Journal #6632
Posted 14 years ago2010-07-04 04:50:58 UTC
I'm curios to know, how many people here are in Highschool. Or, for the un american bastards that roam this place, the equivlent to American Highschool.
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Skals, in the U.S. that would be like graduating a year early and going off to college, you'd be doing very well for yourself indeed. Unless your schools start a year later or something, and I'm just fuckonfused and don't really know how it works over there.
Is that right? You're going to be 16 and going off to college? Is that common there? That'd be fucking scary for me.
And Brendanmint, I believe that the majority of long-time members here joined TWHL when they were in high school, or just before high school. This seems to be the age people typically get into mapping, if they get into it at all. Maybe it's something to do with having a lot of free time around that period of your life, I know it was for me.
I'm in high school too. Just finished 2nd year. 2 more years to go...
Same in India, they were under British control for ages. They must have hated all the English, not the English government which was the one actually doing all that. "England" includes the random citizens who didn't give a damn about who controlled India.
Same with Spain and South America, they got rid of "Spain" and not of "King Whatevero IV's control".
If the US invades your country, you'll hate all Americans, not just George Bush. Sad but true.
Why are we discussing this again?
I was done with high school in 1991.
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People who leave High School in Scotland at age 16 are not considered to be "graduating a year early," but rather "dropping out."
I hope that's not the case, Skals, but I have some friends in Wales (might as well be England) who went to college at 16 and it's basically the final year of high school anyway.
You English and Welsh do GCSEs then A-levels in high school, right?
A-levels are pretty much equivelant to the Scottish "Standard-Grades" which we do in Fourth year of high school - 15/16 year olds.
But we then stay on for a fifth (and optional sixth) year of high school where we do "Highers" which I assume must be the equivelant of your English first years of college.
It means we start college at a higher level and makes more sense in my opinion. I was so glad to go to college and get away from the immaturity of high school. If I lived in England that immaturity would still be present in college.
Oh well - just finished my first year of college, anyhow. Starting a 2-year (diploma) course in Television after summer.
But you don't have to go straight into college.
I took a year off to work - got some life experience before going back into education.
Because of that you can't really put an age on when you leave college, because you might be 40 before you even start a course.
Pretty sure in England it's just seen as the next stage after school, so they probably leave college when they're 18-19 if they start at 16. (you can get a diploma after 2 years)
That's how things are done here, I'm not under achieving, Intact I've already smashed all my target grades and finished all my courses and have the right grades to go to college. Most likely the two systems are different. Scotland is run by a different government.
However, we're not run by a different government
In Australia,
kindergarten is optional at the age of 3 or 4
reception (first year of schooling) usually begins at age 5
grades 1 - 12, if you go to a private school (I did), primary school ranges from reception til grade 6. Middle school begins in grade 7 and finishes after year 9. Senior school begins at grade 10 and ends with the final grade 12.
However if you go to a public school, primary school is from reception til year 7 and high school is from grade 8 til grade 12.
During grades 10-12, you must compelete a certain number of subjects with satisfactory scores, and the scores obtained from the minimum of 5 subjects undertaken in grade 12 are added, scaled, bonus points are added, who knows what else happens, and you get given a score out of 100
To get into a course at university, you will need a minimum score and have to have completed certain subjects in grade 12 as prerequisites
courses at university take on average 4 years to complete.
My Civil Engineering degree takes 4 years but can be completed in 3 if I undertake extra subjects. Honours is obtained by invitation if you have a good grade point average, and you complete a large assignment in your final year, masters takes another year or two, and a PHD will require around another two years
Many people also take a 'Gap Year' when transitioning from high school to university, usually at the age of 18.
Preschool starts around age 3 and you must be potty trained to attend.
Kindergarten starts at age 5.
First grade in elementary school starts at age 6.
College and uni are two separate things.
Also, in Australia, more often than not College is actually a high school and University is your tertiary education..
I'm still in high school in Queensland, Australia. I'm currently in Grade 11.
I'm sixteen, but I don't make a point about it. I consider myself as mature/idiotic as anyone of an adult age.
Therefore, I'll be out of school by the time I've hit 18.
We separate the year with 4 terms, not trimesters (another useless piece of information) in the primary and high school systems and most uni courses (one exception would be law). correct me if i'm wrong but I'm pretty sure it's the same throughout Australia
And most private high schools are called Colleges, universities are for tertiary education, as Trapt said.