School systems 📚

[Jass]

I got inspired by the star cult group to make this thread to discuss different school systems in different countries!

In the Netherlands its as following:

Preschool/kindergarten does exist here, you go there from basically 3 till 4
Then on the day you turn 4 you go to primary school, in which you stay until you are 12, it’s 8 years.
Then there is high school, but we’ve got 3 different types to make it complicated.
MAVO > 4 years, practical
HAVO > 5 years, more or less combination
VWO/gymnasium > 6 years, theocratic

Then after those 4/5/6 you can continue your education. When you did MAVO you can do vocational education. If you did HAVO it’s basically a level higher but basically studying but just not academic. When you did VWO you can go to university…

[Duckling]

I am too lazy to explain it, so here’s a picture of our school system

[Rose]

This is how it works in the US —

• Preschool (some kids don’t go there though)
• Kindergarten ----> Elementary school (ages 5-6)
• Grades 1-5 ----> Elementary school, too (ages 6-11)
• Grades 6-8 ----> Middle school (ages 11-13)
• Grades 9-12 ----> High school (ages 14-18)

After 12th grade is college (usually 4 years), but some kids choose not to go.

[Mysterious_Tea]

If I get this wrong, I feel old.

Kindergarten: Lasts for two years (4 - 5 years old)
Primary school: Lasts from prep to year 6 (5/6 - 11/12 years old)
High school: Lasts from year 7 to year 12 (12/13 - 17/18 years old)

[StarMaryGoth]

Our school system is f**** up

This is how it goes for us:

Preschool (not nessecary but 3-4 yrs old)
Kindergarten (5-6 yrs old)
Elementary school (7-12 yrs old)
Middle school (13-15 yrs old)
High school (16-18 yrs old)

[itsjenn_a]

Here’s ours:

Nursery - Under 4 years (not compulsory though)
Primary School - 4-11
Secondary School - 11-16
Sixth Form/College - 16-19

[Kanubish]

Bump

[liyahsdiamond]

added school tag!