Fake desifgner things, high school stuff and Russian education

[arabwel]

So, I have three mostly unrelated questions

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[chibiqueen]

For the second, all are possibilities, although it would be unlikely that only two schools would meet. It would more likely be that teams from many different schools compete in something, be it academic, athletic, etc.

[arabwel]

thanks -t aht is what I was thinking but i was not sure. Could you tell me more about these types of events, or something that I could start googling with? Since I am not fromt he US I have NO idea what the correct terminology is and therefore, i am totally "Buh?" about it.

[chibiqueen]

Hmmm, I never really participated, since I was just an art kid, but here's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_State_High_School_Associations

[arabwel]

thanks :)

[shortysc22]

For the first question, Burberry would work fine, as I lived in the Northeast of the US my entire life and love Burberry! It's only become more popular among the upper middle class within the last 10 or so years, but my great uncle used to buy the scarves for my dad when he was a kid, back in the 60s

[arabwel]

thanks - that is really really helpful! :D

I probably will ahbve more questions after I get some idea as to what the heck tihis tory will actually include - one of the very few things that I know will happen is the scene where my girlcouple gets to snark some other girls from elsewhere who try to bully them

[mmebahorel]

Everyone and their dog has something with the Burberry plaid these days. In fact, if you're really posh or trying to dress really posh in the UK, you will *not* have the plaid visible, as the knockoffs are everywhere and you'll be seen as a chav. Also, this stuff is popular on the East Coast of the US - I see a lot of it (not as much as in the UK) in the Washington area.

With that kind of regional difference, you're talking national competition which would be fairly high level and involve many schools from all over. It's most likely not a sporting event - marching band, quiz bowl, debate, show choir, something of that nature. Sports teams generally stop with state competitions, plus the size of the school will be important in competition. If you want interaction between the students from different schools, I'd choose speech/debate. Fewer people on a team, lots of interaction with other schools. National Forensic League website ought to help: http://www.

[arabwel]

thanks -t hat is really, REALLY helpful ;D the English girl in my story is about as upper class as you can get, being the daughter of an earl not that she advertises it or antything therefore cthe Buberry thing would probably work pretty wellf or what I have in mind :)

thanks for the link - I shall be going poking there :D

[reapermum]

If you Burberry is recognisable then you'll be taken for an underclass chav.

[mmebahorel]

No baseball caps, no bags, no umbrellas, and no scarves. You *are* allowed to have a coat without being called a chav (unless it is Burberry plaid, then you're still a chav).

In the US, you can still have a bag, I think - here you can't have Louis Vuitton anything without being considered the equivalent of a chav (all the obnoxious, usually poorly dressed, and often black, people have the ugliest LV bags I've ever seen - this may be a DC thing, however). But that type of person is never seen with a Burberry bag in DC.

[brevet]

Quiz bowl would be a contender for something that would have those two schools meeting. I know there's a national tournament. A particularly good choir or band could be invited to some sort of festival across the country, too.

[beccastareyes]

You'd need something on the national level. I know Science Olympiad has a national competition, but you'd need something like a 15-person team for that, which a small school might not be able to field. MathCounts would be good for a middle school, but they don't offer high-school-level competition. ARML (American Regions Mathematics League) has a national competition, but it's held at three places simultaniously (for West Coast, Midwest and East Coast) and isn't grouped by school (I was on the Nebraska team, with only maybe two other people from my high school on a team of 20). I can answer questions about the other two, but I never made it to Nationals on either. All of these have websites, too.