Poll: School?
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Well, juniors is like middle school I guess.DuplicateValue said:
I'm in college (UK-type college, where you go for 2 years and don't pay). My EMA (money for going to college) didn't go into my account on Friday as it should do, because I was marked absent for a Music Tech. lesson last Monday, and I only got it sorted out on Thursday. I now have no money over Christmas, and probably none for the first week back.
EDIT: On an un-related note, what's ranked as the third best college in the country (Greenhead college) is just down the road from me, yet I decided it'd be better if I went to one that's a 30-minute walk up-hill in British weather (Huddersfield New College) because Greenhead didn't seem as good...does that say more about me or the college?
I think that whether school is necessary beyond certain points (say, 16, 18, etc), depends almost entirely on the circumstances: what subjects are being studied, what the end goal of said studies is, how good the school is, and what the person in question intends to do on leaving school.Xanadeas said:
Certain trades, such as carpentry or plumbing or the like, are skilled, but those entering them are unlikely to benefit massively from knowledge acquired at school save basic arithmetic (unless of course you did woodworking courses or something, but we'll skip over that as it's hardly universal). In those cases, the apprenticeship system would make much more sense than university, "high school" (Sixth Form in the UK) or other more academic forms of further education.
However, for those who wish to make a career in Engineering or the other Sciences will definitely require those further years of education before starting university, and so for them school is definitely necessary, as is the time spent at university if they want to succeed in those goals.
While school might not be "necessary" beyond a certain point for some, it is for others, and thus it is a little premature to dismiss the entire system on the grounds that one did not personally enjoy it.
As far as I can tell (someone please correct me if I'm wrong!), it's mainly a US/UK difference. In the UK, University refers to a form of further education that takes place after leaving school, usually from the age of 18 up. It lasts three or four years in most cases, and you receive a degree at the end of it, MA, MEng, BSc, etc.SantoUno said:
College is the American term for University.
However, in the UK, College normally refers to a sixth-form college; that is, a seperate school for the last two years of non-university education (id est between the ages of 16 and 18). Often these specialise in certain areas, and so appeal to people looking to progress in those areas. Or, if they're art/drama colleges, to those looking to smoke a lot of weed and have a lot of sex. Not everyone in the UK attends a seperate college for sixth form; the majority of schools continue education until the student leaves at 18.
Having said that, "College" in the UK can also be used as an alternative name for a university; often this is the case in ex-polytechnics. This is not a hard rule, however: Imperial, widely acknowledged as one of the best universities for Engineering in the world is known as "imperial College". This may be because it specialises in the sciences, to the extent where no humanities are offered. In the UK, this is often the difference between a College and a University: a College is a specialist organisation, a University is not.
As I said, if I've slipped up there, someone please correct me.
Im starting collage, In a tiny British coastal town with barely anybody else around. Which is a whole lot of fun because I get to know people better.
Indeed, took me 2 tries to find that out. Although I'm looking forward to be stuck with a high school diploma, it means squat here, or anywhere for that matter, can't really move out of the country with just that.Julianking93 said:
Im in an art college and it's amazing, I just wished that I actually did better in school. The problem with kids today is that they don't realise the importance of education until it's too late, I wish I could go back to Secondary School just so I could actually try harder and get the grades I needed. Still I would just end up back at my current college with A's instead of D's
I'm English so I'm in secondary school so I have no idea what that is on the poll. I'm in year nine.
Currently working on my A-Levels.
I have no idea where I'm going with them but I find the subjects interesting. In my opinion, that's all that matters. I'll probably spend a decade in retail or something anyway. Its far more interesting than GCSE (5 subjects with a heavier workload beats 10 or so fighting for your free time) so I suppose I'm enjoying it... although I don't really want to admit it. I might lose my street cred.
Edit: Trilby seems to be on the ball here. We tend to call sixth-form "college" and after that "university" but the terms have become sort of interchangeable.
As such, I voted for college.
I have no idea where I'm going with them but I find the subjects interesting. In my opinion, that's all that matters. I'll probably spend a decade in retail or something anyway. Its far more interesting than GCSE (5 subjects with a heavier workload beats 10 or so fighting for your free time) so I suppose I'm enjoying it... although I don't really want to admit it. I might lose my street cred.
Pretty sure that's the equivelant of high school.ultimateownage said:
Edit: Trilby seems to be on the ball here. We tend to call sixth-form "college" and after that "university" but the terms have become sort of interchangeable.
As such, I voted for college.
Maybe the whole world should have no school system. Maybe it should be like you just go out and learn something usefull you enjoy and then get a job?The Dr Jack said:I don't even know what Middle School is.DuplicateValue said:
Maybe the entire world should have the Scottish Education System 8D
It is supah 1337. Srsly.
But I plan on going to Uni to study Physics or Medicine. Or Engineering. Civil Engineering
Go to college/university (however the education system works where you live) definitely. An education is never wasted.
There, corrected it for you. Or are you aiming to only go two years in Gymnasium? Also, concerning 2012 allow me to direct you to this page [http://www.facebook.com/pages/If-the-world-ends-in-2012-ive-wasted-my-whole-life-in-school-lovely/190582261581?ref=ts].CrazyHaircut94 said:
OT: To american standards I'm going to High school but as mentioned by [insert-person-I-quoted-here] the Swedish system are a little different. I'm going in grade 10, direction Science and it F-ing rulez!
I'm in my last year before I hop off to University to do 3D game development or sociology. Then I can work with Rockstar or maybe Realtime Worlds(Crackdown) if I choose the former.