High School

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That's in comparison to;

Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

No special names for the particular years over here, I don't think.
 
MazdaPrice
That's in comparison to;

Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

No special names for the particular years over here, I don't think.
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Freshman: Year 10
Sophomore: Year 11
Junior: Year 12
Senior: Year 13

I graduated last Summer though I still study Physics at the school as an external student and work as an MDSA, so I haven't quite escaped yet!

Generally though, it sucked. I was always near the bottom of the social hierarchy, the douche bags were always at the top, for some reason girls like that. I wasn't friends with many girls either and in the early years I received abuse because of my sexuality. Things improved considerably by sixth form, all the idiots had left and I finally had a secure circle of friends, but the work was hard, and my grades weren't fantastic. Though when you look back, all you remember is the laughs you had with your friends.
 
Here it goes Fresh: 9 Soph: 10 Junior: 11 Senior: 12

And Carbonox, that's really funny and shows a true difference in school systems. I was 7 years old in 2nd grade haha.

PeterJB
I wasn't friends with many girls either and in the early years I received abuse because of my sexuality.
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So I'm guessing you are a homosexual? That's odd to be made fun of for that in my opinion, at my school we are really accepting of everyone, which is surprising because we are 98% white and 99.9% heterosexual.
 
PeterJB
Freshman: Year 10
Sophomore: Year 11
Junior: Year 12
Senior: Year 13
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Really? Because 12 & 13 are AS and A2, part of sixth form, which is not compulsory education, whereas I think the junior and senior years are.

But I could be wrong of course.
 
BubbleBelly542
And Carbonox, that's really funny and shows a true difference in school systems. I was 7 years old in 2nd grade haha.
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It's 11th grade in total, but here we recognize grades as just 1, 2 and 3, probably because this is the first big time school in a student's life. :sly:
 
PeterJB
Freshman: Year 10
Sophomore: Year 11
Junior: Year 12
Senior: Year 13

I graduated last Summer though I still study Physics at the school as an external student and work as an MDSA, so I haven't quite escaped yet!

Generally though, it sucked. I was always near the bottom of the social hierarchy, the douche bags were always at the top, for some reason girls like that. I wasn't friends with many girls either and in the early years I received abuse because of my sexuality. Things improved considerably by sixth form, all the idiots had left and I finally had a secure circle of friends, but the work was hard, and my grades weren't fantastic. Though when you look back, all you remember is the laughs you had with your friends.
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It's only 13 if you did Kindergarten, so that's true as well.
 
BubbleBelly542
Here it goes Fresh: 9 Soph: 10 Junior: 11 Senior: 12

And Carbonox, that's really funny and shows a true difference in school systems. I was 7 years old in 2nd grade haha.



So I'm guessing you are a homosexual? That's odd to be made fun of for that in my opinion, at my school we are really accepting of everyone, which is surprising because we are 98% white and 99.9% heterosexual.
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Bisexual. Correct, it is odd to be made fun of for it. Though most of the guys doing the fun-making were clearly in the same boat as me and too scared to be open about it.
 
PeterJB
Bisexual. Correct, it is odd to be made fun of for it. Though most of the guys doing the fun-making were clearly in the same boat as me and too scared to be open about it.
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Probably. Good luck with that and remember that they are jerks.
 
School? Not a big fan of it. If you did a bit of digging, the teachers in all of British Columbia are on strike due to their declining wages. Result? No report cards, and that's a good thing because I'm doing horribly this semester.
BubbleBelly542
So I'm guessing you are a homosexual? That's odd to be made fun of for that in my opinion, at my school we are really accepting of everyone, which is surprising because we are 98% white and 99.9% heterosexual.
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I wouldn't say that they don't accept homosexuals, it's just that they are often teased for it, in a "funny" way and/or in an insulting way.
 
They aren't teased at my school. That's what I meant. People don't get teased where I go to school usually. Most of the time every clique minds it's own business.
 
MazdaPrice
Almost everything I know about English grammar, which is a reasonable amount, I learnt outside of school. Fact.

I did learn some useful things in school whereas there were other things that were pretty useless, but I put that down to a poor curriculum rather than the schools/teachers. They've only got so much to work with.
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I genuinely learned grammar, spelling, and speech from the internet. I kid you not, I learned nothing from school. GTPlanet taught me how to write properly without using TXT SPEAK. I find that using the forums here help me exercise my writing when I don't have English homework. Top Gear also played a key role in my speech capability.

Edit: Now, to share some knowledge of my own High School this is what I must say:

  • there are so many kids who are good at math and nothing else.
  • ^ most of these people study their whole day
  • there are far to many ignorant students in our school
  • there are also lots of "tough inner city kids" which will likely grow into future thugs/chavs
  • I feel that the people I hang out with are the only ones who are wise enough to make educated choices in life

I remember my grade 9 socials class where everyone would ignore the teacher (who was a very good person and knew how to teach) they would text all class long. They were all people who grew up in a world of materialism. They all wore expensive brand name clothing, and so on... I used to sit next to one girl who was like me, she would listen when our teacher spoke and she didn't try to make herself look like a walking advertisement. I knew just about everyone barely passed or failed. She and I completed the course favorably...

The problem with the children in my school is that they are all raised with much support from their parents. Born and raised in wealthy families that supply them with expensive articles of clothing. These kids think that they can just sleep through class not giving a damn, because once they receive their unacceptable marks their parents will just argue their way until their children pass. My question is, what happens once they leave school and their parents are no longer by their side?

Sorry for the excessiveness of my post but I just had to vent a bit. :indiff:
 
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Slashfan
I can't stand high school. Over half the stuff they teach us we will never use, even the teachers know this. Especially when t's likely that a lot of us are going to end up in factories anyways.
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If the teachers themselves really know that what they're teaching to their pupils is useless for getting through their own life, then why do they bother to instruct them such redundant knowledges?

If teachers force me to learn unnecessary things for the rest of my life as a member of society to get me to a prestigious college and this is what the education in my homeland is striving to achieve or continue to do, then I don't wanna try to memorize(or cram) them hard or have intention to do it. :(
 
A lot of stuff you think is worthless information may be useful to another. For example, tons of kids in my pre-calc class always say how the lessons are pointless and will never be brought up again after school, but for me, it is important. I want to become an engineer, and this course is essential to my knowledge.
 
Oh crap...

Hope he'll turn out fine, but I always get scared when there's life threatening injuries...
 
He is in the hospital, and the doctors have said is that he is going to be ok. They didn't say anything else about his condition. There are no visitations for him today, but he will be alive. However, I don't think he's going to come out of it without a scar.
 
Oh my, I'm astonished that he survived being hit by a train at all! Must be a trooper!
 
He is! He played with me on the football team, he is the fullback. Takes every hit like its nothing, gives everything his best. He's a real man.
 
YellowBird23
If the teachers themselves really know that what they're teaching to their pupils is useless for getting through their own life, then why do they bother to instruct them such redundant knowledges?

If teachers force me to learn unnecessary things for the rest of my life as a member of society to get me to a prestigious college and this is what the education in my homeland is striving to achieve or continue to do, then I don't wanna try to memorize(or cram) them hard or have intention to do it. :(
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Because New York State forces them too. They told me this too. My friends and I bring up this point to them CONSTANTLY. And that's the reply I get. Because NYS makes it mandatory that we are taught it, and it's in the curriculum.
 
High school was boring. Too many rules to follow and too many classes you didn't need. They really treat you like a small child there. Five minutes too late? Detention for two hours. Didn't make your homework? Detention.

I actually liked the class where you had to sit when you had detention more because the people there were funnier and the person that had to keep an eye on us was nice and fun. I was pretty smart and didn't need to do all the homework and study everything to pass the tests. After explaining that to her I got an agreement with her that I only had to sit there for one hour in stead of two and she would tell the teachers that I sat there for two hours. So I ended up skipping the classes I thought I didn't need. That allowed me to fill in my own hours so I could work for some more money. I gave her flowers and a bottle of her favourite drink when I graduated.

My advice to anyone still in high school is to enjoy the time with your friends on school and study as much as you need to get out of there as quick as you can. I can tell you university is much more fun with a lot less restrictions:D
 
Huh, we never have detention in our high school :dopey:

For first major misconduct you get a warning, for the second you're out. I haven't heard of anyone who would have got even a warning though.
 
I do actually love my maths class because I don't have to do the homework. It's awesome! And, for the record, it's not a blowoff class. It's the highest level maths course I can take this year and there are a lot of very difficult problems.
 
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More news about my friend. He is alive and awake in the hospital. He is suffering from head injuries and a fractured spine... Our school has gone through alot this year... we had a student commit suicide earlier.
 
NissanSkylineN1
More news about my friend. He is alive and awake in the hospital. He is suffering from head injuries and a fractured spine... Our school has gone through a lot this year... we had a student commit suicide earlier.
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We had a student commit suicide last year trying to fit in. They were a handicapped girl that was just trying to fit in, and the other girls were always talking about how they overdosed all the time (lying of course to try and feel like they need attention), so this girl did it to fit in but went too far. The saddest part, is that the school said nothing of it. They just carried on as if nothing happened. Though when they compete in a silly tournament (for sport) they tell the entire school in the notices and a special assembly. :rolleyes:

Well... I'm starting back at school on the 7th February, and I'm going to start posting in this thread, but first a few points.

Here, High School is not called High School, it's College. The schools are named as such.

Year 0: Kindergarten
Year 1-6: Primary
Year 7-8: Intermediate (uniform is now needed)
Year 9-13(Yr13 optional): College. (Still have uniform enforced)
What you call College is University here I think.

But I had Course Confirmation last Wednesday, next Thursday I have to go in for ID Photos and things like that. Then I start on Tuesday the 7th (6th is a public holiday).
 
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Carbonox
Huh, we never have detention in our high school :dopey:

For first major misconduct you get a warning, for the second you're out. I haven't heard of anyone who would have got even a warning though.
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Lucky, if you are bad enough, you get ISS for 2 months and Saturday detentions for 2 months. Saturday detentions you have to go to school on the weekends and stay there in a room loaded with work for you from noon to 5PM.
 
This suicide thing is really bugging me. There's quite a few kids who purposely tried to overdose, and a few who did accidentally. A few of the purposeful ones did it for attention, but there were a few who changed their minds last minute and went to the hospital. One was even my girlfriend. Another friend of mine who graduated last year always took stupid methadone pills, and one night took too many. His friends with him thought he was just sleeping since they were drunk, and let it go. The next morning he was found to be cutting off oxygen to his brain and going brain dead slowly. When he went to the hospital we were all told he probably wouldn't make it, and if he did he would be a vegetable. The school seniors had an assembly, lining up to form the name of the student. He ended up recovering over the course of a few months, and although he couldn't make it to graduation, I saw him get out of a truck and walk over to me at the skatepark, and I was so happy. High school seems to depress people.

By the way, I hope your friend gets better.
 
I guess I'm not allowed in here since I'm not in school anymore. lol
Oh well.

I didn't go to public school, I was home schooled. Yes, it was excellent having whatever the heck kind of schedule I felt like.

I never officially graduated, (got a diploma or anything) to lazy to be bothered at the moment. Anyway, I feel like a lot of you do, never learned much useful from actual education. Most English I learned through practice and my own research, I was good at math, but have no use for it so I've become quite rusty, history = meh, science/biology/etc = meh, and so on.

I guess the basic stuff like the three "R"s (one "R," actually and that irks me to no end) is what was actually useful. Just got the starting bits and picked up everything else I know from real world application.

But other than the actual learning part of school, being home schooled made it much different for me. I know far less people than most, I rarely follow trends or keep up with most of the usual stuff (music, movies, pointless celebrity drama,) I think all that is for the better. Never had to deal with peer pressure when I was younger and more impressionable, so I didn't get into much trouble. I have less friends, but I also have almost no enemies or people who act like friends, but aren't.

And again, I could make my own schedule. Wake up early? Nope. Roll out of bed around noon or so, get school done whenever I feel like, before or after playtime, as long as it got done. (not that it always did) Beautiful day outside? I got to play all day and do my work at night. That has led to not being an early riser though, but I've not had any trouble keeping with a schedule if I need to.

Don't let me rub it in your faces too much. I personally enjoyed it, some people I know hated being home schooled.

Oh well, that's all gone now, perhaps the whole job/career/life thing is more difficult for me because of all that. Once I figure that out properly, I'll be set. Then I can focus on my anti-social tendencies once again. :)
 

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