British Curriculum 6th Form

Agent Sandwich · Post by **Agent Sandwich** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:56 am

Today I unofficially became a Lower 6th Form. I will officially become a 6th form when my IGCSE/GCSE grades arrive in Beijing to signify 5 Cs or above. Please feel free to comment if you are in a British school and about to or have recently become a 6th Form (upper or lower).

Laxan · Post by **Laxan** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:17 am

Congrats!
Me and Kai are not in Sixth Form as such, but we are in college. Which 6th Form you at? If you don't mind me asking.

Agent Sandwich · Post by **Agent Sandwich** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:21 am

I'm at Harrow Intl School Beijing. What makes our school awkward (sic from our headmaster) is the fact that the school expects students to enter 6th Form after Y11.

www.harrowbeijing.cn

Onlythebassist · Post by **Onlythebassist** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:37 am

Nice one - hope you get some good results! I've yet to take those pesky GSCE's as of yet, but hey, may as well enjoy this time while it lasts right?

(Or not. GSCE years suck...)

Agent Sandwich · Post by **Agent Sandwich** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:56 am

Yup! From what I heard A Level will kill me so enjoy your GCSEs while they last! If you have any questions related to physics feel free to PM me.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:20 am

I have absolutely no idea what this means at all.

Darn my US school system, and not knowing other school systems at all.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:09 am

Don't worry, we can go take our ACTs and SATs over there with all the cool kids.

So what exactly does all that mean? I'm curious.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:11 pm

After consulting Wikipedia I think that he has just finished the British equivalent of junior high school.

Note: This information is supplied without liability, since I find the US system quite confusing.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:26 pm

The US system isn't that confusing. We just have twelve grades that take place in three different schools.

I suppose the junior high/middle school thing is a bit confusing since it's not automatically discernible that they're the same thing.

Post by **Dissension** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:20 pm

Sleet wrote:The US system isn't that confusing. We just have twelve grades that take place in three different schools.

I suppose the junior high/middle school thing is a bit confusing since it's not automatically discernible that they're the same thing.

Er?

Kindergarten through Fourth Grade: Elementary School

Fifth Grade: Upper Elementary School

Sixth and Seventh Grades: Middle School

Eighth and Ninth Grades: Junior High School

Tenth through Twelfth Grades: High School

Of course, Russellville School District is the only one I've run into that's structured in such a way.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:56 pm

Wow, you guys do it confusingly. So if there's that much variation, then I guess we are complicated. Everywhere I've ever heard of does it as follows:

Kindergarten through 5th or 6th grade: elementary school
6th or 7th grade through 8th grade: middle school or junior high
9th grade through 12th grade: high school

Leaving two variables: whether or not 6th grade is included in elementary school and whether the term "middle school" or "junior high" is used.

My district called it middle school and put 6th grade in it.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:52 pm

Here it's run like this:

K-2: Elementary
3-5: Upper Elementary
6-8: Middle
9-12: High School

Our high school sucks in regards to both academics and athletics. Pennsylvania always seems to get a "Middle place" award for everything. Meanwhile, Minnesota (where most of my family lives and where I want to live) has the highest ACT scores in the nation for its 6th year in a row. Second highest in life expectancy as well.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:55 am

It doesn't get a "middle place" for the furry convention award.

Why don't you live there? When you say "family" do you mean extended family?

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:12 am

Anthroguy101 wrote:Here it's run like this:

K-2: Elementary
3-5: Upper Elementary
6-8: Middle
9-12: High School

It's run exactly the same where I live.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:39 am

what, i don't know how i'm meant to reply to this topic

uh

i go to school too guys?

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:08 pm

Ebly wrote:I go to an awesome school that's more like university than public school so yeah...

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:21 pm

Sleet wrote:It doesn't get a "middle place" for the furry convention award.

Why don't you live there? When you say "family" do you mean extended family?

Yes, that's exactly what I mean.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:24 pm

Dissension wrote:
Ebly wrote:I go to an awesome school that's more like university than public school so yeah...

You lie! I never said that!

. . . besides, there is no difference between public and private here beyond how much you pay and how haughty you look; i would have said "high school"

Post by **Dissension** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:58 pm

Excuse me. x3

I love you?

Onlythebassist · Post by **Onlythebassist** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:09 pm

Liam wrote:After consulting Wikipedia I think that he has just finished the British equivalent of junior high school.

Note: This information is supplied without liability, since I find the US system quite confusing.

I think you've pretty much nailed it, nice work!

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:48 pm

Err, what?? For me its

k-6 Elementary School
7-8 Middle School
9-12 High School

Its the simplest system in the whole world!

Onlythebassist · Post by **Onlythebassist** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:39 am

Typhon wrote:Err, what?? For me its

k-6 Elementary School
7-8 Middle School
9-12 High School

Its the simplest system in the whole world!

I think the systems change either when we go into either 5th Grade or 7th Grade. But it's the middle schools that really complicate matters...

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:26 pm

simplest system in the whole world:
k-12: school
otherwise: named on a case-by-case basis

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:30 pm

Simplest system:

5-9-years-old: farm opium
10+-years-old: shoot at the government, foreigners and/or other ethnic groups

I'm a killjoy, I know.

Mr. Noms · Post by **Mr. Noms** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:47 am

Sleet wrote:5-9-years-old: farm opium
10+-years-old: shoot at the government, foreigners and/or other ethnic groups

Yeah, that's how we do it where I live... I wish I were lying :c Stupid South Carolina. Charleston Rocks, and so does the little bit of Appalachia that we have, but the majority of out state follows the aforementioned educational system.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:48 am

I'm pretty sure that's against pretty much every federal law of every first-world country.

Mr. Noms · Post by **Mr. Noms** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:51 am

Don't make us secede, we've already done it once... (A fact that most of us take pride in)

rempar11 · Post by **rempar11** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:13 am

it sucks for me 6th grade is still elementry

Onlythebassist · Post by **Onlythebassist** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:54 pm

rempar11 wrote:it sucks for me 6th grade is still elementry

Enjoy it while you can, becuase once you move schools you get...

- Tons of homework
- Harder work in general
- Divided into cliques (in some, not all, cases)
- Treated less as an individual
- Less free time

Ah, the joys of high school...

Divinaparadiso4 · Post by **Divinaparadiso4** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:08 am

Just out of curiosity, what are some major differences between the US and UK school systems?

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:51 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Scotland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_education

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:38 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_sweden

<3 :3

Onlythebassist · Post by **Onlythebassist** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:15 pm

Tobee wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_sweden

<3 :3

TWO terms? Man, that must be hard... I feel really lucky to have three terms divided into half terms now!

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:29 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_zambia

Agent Sandwich · Post by **Agent Sandwich** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:37 am

Ebly wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_zambia

Very sad but true

Onlythebassist · Post by **Onlythebassist** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:06 pm

At least the situation is improving, at some point there will have been no option to go to a school. I know I complain about school a ton but when I get right down to it, I do honestly feel privileged to have such an awesome school

Haru Totetsu · Post by **Haru Totetsu** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:03 pm

In case anyone is interested, they are planning to or might have already carried out a change in the British School system. Basicly if you aren't accepted at a college after your GCSE's (year 11 in High School), then you stay on at your High School for another two years.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:10 pm

Does that include people who landed jobs or plan on joining the military?

Housepets!

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