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Or they never went to school in the first place. Similarly, the average high schooler was better back then because the average person stopped their education a

by derleth 13y ago

Or they never went to school in the first place. Similarly, the average high schooler was better back then because the average person stopped their education at the eighth grade, if not sooner. (Note to non-Americans: In the US, high school runs from ninth to twelfth grade, usually named freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years.)

samatman 13y ago
More to the point, the children/teenagers in question range from 13 to 18 years of age. I gather that "12th grade" is meaningless in much of the world.
- ivix 13y ago
  Thanks. It was kind of cute how the american terms were explained using more american terms.
  - derleth 13y ago
    Elsewhere it is posted when people begin school in the US. The rest is arithmetic.
    - derleth 13y ago
      > Elsewhere it is posted when people begin school in the US. The rest is arithmetic. This is true, you know. Or are you saying only Americans can do arithmetic?