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Is this really that US specific? Ages 6-7 seems to be pretty common for first grade¹, which gives you 13-14 for eighth. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educa

Is this really that US specific? Ages 6-7 seems to be pretty common for first grade¹, which gives you 13-14 for eighth. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_stage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_stage

thebruce87m 2y ago
In Scotland, the first year of school is Primary 1 We have P1-P7, then secondary S1 - S4, with S5 and S6 optional. > Children start primary school aged between 4½ and 5½ depending on when the child's birthday falls. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Scotland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Scotland
- vasco 2y ago
  Primary 1 seems to be a pre-primary school type curriculum and you leave secondary school at the same exact age. So you reinforced the parents point, even your exception is pretty much the same except you call it P1 instead of nursery. From what I read, in most schools P1 activities are play based, many times there's no individual desks. It's basically kindergarten.
  - thebruce87m 2y ago
    I think I’m missing your point- is your (overall) point that I should have known what age range 8th grade is in the US without looking it up? And that I should also know what activities happen in a US kindergarten?
    - vasco 2y ago
      My point is 6 years old is a good heuristic to use for "start school" age and even scotland is similar
      - thebruce87m 2y ago
        I’ve had really strange replies to my original reply. I posted some information that I had to look up for the benefit of other people and now for some reason I need to say that school starts around age 6 in my country when my son started Primary 1 when he was closer to 4.5. Others are trying to say that I should somehow automatically know that most of the world uses the similar(?) age ranges. I don’t even know what age school starts at in other parts of the UK despite sharing borders with them. Maybe I’m ignorant but it’s never been information that I needed to know or retain. Was posting the age range of US grade 8 so controversial?
joegibbs 2y ago
Agreed. Australian school years are January-December but you're still 13 or 14 in Year 8.

thebruce87m 2y ago

In Scotland, the first year of school is Primary 1 We have P1-P7, then secondary S1 - S4, with S5 and S6 optional. > Children start primary school aged between 4½ and 5½ depending on when the child's birthday falls. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Scotland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Scotland

vasco 2y ago
Primary 1 seems to be a pre-primary school type curriculum and you leave secondary school at the same exact age. So you reinforced the parents point, even your exception is pretty much the same except you call it P1 instead of nursery. From what I read, in most schools P1 activities are play based, many times there's no individual desks. It's basically kindergarten.
- thebruce87m 2y ago
  I think I’m missing your point- is your (overall) point that I should have known what age range 8th grade is in the US without looking it up? And that I should also know what activities happen in a US kindergarten?
  - vasco 2y ago
    My point is 6 years old is a good heuristic to use for "start school" age and even scotland is similar
    - thebruce87m 2y ago
      I’ve had really strange replies to my original reply. I posted some information that I had to look up for the benefit of other people and now for some reason I need to say that school starts around age 6 in my country when my son started Primary 1 when he was closer to 4.5. Others are trying to say that I should somehow automatically know that most of the world uses the similar(?) age ranges. I don’t even know what age school starts at in other parts of the UK despite sharing borders with them. Maybe I’m ignorant but it’s never been information that I needed to know or retain. Was posting the age range of US grade 8 so controversial?

joegibbs 2y ago

Agreed. Australian school years are January-December but you're still 13 or 14 in Year 8.