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Well, I'm the first one to post in the U.S.A part of this forum, and to start: I've got plans to study in the States since I was 11 or something, and i'm so curious about the habitats and rumours I heard (saw on the telly) about Americans so.. let's start asking..

1) Is it true the malls and stores are so damn big in the US? Or do they also have some 'normal-size' stores?
2) Is it true people breakfast every morning in a sort of fastfoodrestaurant with cakes, brownies etc.?
3) Do you have over 200 tv-channels on your telly?
4) Is it true in a movie, or whatever you're watching on tv, you get commercial messages every 10 minutes?
5) From when to when do American children have vacation in your state?
6) Does every state have it's own right to decide when children have vacation? Or decides the city itselfs that?

All right, i'm full of questions, but right now, I can't make them all up . Oh, my last question:
What is a good school to learn about MARKETING (advertising and stuff like that)

I really hope you will and can answer my questions.
Greets from Holland, and my - Kevin -.

BTW: the grammar of question #6, is that correct? I'm questioning it.
BTW2: the other reason i have so much of this questions is because we really don't learn about the states.. We only learn about (boring) England.

Heather77

Well, let's see.

Some malls are just way too big. Personally, I don't like the mall much. I used to when I was younger. There are a lot of smaller stores to find exactly what you need. You're not bound to the mall. Thank goodness. I believe the biggest mall in this country is the Mall of America and that's in Minneapolis, MN.

Some people get their breakfast from a fast food restaurant and some people don't eat breakfast at all. Some eat cake and brownies and some eat food a bit more healthy. I guess it all depends on how much of a rush you are to get to where you're going.

Yes, some of us have way too many channels on our TVs. You can get satellite with over 1,500 channels. I have cable and there are about 200 channels I don't use at all. I really don't see the need for all of these channels and a lot of them are in other languages that I don't know.

So many commercials. Some channels sign off at night and all you have are infomercials. That's where a company devotes a half hour, and sometimes an hour, to one product. Some channels don't tend to put as many commercials between shows. It depends on the channel. If they really depend on advertising, a one hour show will usually only be about 40 minutes.

Kids in this country usually have vacation in the summer, about three months. For Christmas, New Year's Day, and holiday's here and there. And some half days, as well.

The schools can decide what days they have off, too. But for the most part children have off for all the major holidays and the entire summer if they're not going to summer school.

Heather77

And, I don't know what school would be best to study marketing in. What state were you thinking of going to?

Ciccia24

excuse me,how is Brooklyn to live?(excuse me if i've made mistakes ) Is a good,quiet town?

Heather77

Well, Brooklyn is getting to be very expensive to live in. Condos are being built all over the place and there are no zoning laws for some reason here. Brooklyn is a bit more quiet than living in the city but it depends on where you live. Some streets here are very congested and can be pretty loud all day long. I guess I'm just used to it having lived here all my life.

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Many years ago, I studied at a great college - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois. I must say that I truly enjoyed my stay in the USA and had the opportunity to travel a fair bit.
It is a great country except too much liberty.

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Thanks, Guo,
I will look into your website too. I am sure many out here is very interested to learn chinese. Better still, online and not having to attend physical classes.

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