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Re: OT: School systems (was: Re: Introduction)

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Saturday, April 12, 2003, 23:09
From: "daniel andreasson" <danielandreasson@...>

> Just to clear up the Swedish school system: > > Age 7-9 : lågstadiet 'low stadium' > 10-12 : mellanstadiet 'middle stadium' > 13-15 : högstadiet 'high stadium' i.e. approx. junior high > 16-18 : gymnasiet, which is approx. like high school > > You graduate in June so half of the people have turned 19 > by then. And it's possible to start school at age 6. And > that's about it. > > Låg-, mellan- and högstadiet are compulsory. Gymnasiet is not, > but I think 96% or so go on to gymnasiet anyway. Then we have > university/högskola ("högskola" is NOT the same as "high school").
Six years of compulsory schooling... in the US, I think it's ten years (one can drop out of high school in the 10th grade if he's 16 years of age, in most states). But in Techia, primary education is compulsory from age 7 to 40. Then after that, the student becomes a _t'âliv_, an apprentice student, in either the military or civil service (if one wants a government career), a religious seminary, or various trades, and that might last to age 100. Such secondary training is optional (and usually free) but all able-bodied and able-minded Techians are REQUIRED to work (or study/train). Techians do typically live to be 800-900 years of age however...