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Excese me

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited March 27 in Work & Study
I'm a student who is studying in the International Fundation Year in China. These days, I was asked to write an article about UK and China student life. I haven't been to UK yet. So, could anybody do me a favour, give me some information about your high school life, for example, the courses and the hours in school. Please!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You're excesed.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well, could you tell me more, not just one sentence and with the word "excesed" which can't be found in the dictionary!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well, you did use "excese" in your title, and no, I can't tell you more because I live in neither of the two countries you want to know about.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm puzzled to know exactly what you mean here other than:

    "started at 8:30am, finished at 3:15pm, had 4 lessons a day, primarys like maths, english, co-ordinated science and then 2 choices (mine being IT, DVE Business) and a language (German for me), was supposed to wear a full uniform (usually ended up substituting my own baseball cap, trainers and moto jacket instead of blazer)"

    Could you elaborate please?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by RoninEmperor:
    <STRONG>I'm a student who is studying in the International Fundation Year in China. These days, I was asked to write an article about UK and China student life. I haven't been to UK yet. So, could anybody do me a favour, give me some information about your high school life, for example, the courses and the hours in school. Please!</STRONG>
    Perhaps I can be a little more helpful <IMG SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">

    Primary school: ages 4/5 - 10/11
    This may or may not be separated into 'Infant' school and 'Junior' school, Infants taking the younger students, Junior the older. Years from 'Reception' to Yr5.

    Secondary School: "High" school if you must.
    ages 10/11 - 16 (GCSE exams in Year 11)
    Compulsory schooling ends at 16, but most schools will have a sixth form for 16-18 year olds who choose to do A-Levels (Yr 13).

    Some students will leave school at 16 to do their A-Levels at a Sixth Form College, which is likely to offer other qualifications such as BTEC, or GNVQ ('Generally Not Very Qualified' <IMG SRC="biggrin.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">)

    After A-Levels, approximately 1/3 of students go on to University ("College" if you've been totally corrupted by Americanisations <IMG SRC="wink.gif" border="0" ALT="icon">). This usually lasts 3 years, but some courses (eg Medicine, Vet, Engineering, Architecture...etc) will take longer.

    Not sure why school hours are relevant, and they can vary enormously between schools. Primary generally 9-3ish, Secondary 8.45-3.30ish.
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