Subject: Re: Words, words, words
From: Aaron Brager (colombo@toad.net)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 13:38:01 EST
Freshman -9thgrader or 1st year college
Sophomore - 10thgrader or 2nd year college
Junior - 11thgrader or 3rd year college
Senior - 12grader or --you guessed it!-- 4th year college
Freshmen and Sophomores are "Lowerclassmen"
Juniors and Seniors are "Upperclassmen"
You're allowed to beat up the people lower than you without getting into
trouble... good ol' us of a.
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, LR Pearson, Arts 99 wrote:
> Thanks Jim. I have always been a bit confused by the US grades. Now if
> you could just explain "freshmen" "Sophomores" etc?
>
> Love, Lucy-Ruth
>
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:03:38 EST AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 1/24/00 12:09:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca writes:
> >
> > <<
> > Oh, and by the way, what's "AP"? >>
> >
> > Advanced Placement. High school kids in the states on an AP track take
> > college level courses while still in High School. That's the most advanced
> > course of instruction a HS student can take.
> >
> > Our children go through school in this order (these are approximations that
> > vary from area to area):
> >
> > Elementary school -- kindergarten through 6th grade (you are usually in 6th
> > when you're 11 or 12 or so).
> >
> > Middle or Junior High School -- 7th and 8th grades (12-14 years old).
> >
> > High School -- 9th through 12th grades. You're usually 17 when you graduate
> > HS. This amount of education is required of all US citizens. After this you
> > can voluntarily go to a 2 or 4 year college.
> >
> > Jim
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