What;s the teen scene like in Sydney?

I;m moving there soon and I;m 15. What kind of things do teens do for fun? What;s schooling like over there? Are people generally nice? I;m American and I;ve heard that Australians don;t like Americans so Im kindaaaa scared to go now. Any more information for my move would be great!|||I just got back from Australia a couple weeks ago im fifteen and I went on a People to People student ambassador trip and we had a home stay were we spent two days with an Australian family and went to the school. From what I gathered (i was in Australia for 20 days) Australians like Americans. They drink alot at a young age and apparently there is alot of controversial things going on with aboriginals when I went to the school one aboriginal girl cussed out the teacher and the teacher couldn;t do anything because if she suspended her she could get sued. I hope this is helpful and good luck!|||The ;typical; things any other teens would do with their friends - go movies, eat out, visit each other;s places or if you;re old enough, go clubbing.I can;t speak for everyone but people are generally alright - we are a multicultural country like the US but what you will see is that despite this, a lot of people still prefer to hang out with people the same nationality as them - it does not mean they are racist though; it just means they share more common interests etc.Just be yourself and you should be fine. Do not change yourself for anyone and you need not talk like ;G;day mate; or in our slang - we don;t talk like that! :)|||For fun we play cricket, go to the movies (ice skating, bowling etc), use facebook msn myspace etc, chat, go shopping, hang around malls. It depends who you hang out with and what kind of a person you are. You;ll find fun stuff to do, people will introduce you to things. Okay schooling is VERY difficult to American schooling. First off since our seasons are reversed our school years start in late January and end in December. We have 4 terms per year each going for roughly ten weeks with 2-3 (depending on the school) breaks in between and 6-8 weeks for summer holidays. We get graded A-E, there;s no such thing as F. In Australia you attend kindergarten at age 4 this is not compulsory from what I know and this is where you learn social skills and often to read (though some children learn when they start actual school or before like I did). When you;re 5 you start school in something called reception (or it can be called prep or K in some states) where you spend 1 school year or maybe as little as one term depending on when you start school (it all depends on when you were born). We call elementary school primary school and in some states it goes from reception to year 7 then high school goes from 8-12 but in other states primary goes from reception-6 then high school 7-12. We generally do not have middle school but in states such as the ACT (Australian capital territory) have senior colleges in fact every state has a few. Senior colleges are schools just for years 11 and 12 and focus on university entrance. You get to choose subjects from year 8 upward and you get more choices the older you get. Australian school offer a wide range of subjects but what you can do depends on what your school offers. You can do year 13 which is when for some reason you do year 12 over two years. We do not use terms like jock, prep, sophomore etc and we don;t have cheerleaders or mascots to the extent American schools do and we tend to call it "year levels" not grades but we do know what a year level is!!! Each state has it;s own requirements for what you have to do to graduate your school can fill you in on the ones for the state you;re moving to. Most Australians are 17-18 when they finish high school. After high school you can go to university, TAFE, take an apprenticeship or go right into the workforce we do not have college to the extent America does heck we don;t have it at all. People in Australia as generally nice unless you do something to them or their friends or family that they see as wrong or bad. We strongly believe that respect is earned and if you treat us well, we;ll treat you well. We feel that respect is earned so if you treat us well 99% of us will treat you well and the one;s that don;t just don;t matter. We don;t hate Americans we just disagree with many of the attitiudes they have and political decisions your government has made but we definitely don;t hate you.