Can Americans please explain to me the point of middle school?
Hey, Australia DOES have middle schools!!! Just not a lot. I live in a small-ish city in North East Victoria (population around 30,000 I think) and they decided 5 years ago to combine the 3 government public schools (the privates didn't join) into a middle school Years 7-9 (split over 2 campuses at opposite ends of the town) and one Senior school Years 10-12 I'm in year 9 now at one of these schools, and when they first announced it I was really annoyed, because I wanted to go to the largest and best school, which was turned into the Senior College. But now I don't mind as much, and I suppose it's good in a way-the younger year 7's don't have to worry about the scary year 12's :P There are pros and cons to Middle School, I think once you adjust (even if you really didn't want to go to one, like me) it's fine.
CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN ME THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUFF?
Welcome to America! It may be different in each middle school, but they are practically the same with periods. Periods are classes. You may have an English Period, Math Period (and so on). Our school was really confusing what they called the periods. They used this really weird number system. So Periods may be like the 1st class is 1st period and 2nd class is 2nd period. As for lockers, each kind of lock is different, so you might need to ask a teacher that. Hopefully the school you are at has nice teachers that will help. Fitting in will be the hardest. What I did in a situation similar to the fitting in problem is I just went up to random people and said hi, then figured out their personality. If I didn't like them, I just didn't hang out with them anymore. Also, popular is a strange in American schools. I am not sure how Filipinos rank popularity in the Philippines. My mom is Japanese and popularity was ranked by intelligence at her school. In America, at my old high school (I moved), I found that the really dumb people were popular. Not to be extremely harsh to them, but they really were. They generally were really quick with their boyfriends and they didn't go out with them for very long. This was at my old school though. At my new school, nobody is really "popular". Everyone is really friends with everyone else. (My school has just juniors and seniors, so it is not super big, but it is not super small either). When it is about hair cuts, I can't help out there, I am not good at fashion and such. (Sorry, unhelpful here). For Hall Passes, I am assuming that each subject has 3 hall passes. Hall passes are probably used for if you need to go to the restroom. (In the US, based on my old high school, most people were immature and would use class time to spend their time in the bathroom...skipping class). People in the US are really just restricted on when they can use the restroom because most high schoolers are too immature. I know it is must be hard moving to a different country with a much different school system. If need any more help, email ayanoblackbeard@gmail.com (<<<
Can someone explain the english schooling in england (UK) to me?
This is how it normally goes - Age 4 Reception - Start Primary School Age 5 - Year 1. The Beginning of Key Stage 1. Age 6 - Year 2 Age 7 - Year 3. The beginning of Key Stage 2. Age 8 - Year 4 Age 9 - Year 5 Age 10 - Year 6 Age 11 - Year 7 - Start Secondary school Age 12 - Year 8. The beginning of Key Stage 3. Age 13 - Year 9. This year is quite important as students choose what GCSE’s they are going to take. These are the subject they will study for the next two years and takes exams on at the end of year 11. Maths, English and Science are compulsory as well as any others that the school offers. For example, I took; Modern World History, Computer Technology, French and Manufacturing Food Technology. Age 14 - Year 10. GCSE’s start. Age 15 - Year 11. This is the year that students take their GCSE exams. Upon leaving Secondary School students can either go to work, continue with their education to either a trade (plumbing, hairdressing, nursing etc) or take their A Levels (more qualifications). Age 16 - Year 12 / Sixth form (Lower Sixth) / College/ Sixth Form College. Age 17 - Year 13/ Sixth form (Upper Sixth)/ College/ Sixth Form College At Sixth Form/Sixth Form College/College A levels are studied. In the first year you gain AS levels (half an A level) and in the second year you can go onto to complete the rest of the course to get a full A Level. Some Secondary School have a Sixth form attached and therefore do not have to move schools. Others have to leave to go on to further education. When students leave College (though some courses do not last a whole two years) Sixth Form/Sixth Form college they can go to work, take a gap year or go to University. I hope I made this clear for you. :)
Can someone explain the American Schooling System to me?
Elementary school: Kindergarten thru 5th grade in some states, thru 6th grade in others. Middle school or Junior High: 6th or 7th grade thru 8th grade. High school: 9th grade thru 12 th grade. College is a general term for university level education, but there are community or county colleges that offer studies in the first 2 years of University, and also in trade studies. University is generally referred to an institution of higher learning that contains graduate and post-graduate studies. I hope that helps?
Can someone explain the american school system?
Careful, most of these answers are wrong... The American schooling system is 13 grades... Kindergarden plus grade 1-12. Your year 11 is equivalent to American year 10, or a "Sophmore" being as the American system starts year 1 with Kindergarden, year 2 with 1st grade, year 3 with 2nd grade and so on. The American 9th grade (or year 10) is a Freshman, 10th grade (year 11) Sophmore, 11th grade (year 12) Junior, 12th grade (year 13) Senior. Seniors typically graduate at the age of 17 or 18. If you are 15 and in year 11, you would likely be a Sophmore in America. The ACTs (American College Testing) and SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) are the two test that are commonly taken before going to University (in American "University" is commonly called "College". Most colleges prefer one test or the other before they will admit you, though will accept either... some colleges will require one or the other. The ACT is an achievement test that measures what a student has learned in school. It has up to 5 sections, English, Math, Reading, Science and Writing. The SAT is an aptitude test, testing reasoning and verbal abilities. It has 3 sections: Critical Reasoining, Mathematices, and Writing. The SAT has a correction for guessing. That is, if you guess and you are wrong, you lose points. The ACT does not penalize you for wrong answers.
Could someone explain the British school system?
I'll explain it for you! Right, in England we have primary school first, which is like elementary school. Basically you go to primary school until you are eleven, and then you start secondary school in what we call Year Seven, which is the first year of secondary school (you're in Year One when you're about five). You stay in secondary school for the rest of your school career, which is until you are eighteen - and then you go to university. At some schools you have to leave in Year Eleven (when you're sixteen) and go to another school for the rest of your school career, in what we call 'Sixth Form'. Sixth Form is a period in school from the ages 16-18. But these sixth forms are mostly part of a secondary school, and you can continue at the school you started in Year Seven onto the school's sixth form if you wish. O-Levels are what we now call GCSE's. They are important examinations you have to prepare for in Year 10, and sometimes Year 9, and then take in Year Eleven. A lot of schools make students begin taking the GCSE exams in Year 10, and you can retake them in Year Eleven if you didn't get a great result. A-Levels are what you take when you are 17-18 years old, they are more exams. They help you get into good (or not so good, depending on your results) universities. So, to conclude, we have primary school (from the age of five to eleven) and secondary school (eleven to eighteen). And sometimes you leave secondary school to go to a separate Sixth Form (from the age of sixteen to eighteen). A levels are exams you take when you are 17-18. And GCSE's are exams you take in Year Eleven, and partially in Year Ten, when you are 15-16. These exams define you're future, and the quality of the University you go to.
Can you explain school system in England?
Foundation (5 years old) Year 1 (6 years old) Year 2(7 years old) Those years you are in infant school Then you move into junior school Year 3(8 years old) Year 4 (9 years old) Year 5 (10 years old, double digits!) Year 6 ( 11 years old) Then after year 6 you make a big change where you go to secondary school. This involves either making loads of new friend or not. This is a much bigger school than what most children are used to. Year 7(12 years old) Year 8(13 years old, yay, a teen) Year 9 (14 years old) Year 10(15 years old) Year 11 (16 years old) Then you have the choice to either go to year 12 and 13 ( also known as sixth form) or college. If you choose sixth form your deciding to learn more and do your A levels. If you chose college you normally get a job quicker and learn how to do that. After sixth form you go to university if you got good enough grades in your A levels. I think this is how it works please correct me if I am wrong, I know that all until secondary school is definitely right, but it gets trickier when you decide the sixth form or college stuff.
I now teach graduate students but I don’t teach graduate school because I’m smarter than middle school teachers. I really loved teaching middle school and I quit and never went back because I hate getting up early enough to be at school by 8 am. People laugh when I say that because it’s true.I don’t think I’m any smarter now than when I taught middle school, but I didn’t teach middle school because I was smarter than elementary teachers. I taught middle school because there is not enough Prozac manufactured every year for me to handle a class of kindergarteners. It’s like herding cats. I have no idea how primary school teachers keep from losing their minds. I taught judo to small children once a week and there were enough conversations like this to make that more than enough:Michael! Kirk is crying because he says you licked him. Did you lick him?Yes.WHY did you lick the kid next to you, for God’s sake?I don’t know.This experience makes me want to say middle school teachers are smarter because they are smart enough not to teach primary grades!I think my daughter, who is a middle school teacher described it best. She said, “Elementary school teachers love the students they teach. High school teachers love the subject they teach. Middle school teachers love their students and their subject.”If L.A. Unified ever goes to starting class at 10 am, I’ll be right back in the middle school classroom.
Primary school (what you call elementary school) covers ages 5–11 in England.For me, it was very normal and straightforward. The younger years, you get to play around a little, as well as learn the basics of subjects, and as you get older, play time is reduced and work load is increased.Overall, it was a very easy and fun experience. Play time at lunch after food, little cartons of milk at break time, swimming lessons on a monday morning at the local swimming pool.As primary schools are alot smaller than secondary schools (high schools), I typically had one or two teachers that taught me all the subjects, ranging from maths, science all the way to dance and PE (sport).I personally went to a rather small primary school, with only 38 pupils total. This led to there being 3 years (or grades as Americans call them) in one class, and 4 years in the other. This meant that my learning experience at primary school was different to most, as the younger students had their work set first whilst we waited on the floor in front of the blackboard.