Re: Has anyone made a real conlang?

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> Depends on your date of birth. Most people end High School at 17 in
> France.
> I ended it at 18, but that's because I'm born in March. But anyone who is
> born from July to December ends up (normally) High School at 17.
How many years does a normal French primary/secondary education go for?
(Thirteen here, and the norm is to finish at 18, unless you were born in
the early part[1] of the year, when it'd be 17. Seeing as I'm sure the
same amount of people are born in the first half of the year as the
second, it seems odd that 17 would be your norm.)

[1]: When I started school, that was Jan-June. Since, they've been cut
some months off. I think it's down to Jan-March.

> Well, since I don't know how English schools teach Maths, I cannot
> help you
> here ;)) . But in France, Maths teaching is monolithic: everyone is
> taught
> exactly the same until the end of Junior High, and afterwards everyone in
> the same cursus is taught the same. There are no options to learn more or
> less in maths. It's considered a vital subject and as such must be taught
> identically to everyone in the same cursus, just like History and
> Geography.
What's a cursus? You seem to like the word, but it isn't in my
vocabulary or dictionary.

And the only compulsory subject in the VCE is one unit (semester) of
English or ESL (English as a Second Language) and four units of one of
English/ESL, English Language or Literature; one also has to do at least
one group A (arts/humanities in a broad sense) and one group B
(maths/sci in a broad sence). The VCE is the last two years of secondary
school, but only the last year really counts.

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