The school I went to in London was a private school that used American curriculum taught by mostly American teachers to what were mostly American students. The school was conceived so that American diplomats, executives and the like, stationed in London, could send their kids to a place they would be familiar and comfortable with, and that would allow them to reintegrate easily into the American education system when they returned. And return to America they did. Most kids only stayed a couple of years and 4 years was considered a long stay - their parents rotating home, or on to the next foreign assignment, as their positions and jobs dictated.

The school went k-12 in one large building, with a total enrollment of about 1200. I went the distance. All the way from the k to the 12. And, even though my senior year I was permanently banned from the high school library (I deserved that one), and flirted constantly with rules ... Read More