American schools.......

That's what I though, too...guess it's different in different parts of the US.

Well my parents keep saying that during "their time" that 9th grade was a part of middle school.

What they did where I used to live, there was a middle school right across the street from the high school, so they built a new middle school and turned the old one into a 'freshman center' so that new freshman go there instead of the high school itself. For some reason that's supposed to help them transition better, though I don't see how 😑

Um...cause its closer? 😕 I really don't know...

yeah here in southern california...most public schools are structured. middle school 6, 7, 8...but i've known for a long time that a lot of schools go only 7th and 8th. Also, there are occassionally schools that go kindergarten-8th grade. So it's like a middle school and elementary school in 1.

It used to be cool to be in a Public school cuz you could wear whatever you wanted. Now uniforms are require and if you don't wear it you go home. That sucks especially for High School seniors nowadays.

my pub school wanted to pick up the uniform trend, but all the parents said that if they wanted their kids in uniforms...then they woulda sent them off to private school. Guys can wear whatever they want, except baseball hats (thx to Dr. Dre and his white sox hat) and girls can wear what they want except tanks with spaghetti straps...but most wear them anyways. 1 day 8 girls even wore shirts that said "Hoe Depot" on the front with skanky names and numbers on the back which me and a couple of other guys had labled them as juniors.

We had a STUPID Jerk for a Principal in my high school!!!! We weren't allow to wear baseball caps. If you did, the teacher would confiscated and your parents had to pick them up for you. I lost like 2 of my favorite caps cuz of that SOB dress code!!!! Even after all this time I still want to knock the shit outta that Principal!!!!

Originally posted by Veralidaine
....ive always wondered how they operate......when i say this, i'm referring to the years......
because in australia, we have Primary school, which consists of:
prep, yr 1,2,3,4,5 and 6....

then we go to High school, which consists of:
yr 7,8,9,10,11 and 12.....

then after that, we go to tafe, get a job, or uni.....

so how exactly does it work in america?

Well first you go to kindergarten when you're like 6 or 7.. Then you go to elementary school which is grades 1-5 (traditionally it was always 1-6, but most places in the US have switched from "junior high school" to "middle school" jr high=7-9, middle=6-8) then ya go to middle school which is 6-8, then high school which is 9-12.. You can quit high school when you're 16 if you want to then you can a) get incredibly lucky and become famous b) work in a taco-time for the rest of your life c) get your GED or d) go to a community college
If you graduate you either quit going to school or go to college, then grad school if you get that far

Originally posted by LanceWindu
In America...

We have:

Kindergarten (5-6 years old)
1st Grade (6-7 years old) Elementary
2nd Grade (7-8 years old) Elementary
3rd Grade (8-9 years old) Elementary
4th Grade (9-10 years old) Elementary
5th Grade (10-11 years old) Elementary
6th Grade (11-12 years old) Elementary
7th Grade (12-13 years old) Middle School
8th Grade (13-14 years old) Middle School
9th Grade (14-15 years old) Freshman in High School
10th Grade (15-16 years old) Sophomore in High School
11th Grade (16-17 years old) Junior in High School
12th Grade (17-18 years old) Senior in High School

Sooo, i would be...a freshman!! Cool but 9th grade? In england i am in year 10.

technically you're in year 10 here too...but we don't count kindergarten because that's a grade where we get nap time and snacks at recess!!!

hehe, thats like our nursery and reception 😄

it goes:
3-4 years-Nursery
4-5 years- Reception
5-6 years- Year 1- Infant School
6-7 years- Year 2- Infant School
7-8 years- Year 3- Junior School
8-9 years- Year 4- Junior School
9-10 years- Year 5- Junior School
10-11 years- Year 6- Junior School
11-12 years- Year 7- Senior School (we change schools at this year)
12-13 years- Year 8- Senior School
13-14 years- Year 9- Senior School
14-15 years- Year 10- Upper Senior School
15-16 Years- Year 11- Upper Senior School

Then you can go to Sixth Form for 2 years or to a college then University

same with my school. Id rather my school had a yr 12, like a sikth form, cos ive got to move schools to do that year!annoying.

we have:

Pre-school = nursery (kinda like day care)
Kindergarten = Reception ( learn numbers and letters, very simple math and small words...mostly pronunciation)

So you guys have different systems in different states, like in germany?

i wouldn't even go as far as states....i'd just say school districts.

Thats too much, how the hell do you cope? Maybe I wont understand your movies afterall...

Originally posted by §pearhead
Same here...isn't it everywhere? 😕 don't listen to me...

All the areas I've been in...Middle School is just 7 and 8.

age 2.5-5 kindergarten (3 grades, some schools have 4)
age 6-12 basic school (6 grades)
age 13-18 high school (6 grades)
+18 college or uni

The town that I grew up in (in America) didn't have a Middle School. It went directly from Elementry to High School.