Simalarities and Differences

Hello! For today's blog, here are some things that I've experienced at the Holy Faith that are a bit different compared to Miramonte!
My Classmates:
The girls in my class seem to get along more than most of the girls at Miramonte do. There's no real tension (that I know of) and everyone is very friendly and joke a lot with each other. There also so seems to not be much competition to be better or more popular at the Holy Faith. All the girls seem to be friends and if not, just friendly. We all wear uniforms which is also great because it helps make us feel like equals, and also saves us the hassle of picking out our outfits every single day!! However they do like boys a whole lot more than we do and I think it's because of the separation of the genders, whereas we see the opposite gender everyday and don't get excited. We also have 6 grades in the school, so the age ranges from 12-18, which is weird because I'm not used to seeing such young girls in school.
Academics:
Transition Year is very focused on projects and using what we learn in school in the real world. In English we are doing film studies and when we watch a film, we analyse the movie and write about 3-6 pages on it. In Maths and Science, we will do work sheets but we also do a lot of projects and presentations. The school doesn't have a Spanish class so during French I do online quizzes and study from a vocab list to just try and keep up my Spanish. We have home-ec which is fun because I've never taken it and it's not offered at Miramonte, and Religion which is kind of a weird class for me because we have to pray before we start class and that would probably cause a lot of angry parents if we did that in Orinda! We also have business, P.E., Irish (which I don't take, just sit and listen), computer classes. And every Thursday we go and do some sort of activity in or out of school which is normally really fun (i.e.. road safety, film making, going to a chocolate factory, trip to Dublin, etc.)!
The Actual School:
Our Lady of Lourdes is very small with only about 360 girls in it. It is all inside and instead of laid out like Miramonte, where all the classrooms are spread out and on the ground, the classrooms are all stacked so there are a lot of stairs and I get kind  of lost a lot. It is also very old and a little old-fashioned compared to Miramonte (we still use chalk boards!). There is also no cafeteria, only a refectory which has hot water, tasters, microwaves, and a sandwich heater. So, I have to bring my own lunch every day and if it isn't enough, I can't go buy something else.
I do really like the school and I think that there is good and bad in both schools, and I'm very excited to go back to Miramonte and see how different it is.