When does Christmas break end for ya'll?

Cynder is cute · Jan 04, 2010 7:56 PM

Mine ends tomorrow. o_O Darn....right when I was just starting to enjoy it. <_<

Nightfall · Jan 04, 2010 9:00 PM

Tomorrow for me too. College itself isn't too bad, it's just getting up early...

Cynder is cute · Jan 04, 2010 9:12 PM

That's exactly how I feel about eighth grade.:P
Wow. Sure is amazing how you're in college when you're only 16.

Nightfall · Jan 04, 2010 9:16 PM

It's normal for me. What age is it in the USA?

Cynder is cute · Jan 04, 2010 9:22 PM

It depends if you fail a grade or not, but usually it's like, 17, or 18. Come to think of it, 16's only a year less than 17, so I guess it could be possible in the USA, too.
But yeah, 17 or 18 are the common average.

Nightfall · Jan 04, 2010 9:27 PM

Well most of us go as soon as we finish school at 16 (or 15 for me, since I'm one of the youngest). Grades don't play an issue with WHEN we go.

Cynder is cute · Jan 04, 2010 9:30 PM

Speaking of grades, do they go up from Kindergarden to 12th in the UK like they do here?

Neotyguy40 · Jan 05, 2010 3:05 AM

Does the UK have k12 schools?

I wish I could go to college at 16. All we do is review, review, review... We learn nothing new...

Apoc · Jan 05, 2010 3:08 AM

Mine will never end

bmah · Jan 05, 2010 4:04 AM

Tomorrow I begin classes again.

Stormy · Jan 05, 2010 5:40 AM

I moved back in to my dorm today. A new semester of classes starts tomorrow.

Nightfall · Jan 05, 2010 1:55 PM

K12 schools? Sorry, never heard of 'em. So I'm guessing not. tongue

Stormy · Jan 05, 2010 4:28 PM

It just means kindergarten to grade 12.

Nightfall · Jan 05, 2010 6:38 PM

Nope. We have years.

Year 1 - age 5 - 6

Year 2 - age 6 - 7

etc...

The last one is Year 11 - age 15 - 16.

Inferno The Dragon · Jan 05, 2010 6:41 PM

I went back to college yesterday.

iSO · Jan 07, 2010 7:16 AM

Dang... it's gone gone gone! I think back when I was in elementary school, it was 3 weeks off in winter. I'm not sure, but it feels just right. ;o

Neotyguy40 · Jan 08, 2010 12:58 AM

Saphira wrote:

Nope. We have years.
Year 1 - age 5 - 6
Year 2 - age 6 - 7
etc...
The last one in Year 11 - age 15 - 16.

We have 13-14 school years:

Preschool (optional): Technically, you can be any age under 6 to go to this (even 1 years old), but usually it is ages 3-4

Kindergarten (optional depending on state): You either had to have finished preschool, or be 5-6 years old.

1st through 4th grade (elementary): Ages are 6-10 depending on grade.

5th through 8th grade (middle or Jr. High school): Ages are 10-14 depending on the grade

9th through 12th (high school): Ages are 14-18 depending on the grade (may go up to age 21 if person stays back).

Our colleges only look at our high school transcripts, not any time before that.

Unfortunately, because of the 'No Child Left Behind, the kids who don't know what to do in 1st through 8th grade, they promote them even if they don't do the work or learn anything. Due to that, kids over here usually fail in high-school if they are lazy during the early years. Teachers also need to teach on the lowest intelligence level in the school, so because of that small group of students who don't want to do any work, we students who actually want to get an education need to learn the alphabet every year through 8th grade...

Nice going Mr. Ex-president! No Child Left Behind was a great idea...

The Mad Thatter · Jan 08, 2010 9:28 AM

We were meant to go back on the fourth of January, but by the fifth it was closed and has been for the rest of the week. :\

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