Re: CHAT: Introduction

Joe Fatula wrote:
> From: "Jessica Husén" <husen_82@...>
> Subject: Re: Introduction
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>>Haha. I didn't think about that. But you're right. I just
>>didn't know the English word, and the dictionaries were
>>so far away (in the livingroom on the first floor)...
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>>"Högstadium" is the senior level of compulsory school.
>>So now you know that.
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> I'd probably call this "high school" in English, though the actual system of
> schools varies as well, not just the names.  Here in America, "high school"
> is what you go to from about 14 to 18 years of age, and "junior high school"
> is the three years before that.  Some areas have only two years of "junior
> high", and some places call it "middle school", but the year and name
> distinctions don't seem to coincide entirely.
Where I come from, junior high is two years, and middle school comes
right before that. Kindergarten (grade 0) through 3rd grade are
elementary school, 4th through 6th grade are middle school, 7th and 8th
are junior high, and 9th through 12th are high school.

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