I don’t ever know what A levels etc. are. One of these days I need to look it up.

mine starts at 8:00 till 3:00

Yes, but the cheerleaders were just normal students, not stuck up and they didn't wear their uniforms in class.

Yes, because if you're in the hall without one, then you MUST be commiting murder (Sarcasm lads)

In Sweden it starts in august and ends in june. Nothing odd about it, to me.

Yep and we decorate them too!

Well, you don't want to haul all your text books class to class. You need a place to store them. And you need a place to hang up your coat.

In Romania, we had to carry everything for the day in our backpacks. Books, notepads, pen holders, snacks. We kept our backpacks in our benches all day. Some lockers would have been great, though.

Yeah we do, mine are green in a yellow hall

Why is it weird to have a secure place to put your things? There are a lot of heavy books,supplies for things like art classes,gym clothes for changing out or after school sports, and lunch if you've brought it. You want to carry all that all day?

School in Australia had them when I was there. Sure beats lugging around books needed for the day (also pre-laptop years which might make a difference now). Biggest difference was that our lockers didn't lock ... ah trust, where did it go?

i went to a middle school in england, and we had these, but smaller

Yeah, and my locker door had a periscope on the inside(I made it)

Kids in areas with cold weather have coats, gloves, boots in the winter. All kids have MULTIPLE text books, folders, supplies, etc. - too many to carry to six/seven different classrooms per day.

I used mine in HS. My kids... Didn't. They had them, but preferred to lug their stuff around all day.

There are lockers here in Oz too.different design

Yes, these are real.

Now they’re locked, because you know, guns

we have them in UK too bruh

Absolutely! Carrying around the textbooks we're required to use would give most of us hunchbacks.

So stuff is not stolen...

yes they do. pulled the number off mine when i graduated!

It provides a place for students to store books, clothes, etc. when they don't need them for class. They are going away now and being replaced by backpacks 'cause lockers can also be used to store weapons, drugs, etc. Note that some backpacks are bulletproof.

My senior year (year 12) I put all of my books in it the first week of school and the homeroom teacher retrieved them on the last day of school because I didn't know the lock combination.

YEP BUT THE FIRST YEAR I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT CARONA HIT

Ok then how do you store your stuff

No, not in all schools. My elementary, middle, and high schools did not have them at all.

A lot of schools have, or are, doing away with lockers because of all of the school shootings and contraband.

I'm in NZ. We had lockers at my first high school, but not enough for everyone (senior students got preference over juniors). And you had to pay a fee to use it, as well as a refundable bond on the key.

I have a locker, but in my high school, two people share a locker. Me, being as antisocial and introverted as I am, want to avoid as much conversation as possible. So I've never even touched my locker.

We have them but many students forego their use because shockingly 5 minutes isn't enough time to bolt to a random hallway, input a combination, swap out books etc for next class, and bolt to wherever it is the next class is held.

Do Europeans not have school books?

Yes, but I hear there are going away since most textbooks are going to digital. It's fun to have your own little place to put whatever you want books, supplies, coat, baby chandelier, and fun pictures and inspirational quotes. There are locker checks randomly to make sure people are not storing drugs in them.

Not all schools

Our school took out the lockers after a vandalism incident like 15 years ago and still haven't put them back. We have to carry everything with us in bags. Usually we'd leave books in classroom but since corona we have to carry about 5 books plus textbooks and lunch and water bottles etc all around and to and from school. My back is in constant pain every time I get back from school and Wednesdays are a blessing since we get only 4 lessons instead 5 (but only every other Wed)

I can't have my locker decorated and I can't even use it thanks to covid.

Yup! It's mostly cuz we aren't allowed to carry our backpacks around in my county.

We have this in Australia too, but ours were much bigger

yes, and they are always way too small!

Yep, we had lockers -- but at my high school we doubled up to save money. I usuall had just books and tablets in my half -- but "The Beast" in the other half stored everything. If our locker exploded or an minkfarm was raided in his half, I would have believed it.

Yes to store books, bags, etc, run businesses out of. And you can put on your own lock on it. It is effective storage for students so you dont need to bring home your books when you dont need them and more.

We have these in Sweden too. At least in my school. Super practical! You have a place to store your stuff so you don’t have to carry it around between classes.

in schools in my área, we are not allowed to have them because of what happened in Marjory Stoneman Douglas, which is like 20 miles from my school

Yes, so you don't have to carry all of your books, jackets, lunchbox, etc around all day :)

we have lockers, yeah, but can't decorate them except on the inside