the time I graduated, my town had a primary school with kindergarten thru 2nd, elementary was 3rd and 4th, middle was 5-7, and high 8-12
@@patrickmcshane7658 9th is Freshman year of High School. Middle School is usually in smaller places where they combine last year (6th) of Elementary School with Junior High School (7th and 8th) High School is 9th through 12th.
Jr high was 7 and 8 for us
It’s either 6-8 or 7-8 depending on region. I’ve never heard of it being 7-9, but apparently it is in some places
Grade School: K-5th Grade
Middle School: 6-8th Grade
High School: 9-12th Grade
Every school system is different in the states. There are some that follow what you put and then there's others that have instead of middle school have a junior high school which is just 7th and 8th grades.
And next in English, please
At my school we had K-6 and 7-12
@@jumpyg1258 For my junior year in high school it became a jr-sr(7-12th Grade) high school. And grade school was K-6th.
Mine was K-7th, then 8-th-12th.
Waiters/bartenders make like 3 bucks an hr ( I used to work as both !) . You can tip 15%, but it’s seen as “under tipping” a bit. 20% is the norm, as long as your service was A OK 🙂. Of course if you LOVED you service you can always tip more too! And I promise, I’m not being cheeky , lol. Love this channel so much! 💖
I could debate and teach you so much on so many of your videos about America especially in these categories
Tipping Tips... 15% take 10% add half that, 20% double 10%... simple simple lol
Yes. It is also, often appreciated if you round up to the nearest whole dollar.
I think most people dont just tip 10% anymore unless maybe if they are on a fixed income or service sucks. 15 - 20% is more the norm depending on the type of restaurant and service you received. I think most people just round up or down to the nearest dollar.
That may be simple to Americans, but not I'm starting to think that that sort of mental math may to much for europeans. All of them whine about calculating tips being difficult.
Credit. In the US there are some things that have to be bought on credit like cars and homes. To do that you need a credit rating which has to be established by opening an account and paying your bills on time. As you do so your credit limit, credit history and credit rating are established. Credit companies deluge students with credit offers at their school addresses hoping to snag them as bank customers for life. But many borrow way too much not having experienced the down side.
Credit scares me
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I get one when I finished college and started graduate school. But I almost never used it, because I knew I could not afford to pay even 25 or $30 a month. I was seriously brok in grad school!😅
15% = average service
18-20% can be added to your bill by the restaurant when your group is large (more than 6 people)
20% = good or above average service
You can customize your tip for any amount/percentage, based on how you feel about the service you receive.
Old School = Grammar School (1-6), Junior High (7 & 8), High School (9-12) (Pre-1960's)
Later School = Elementary School (1-6), Junior High(7&8), High School (9-12) (1960's)
Modern Day (Depending on where you are)= Elementary School (1-5),
Junior High or Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
I knew it. I knew Lenny had to have lived in Los Angeles for at least a little while. He has a very Smiths-Cure-Morrissey listening, Mod, almost rockabilly dressing look to him, specifically from LA. If you want to know what that type of person looks like, just look at Lenny. I grew up in LA, and seeing someone from another country having this specific look just blows my mind. That's awesome! Does Lenny have his own channel? If not, have him on more often. This was a good one. Continued success Diane. Keep going strong.
Tipping is easy just move the decimal point on your total one place to the left then double it...so your bill is 10.20 becomes 1.02 so tip should be 2.04...total bill with tip 12.24
Wow, to the penny. I never tip to the penny. I go up or down (at times a lot) based on what the wait staff does or doesn't do. My favorite waitress had dozens of loyal customers and did very well because she was very good on SERVICE. She got WAY more than minimum wage. She graduated college and now works in the biotech industry.
Teacher here. Middle school was created for grades 6-8. The idea was they are transitioning out of elementary school but not quite ready, socially, emotionally, or academically, for high school.
Home coming started in my home state of Missouri at the University of Missouri. It was originally a home game for alumni to return for reunions. In many small towns it is still when reunions are held. The game is usually picked to be against s as team that can’t win. The high school I attended holds our “homecoming” at Thanksgiving. I would not be a true alumnus if I didn’t mention it is the oldest high school rivalry in the nation.
"I don't believe in tipping...I believe in over-tipping!" ~ Vinnie Antonelli
Homecoming is traditionally when graduates from years past are encouraged to "come home" for a day or weekend. Usually held in conjunction with a football game against an opponent that you're highly likely to defeat.
Unless you're Columbia, in which case you play an opponent who only beats you by two touchdowns.
Except that usually nobody does "come home" and so it's just a fall parade, football game and dance for the existing students, who likely don't care if last decade's graduates are there or not.
@@johnalden5821 That’s because homecoming is when the football team plays a home game after a series of away games. Past alumni don’t really have anything to do with it.
@@alphabetsoup342 past students are not a part of it, that's what High School Reunions are for.
I’m glad to see Editor Diane sticking up for Regular Diane!
Nice to switch things up isn't it?
I've never quite been able to put my finger on why, maybe the lighting? But she really makes it seem like 2 different people
@@qualynforeman6747 The lighting and editor Diane always has her hair blown out straight, whereas Diane in the videos always has her hair nicely curled
Homecoming is the first dance of the school year in high school. Big football game, lots of fun.
“Homecoming” refers to the events surrounding the final home football game of the regular season (typically in Autumn). Events can include silly dress up competitions, team spirit contests, games, parties, and a formal dance. In the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., homecoming events span an entire week, culminating in a football game (typically Friday night), with the formal dance on Saturday night. The festivities will normally have a different theme for each week day (crazy hair day, pajama day, team colors day, etc.).
I would donate money to send Lenny on Spring break.
He says yes please
I think Lenny and Diane need to do spring break next year. A hotel room on the beach is required. Don't expect to get much sleep btw.
@@DianeJennings I would donate to your trip fund aswell. You're absolutely gorgeous and entertaining. Keep up the amazing videos
@@umpdaddy1 Yes, and film it all. Beach volleyball for Diane. She'll probably need a higher level SPF. Maybe Lenny also.
@@umpdaddy1 yes! Myrtle Beach
This was uploaded just about a minute ago, I’m so lucky to be early on one of your video! I hope the start of your week is going well and I hope you and your family are all safe and happy, Diane!
Thanks! You too
Spring break is a week of utter bliss. Many tourist spots make a massive festival of alcoholism, loose morals, drug addled moments, and life-changing adventures; but many others take that time to travel abroad, read a good book, binge out on unhealthy snacks during a movie marathon or anything else you've been craving to do but couldn't find the time/energy. Think of it as "the Purge" movies without the murder, and far more Woodstock
Spring break is a period in the season of spring that usually lasts about a week were we relax and do things, it's like a vacation in the spring.
I'll try to explain these:
1. Middle school is literally what it sounds like. It's time between elementary and high school. 6-8th grade, generally preteen years. It's distinct from high school. From when you're about 10-13. 14 is generally your freshman year of high school.
2. Homecoming is a big thing. Do I understand what is supposed to represent? No.
3. Graduation is for when you move from one type of school, not every year so elementary to middle school or middle to high but also from high school and when you finish college.
4. There's no requirements for how many, I typically do 20% but 15-20 is considered standard.
5. Super Bowl is the championship for the NFL which is why it's a huge deal. Americans watch the game and commercials.
6. Don't understand Sweet 16's tbh. 18 is the big one for us too because you legally become an adult.
7. Spring Break is a couple weeks you get off from school. People often go on vacation but it isn't necessarily required or even the norm.
8. Credit is a lot more convenient for a lot of people. There's also a "keeping up with the Joneses" mentality in many places. I typically use debit not credit.
9. We often say that because our accent is really flat but also because it is the accent we hear all the time from TV, etc. So people often think of it as just normal speech, without realizing that everyone has an accent.
10. . I think cheerleading just is what it is here. Just a normal thing we don't question.
Good job!
I would add that cheerleading helps get the moral of the fans up that are trying to support their team
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I guess you can say that cheerleaders are
Leading the fans on to Cheer more
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Homecoming is typically the dance and activities associated with the first home football game of the season (so in the early fall), prevalent in HS and College.
Sweet Sixteen is (kinda) a celebration of the girl becoming (almost) a woman - while still being (theoretically) sweet and "innocent" -- it also happens to be the age of consent in much of America.
Spring Break is most associated with College -- the break between the Winter and Spring sessions. So, everyone tries/hopes to travel to somewhere warm and party like crazy to purge the doldrums of Winter.
Cheerleaders (mostly/usually female) try to rile-up or entertain the fans at sporting events when there is a break in the action, so it incentivizes attendance at games by those not otherwise particularly enthusiastic about the sporting event. And, just being real here, it is a way to get pretty girls in close proximity to the male athletes (a win-win for the two groups, you might say)
Honestly I think the sweet sixteen IS because of the car or driving age. In most of America 16 is the legal driving age. Most of America rely's on a vehicle to attend most social events, or go shopping or really to have any independence from your parents.
Middle school differs from place to place within the US. Schools here have “grades K-12.” The K is kindergarten (generally for 5-year-olds), and then the grades are numbered 1-12. Unlink other countries, we don’t have separate tracks in school for college-bound and non-college bound students.
Where I grew up, middle school was called junior high school and was grades 7 & 8. I know people whose middle school was 6-8, and others whose middle school was 7-9.
The practicality of the division is that different ages of children have different classroom and playground needs. For example, my K-6 school had two sizable playgrounds with structures for us to climb on, swing sets, slides, etc. there were also areas painted for games like four-square, handball, hopscotch, and other childhood games. My middle school and high school did not have play structures, slides, hopscotch, etc.
Splitting up the grades into different facilities also solves the logistics of managing how many students at the same time have access to shared resources - cafeterias, gymnasiums, libraries, etc.
Bill Jones....Our “Middle School” was grades 5 through 8. The inconsistencies are actually a bit astounding....
@@paganbornspiritbear8249 In my state, jr. high is from 6-8. Weird that it's different elsewhere.
We used to have separate tracks. Because my parents had the option of either taking basic math all the way through high school or taking say algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or calculus instead if they were going to college. But they stopped giving that an option a long time ago. Mostly because they were using it for poor whites and people of color. And they consider that illegal to do now. Because they used it as a way to segregate children based on color of their skin or by how much money they made as a sneaky way of doing it I mean. But the US government got wind of it and they put a stop to it. That's why they don't do it anymore. However ,because they all teach the same subjects now they still do it (if they can get away with it), but instead they'd give up on those kids that they see as never going to college and don't give a crap about them. I was actually placed in that class that they thought was not going to go to college. My teacher didn't care about me, refuse to help me with my homework ,if I had questions. We also always had a lot more homework, so that we could never get out of the hole that we were in (meaning always having bad grades). When I graduated in 2012, I actually did go on to University and was on the honor roll. But they tried all could to prevent me from going.
RexTheDinosaur1 that’s super sad! I was lucky to go to a small private school (a Catholic school, not a fancy prep school) even if they didn’t believe in someone, they didn’t have the excuse of having too many students (my entire grade was 21 people)
Some schools have separate tracks. I used to live in a rural area where the local high school had college-prep, agricultural, and general tracks.
Hahaha, "or else Diane's gonna make you watch her tik tok".... LOL. Hilarious. My favorite part of a lot of these is the "or else"...LOL. Always funny. To answer your question about "middle school", some schools also call it "Junior High" school. Most schools here in the US that I've seen consider 6th grade through 8th grade as "middle" or "junior high" school. 9th grade and up is high school.
Your could pass for a college student easily. Not right now but when things are safe go to Daytona Beach during Spring Beach with the other college kids.
Middle school ranges from grade 6 to grade 9 typically depending on the school system. 11 years old to 14 is the age range of the kids. It's usually miserable.
For Superbowl? I like only the commercials and sometimes the Halftime show. Then again the odds of my team making it to the Superbowl are probably 1 in a 100. Go Cleveland Browns! :)
Speaking of Browns I'm in NE Ohio. We don't have accents typically. We can hear the ones from the rest of the US though! And I have a few carryovers from my Gram. We warsh our dishes, place things on the drain board instead of the counter and a few other colloquialisms. I discovered your videos today and subscribed and am having fun with these! They're great!
Chewie is such a good public speaker and he looks so distinguished.
In fairness, I went to a public school in Texas where football is KING and I also don't really understand the big deal with homecoming.
Loved the video Diane. You guys were so funny 😆
Thanks!
I also went to public school in Texas and agree entirely with this comment.
I understood homecoming more when my reunion was scheduled for that weekend and we went to the game and watched our team get creamed. It was just like old times. I also went to school in Texas, go RLT Lions!
Homecoming is a high school, college, or university game, dance, or other event to which alumni are invited. The alumni are coming home to where they started.
@@Gonzo614 As someone who experienced a Homecoming every year while growing up in Texas, I've never known that. Or at least child me paid zero attention.
The latter. It's probably the latter.
Homecoming is a calibration of town pride. Usually focused on football ( not soccer), a parade, and a popular vote for a Queen and King in the high school students.
You took the words out of my mouth.
Diane: homecoming is a dance that we all have here in the states to essentially start off our (American) football season.
It probably varies by location & time. When I was in H.S. homecoming was the last home game of the season, and there was a week of hype leading up to it. Parade, decorations, bonfire etc. This was in South Florida in the 80s.
Homecoming is a celebration of past alumni of the school and return for the first football game of the season which involves a parade and dance.
The whole kindergarten/elementary/middle school graduation thing is the same as awarding participation trophies. It's just dumb.
It's something we never had when I was attending school so I find it very weird and also pointless.
While at the same time, the old tradition of having a Halloween parade to show off your costume has gone away.
Also I just posted this very thing
middle school graduation is kind of important in america especially if you live in big city because you make alot of good friends and the chances of you going to highschool with those same friends is small
The "real" graduations are obviously college/universities and high school; all of the others (kindergarten, elementary school) are newer/trendy and aren't taken anywhere near as seriously.
I always look at spring break as something similar to rag week!
20% tip is typically the most standard, 15% if the service was whatever. 10% for bad service. For large parties typically 6-8 people or more, they automatically add a 20% gratuity tip.
School here starts during football (American) season. Homecoming is a dance that coincides with the first home game of the football season.
Not always football. Basketball in a large number of schools.
I think at the school I work at, its the last home American football game. I suspect it varies from school to school.
It does NOT necessarily correspond to the first home game. The tradition began in colleges with inviting alumni to come home to their alma mater. It eventually trickled down to high schools. In many places this occurs from late Sept to early Nov.
It's the last game not the first. The very word "homecoming" implies coming back home which would mean at the end of the season not the beginning. Nobody has a homecoming in September.
oleeb No, it refers to the last home game(usually around october) not the last game of the season.
"I had $2K in debt after college" (Cries in student loan debt to the tune of $40 grand so far)
Lmfao, homecoming is a dance before a highschool football game. It's a whole thing, y'all need to crash one someday. Lol so cute.
Middle school is grades 6-8, high school is grades 9-12. After high school is college. Home coming is the last home game of the season for football, but it’s also surrounded by a dance, a home coming court as well as king & Queen are announced which were picked & voted by junior & senior class (grades 11-12). Homecoming is also done in college too. Prom is the last dance event of the year & usually is only for juniors (11th grade) & seniors (12th grade) & more so for seniors before graduation.
We need merch that says “So today” 😆 I love your intro.
For “large parties”, groups of like 10 or more restaurants tend to slap an automatic 18% tip on your bill
RE tipping:
How I’ve always been taught:
20% for table service, 25-30% if service is exceptional
10% at a “tip jar” restaurant
1.00 per: drink, bag, coat, etc
2-3.00 for attended services e.g. bathroom, etc
5.00 for valet
Salon/misc Service 10-15%
Roughly...
Homecoming is an event that occurs in early Fall and is one many celebrations (formal dance, football game, and sometimes a parade), whereas prom occurs in Spring towards the end of that school year.
Spring break is the first long holiday after the Winter break, and generally the weather is getting warmer and people want to get out on holiday.
We have manner accents depending on what state or region you are in.
We need cheerleading is needed for the fans who are not cheering the team.
Hope this helps!
As a former cheerleader, my student section was HORRIBLE!
@@Anna-B Yeah, only we our team madethe playoffs did the student section come alive, but then we got our tails kicked and handed to us.
Gordon Meyer we went to state for volleyball and basketball, but never football
Football fans watch it for the sport, but generally lots of people who aren't football fans, or maybe not fans of the teams playing still watch for the spectacle of it all.
I am one of those people. People who like the sport actually watch the game and use half time for a time to use the restroom, get some food, relax a little. I am someone who uses the majority of the game to talk to friends and only watches the commercials and the half time show lol!
I watched it for the bobs and vagene.
Things some AMERICAN People don't understand about America:
Middle School: I came from a small NJ town that didn't have one, and we did just fine. The town finally built one later because the grade school and high school were getting crowded.
Homecoming: It is supposed to be a day when former students come back 'home' to visit, usually for a football game, so the school has to make a big deal out of it.
Graduation: I never cared 'to walk' and would have preferred a document in the mail, but in high school this is frowned upon. I did exactly that for college, though. The idea of any graduation other than your final year is really for the parents.
Sweet Sixteen (never been kissed): it is just a continuation of the coming-of-age tradition, but over the top.
Spring Break: a continuation of the reason many people go to college: to get away from home, party and drink too much.
Credit: a legal form of extortion where adults are told that they must always buy things with a credit card, and pay the bill at the end of the month, to prove their 'trustworthiness'. If proven trustworthy, adults can then politely beg to borrow money for more important things, such as houses and cars. In most cases, bills aren't paid completely at the end of the month, and the card companies collect a lot of interest and fees, which was their intention all along.
Cheerleading: as a sport unto itself it is as challenging as any other, and more difficult than most, but at sporting events it is ho-hum.
_(have I really lived here all my life? actually, no, not yet, hopefully I have some time yet)_
Lawrence Davis Your coverage of each event was spot on!
I cracked up at his jazz hands lol
Elementary is Kindergarten through fifth or sixth grade depending on where you are. Middle school or junior high is through eighth grade, then ninth through twelfth grade is high school. Homecoming is a celebration normally after a sporting (football) event.
I love it when you and Lenny appear together, always entertaining.
Thanks Jorge
10% is the Base, 15% and 20% for good service, less than 10% for poor service.
Angus Og McDonald I live in New Jersey. 10% would be an insult here. A tip *starts* at 15%. Anything less is only if you got *terrible* service, and I mean TERRIBLE. I think most people here understand that 20% is standard now, usually for good service. Not stellar, above-and-beyond service. Just good service. Even 15% is being cheap.
I fluctuate depending on the area I am visiting. Many cities in WA state pay a minimum wage of $15.00 so waiters don’t need the tip as much as other areas where the tip is considered part of the hourly wage.
Tipping is 20%. Period. If the service sucks, then 10%.
Texas here, I know its an older video but Homecoming is a football thing. You play all of the away games at other schools, then you have your homecoming when you play your last game at home for the season. Mothers come onto the field and get appreciated by their son, girls walk around with huge beribboned mums, and it is a traditional celebration. The homecomings vary so that each school's team has one and then there's usually a schoolwide dance afterward. It is primarily celebrated in High school.
Homecoming is in the fall semester, when your school’s football (American football) team plays several away games in a row, then comes back to play in your home stadium. You celebrate it with a week of activities, the game, and a dance!
The idea of "No accent" seems synonymous with "How people talk, where I grew up." If someone doesn't talk like that, they have an accent.
Everyone keeps saying middle school is 7th or 8th grade but we don’t do grades so 🤷🏼♀️ what age is that!? *for those asking we generally start school age 4/5 and end at 18. Primary school is K or P 1 & 2 (age 4/5/6) then first to fifth class. Then secondary school first to sixth year. 4th year is called transition year.
Well u start school at the age of 4yrs old.
I posted above. .ages 11/12-13/14
You? don't? do? grades?
Ok we need a video about that.
12 and 13 years old. Middle school is meant to be a transition between elementary and high school.
7th grade you start when you are 12. 8th when you are 13. Middle school in Texas is 6th, 7th and 8th - otherwise known as the Hellspawn years.
Here in Oregon it always rains for spring break too. But it’s a popular excuse for college kids to party in warm locations
I could watch this video with no sound and still be entertained... 😁
The spring break people talk about is “only” college students. Generally two weeks long. Kids go to any place they can afford. Catholic schools often call it Easter break.
So.... Catholic school person here, and I beg to differ. Spring break for colleges is one week and 2 weekends, so you have roughly 10 days. Not quite 2 weeks.
It does not always coincide with Easter. At Easter, because I teach at a Catholic school, I get an extra 5 days off. They leave on Thursday, so that they can be home with their parents on Good Friday. Then we give them Monday, so that they can spend all of Easter Sunday with their family. So that's 2 separate vacations, unless the calendar determines that Easter comes early. That happens once every few years.
Where I live on the East Coast, high schoolers and elementary kids get something that they called "presidents' week", which I never saw growing up in the Midwest. Instead of President's Day, they get an entire week off. You can imagine how much fun it is for families that have most of their children in elementary school or high school, and want to take a family vacation in February, and the one college student, who cannot go with the family because their vacation doesn't come until March. At my school, they always schedule Spring break to coincide with Saint Patrick's Day, so that the students are not around when the parade and the party happen
My spring breaks for both of my degrees in college was only one week.
I WISH I had a two week Spring break.
@@danbalchen5114 ikr!?
Homecoming is a get together for graduates that "come back home" for a reunion. While current students participate in the ceremonies, the name comes from the alumni coming home. It is usually in conjunction with a football game, and the school will elect homecoming queen and her court. Often class reunions will be held around that weekend.
Hope you have a great week! Stay Safe, Stay Weird, and Keep Smiling! 😎
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High school graduation each year, celebrates home coming. Graduates from previous years, return home to the school to enjoy the home coming dance and FOOTBALL GAME!!!
Been there, done that.
I’m focused on a visit to Ireland!
Homecoming is at the beginning of the year. In Minnesota USA for the most part. There was a football game and week long of events based around school spirit, the last day of the week we always wore school apparel or school colors for the football game and coming together to welcome the new school year at a dance after the game. After homecoming we then had Sadie Hawkins dance where the guys asked ladies, snow daze dance in the winter after that and then ending with prom.
I generally tip 20% for most services, unless I have bad service or a issue then I lower the percentage.