What kind of school do you go to

[Odd22 offline]

i go to a public school we are the best i belie we win football, soccer ,cheerleading, track was fun, basket ball, base ball we almost made first we got 2nd i think, we won wreslting we do alot of sports here

[TL.]

One thing that I always see in American film or TV is how different the education system is. Can you post the difference of the American system to the one that TB3 and I have followed?

Note: At the ages of 6, 11 and 14, the 'Key Stage' tests are held. It is used to make sure that teachers are teaching the compulsory syllabus

Age 5: Compulsory education begins at 'Primary School'
Age 11: After leaving Year 6 in Primary School, students go to 'Secondary School'
Age 14: At the end of Year 9, students can drop certain subjects* and take on new ones and start the 'General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)’ course.
Age 16: During the May-June months, Year 11 students take GCSE exams in all subjects. Once final the exam is over, compulsory schooling ends. During the final week of August, results are handed out. Pass grade vary from. A* to E for a pass, F for fail and, U for unclassified. Students decided what to do with their lives,
If they wish, students can return for two years to the 'Sixth Form'. Here, there start the Advanced Level (A Level) course in their favoured subjects..
Age 18: A level exams held. Results are handed out a week before GCSE results. Students decided what to do with their lives,


*: These are the subjects that are compulsory until the end of Year 11 in which you take GCSEs: English, Science (Chemistry, Biology+Physics), Maths and (in Wales) Welsh. Physical Education (PE) and Religious Education (RE) are compulsory, but no GCSE exam is held, unless you take the separate GCSE PE and RE course. An advance Welsh course can be taken as well. Subjects like History, Geography, Art, and French can be dropped at the end of Year 9, but you can take a GCSE or A Level course

[Virus_Xana offline]

I go to a community college

[KayLenny#7 offline]

Public school all my life. Emilee and I went to preschool together. We were the youngest to ever be accepted at the time. Well I'm the younger one, but now I get called "the baby". I will never go into advanced classes again. It's bad enough in my default grade.

[Roxy Vulpine offline]

Public. I like it OK, but I'm in this weird position where regular school is too easy for me, but advanced classes are too hard. It messes with you to know that even if you're bored in regular class, you'd be miserably stressed anywhere else. There should be a School for the Sorta Gifted.

[Lani offline]

Public school, but I like it o_o We get a lot of freedom and stuff, but that equals a lot of responsibility so yeah... Hehe, and school starts at 9:20 >D

[Odd675 offline]

Public School..but my school it's different like a Prison or just "Military Prison" xDU

[HvonM offline]

One thing that I always see in American film or TV is how different the education system is. Can you post the difference of the American system to the one that TB3 and I have followed?

Note: At the ages of 6, 11 and 14, the 'Key Stage' tests are held. It is used to make sure that teachers are teaching the compulsory syllabus

Age 5: Compulsory education begins at 'Primary School'
Age 11: After leaving Year 6 in Primary School, students go to 'Secondary School'
Age 14: At the end of Year 9, students can drop certain subjects* and take on new ones and start the 'General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)’ course.
Age 16: During the May-June months, Year 11 students take GCSE exams in all subjects. Once final the exam is over, compulsory schooling ends. During the final week of August, results are handed out. Pass grade vary from. A* to E for a pass, F for fail and, U for unclassified. Students decided what to do with their lives,
If they wish, students can return for two years to the 'Sixth Form'. Here, there start the Advanced Level (A Level) course in their favoured subjects..
Age 18: A level exams held. Results are handed out a week before GCSE results. Students decided what to do with their lives,


*: These are the subjects that are compulsory until the end of Year 11 in which you take GCSEs: English, Science (Chemistry, Biology+Physics), Maths and (in Wales) Welsh. Physical Education (PE) and Religious Education (RE) are compulsory, but no GCSE exam is held, unless you take the separate GCSE PE and RE course. An advance Welsh course can be taken as well. Subjects like History, Geography, Art, and French can be dropped at the end of Year 9, but you can take a GCSE or A Level course

Having received most of my primary and secondary schooling in the United States, it seems to me that the British system is much more regimented in terms of standardized testing. Here, 'elementary school' consists of grades 1-5 (ages 6 to 10, approximately), 'middle school' consists of grades 6-8 (ages 11 to 13, approximately), and 'high school' consists of grades 9-12 (ages 14-18, approximately), all of which are compulsory (I think). Before high school, the only tests I recall taking were the 'Iowa tests of basic skills', or something along those lines. Then again, I think that educational standards and systems vary considerably from state to state within the country, since all the different state governments manage a great deal of their own public education systems. Near the end of high school, however, a lot of high school students take the SAT, an exam that supposedly tests skills learned in high school, the results of which are often used in gaining admission to universities. This test isn't compulsory, but is probably required of those intending to go to certain universities (namely, those universities that require applicants to sit for the SAT; some do not).
At any rate, after graduation from high school, a student's educational obligations are pretty much fulfilled.

I hope this answers your question, TL!

[sweetness101 offline]

I go to a charter school. Its like public school except we wear uniforms. Its like private school except the food is nasty, , and you have to pay a price of $25, to get in. It is so stupid.

[Osiris offline]

i got to a college in a small town in england its one of teh best in my area
www.bridgwater.ac.uk

[kagomelover2021 offline]

i go to a private school and for lunch we get 3 hours from class