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I AM at school vs I am in school

Both 'I am at school' and 'I am in school' are correct phrases, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'I am at school' is used when referring to the physical location of the school, while 'I am in school' is used more broadly to indicate that you are currently attending school.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1799 views

I AM at school

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate your physical presence at a school location.

Examples:

  • I am at school right now.
  • She is at school for her music lesson.
  • Are you at school or at home?
  • I help little bit, when I am at school.
  • I am famous at school, you know.
  • I am at the middle school Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  • I am bored at school and I think of you constantly.
  • What am I researching at school?
  • But I am a student at the school.
  • I am trying out for the boxing team at school.
  • I want her to be prepared in case some bully at school is as clever as I am.
  • Is that a brain? I am making edible props for Christine's Halloween party at school.
  • The fashion club president made me a Facebook fan page, and now I am the most popular girl at school... again.
  • I am just typing a reminder to myself to shape up at school.
  • Nevertheless, I am concerned about the mismatches between skills levels acquired at school and the requirements of the labour market in the European Union.
  • I am in favour of investment in quality sports facilities and appropriate measures to allow access to sports premises and sports curricula at school to all students including those with disabilities.
  • The first, I am pleased to say, is Comenius, which covers school education, school partnerships and staff working in schools.
  • Natalie, I am deeply sorry, but I am regrettably ruling in favor of the school.
  • I got into med school... and here I am.
  • I find I am uncomfortable with people who disliked me in high school.
  • And I am not singing Beauty School Dropout.
  • I am Cheon Song Yi's middle and high school colleague.
  • Which is why I am going back to school.

Alternatives:

  • I am currently at school
  • I am here at school

I am in school

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that you are currently attending school, without specifying a particular location within the school.

Examples:

  • I am in school until 3 p.m.
  • She is in school studying for her exams.
  • Are you in school today?
  • Though only nine years old, I dedicate my life to helping people, when I am not in school.
  • You made me into what I am in military school.
  • - I know what a rider is, I am in law school.
  • I am the only girl in school who's not dating.
  • Kind of like now I am back in this high school, waiting for this one person to make me feel like I'm actually worth something.
  • What, am I in middle school or something?
  • The first, I am pleased to say, is Comenius, which covers school education, school partnerships and staff working in schools.
  • I am particularly keen on an initiative to promote the consumption of fruit in schools.
  • Also in school I am always embarrassed when they ask me and I get a good note.
  • I am pleased that we are setting up a Community scheme to promote eating fruit in schools.
  • At the same time, I am aware that these two efforts cannot be centrally directed but must come from below, so to speak, beginning in school.
  • I am referring to the concern to develop an ongoing educational programme in schools, and also in the media, to combat stigma and cultural prejudices that still predominate in our societies.
  • I am unable to emphasise enough in my speeches how important it is to declare segregation in schools to be discrimination in legislation, as laid down in the Race Directive 2000/43.
  • We have to make sure that the schools can deliver them and I am quite sure that what is contained in this report is one of the ways that we can help raise the standards in schools.
  • I stayed in school and graduated.
  • I was a total failure in school, not really headed to graduate high school.
  • I am talking about being busy with activities in school, okay?
  • I am certain, for example, about paragraph 5 of our report, which is about teaching Europe in schools, explaining it, recounting it and decoding it, and doing so in a lively way involving dialogues, exchanges and visits.
  • I am glad that the report emphasises the necessity of regarding those in especially disadvantaged situations, such as the Roma, because the increasing exclusion of the Roma and their segregation in schools is typically a new Member State phenomenon.
  • I think I missed that day in school.

Alternatives:

  • I am currently in school
  • I am attending school

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