Author Topic: Schools (Read 2847 times)

Lascivus_Lutra · « **on:** August 13, 2004, 11:15:17 pm »

I was wondering. How many different schools did you attend from K-12. For those outside of the US, consider the number of schools attended as required by local law. Feel free to explain.

For me it was 14 in 13 years. Amazing when you consider that I attended the same school from second semester of 9th grade through 12. That means I attended 13 different schools from Kindergarten through 1st semester of 9th grade.

Cynic · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2004, 01:28:14 am »

3 here. Elementary (k-6), middle (7-8), and high school (9-12)

We've moved only once so far, but it was only a few miles so I didn't have to change schools.

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Humbajoe · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2004, 02:02:19 am »

I voted "4-6", mainly from moving, and from moving up grade levels.

CornishSkankRabbit · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2004, 04:41:39 am »

13 or 14 thereabouts.

I was a naughty bunny...

« **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2004, 07:28:03 am »

Four. The first only went up to Grade 6 at the time, the second only went up to Grade 8, and the first highschool I attended was supposed to be the absolute best in MA (St. John's Prep.), but the only thing I learned there was that all the people that had recommended it to me were full of crap, so I finished 10 through 12 elsewhere.

Sporty Fox · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2004, 10:09:27 am »

5 total
1 for grades 1-5
1 for grades 6&7
1 for grade 8 (I moved)
1 for grades 9-12 (moved again)
1 for Vo-tech during grades 10-12; we had a seperate Vo-tech school that they would bus us to (it was shared by 4 counties) for half a day. I took three years of welding and during my senior also got out early for a welding job as part of my schooling.

Admiral Purge · « **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2004, 02:00:52 pm »

1 for K-5
1 for 6-8
1 for 1st half of 1st semester in 9th (Moved)
1 for 2nd half of 1st semester in 9th thru 10th grade
1 for 11-12 (Transferred to "alternative" school)

So... 5, and all my non-standard changes were in HS... bummer.

I wonder why nobody falls in the 7-10 category yet? I guess if you're movin' around enough for 7, you're movin' around enough for 11+

CornishSkankRabbit · « **Reply #7 on:** August 15, 2004, 04:30:36 am »

And I spent about two years total out of school altogether, and most schools past year 7 were 'Special Schools'...

Keela · « **Reply #8 on:** August 15, 2004, 06:01:26 am »

On average I changed schools every 1.5 years mostly because of moving and parents breaking up with step parents and such. Changing schools frequently at a young age is actualy good for unpopular/geeky children because it gives the child a chance to start with a clean slate and prevents bad reputations from being built up. The usual school year goes like this

September-October

Child is new, nobody makes fun because nobody knows about his/her past

November-February

Other students begin catching on and thus four months of teasing/name calling/bullying ensue

March-May

A few fights, a few trips to the principal's office maybe even a phone call home or two and the unpopular/geeky child in question usular earns the respect of his/her fellow students

June

Child is feared and respected at this stage untill his/her mom breaks up with step dad and she has to move away to another town, another school and thus the whole process begins anew

KinderStone · « **Reply #9 on:** August 15, 2004, 06:57:16 am »

Ok, lets explain the Scottish Education System...again

Kids in Scotland usualy go to playgoup or nursery till they are four or five (depending on when thier birthday is), I guess it's sort of like day-care and Kindergarden rolled into one.

Then at 4 or 5 (I was 4) they start Primary School and are there for 7 years.

At the age of about 11 or 12 (I was 11) they start High School whcih we are required by law to attentd untill we turn 16 usualy in our 4th or 5th year. We are allowed to attent high school for 6 years to increase the amount of qualifications we leave with.*

After high school we can go get a job or choose to go to College or University for more study.

I'm about to start my 5th year of high school, by law I'm not allowed to leave till christmas but I'll be staying right to the end of my 6th year. We have moved twice, but only had to change schools once after my 3rd year at Primary.

* In 4th year we sit 'Standard Grades' which are really only to define what you spend the next year or two doing. And in 5th and 6th year we sit 'Highers' which are the Highest award you can get at high school and we're allowed to sit 5 Higher subject in each of the 2 years meaning we can leave with 10 Highers.

Kasarn · « **Reply #10 on:** August 15, 2004, 07:28:18 am »

4 schools for me (or maybe 6...)
K-6, 7, 8, 9-12

Got kicked out in Yr7 and missed out on half a year, until I went to a "special school" which was fun. Then went back to a normal school and bleh, everyone had their own version of why I got kicked out of my last school.
And I said maybe 6, because I did a half-baked version of home schooling (I was technically ineligible for some reason) and I also went to another school for a day (actually, half a day if you discount the orientation, then they changed their minds about accepting me. I feel sorry for the trees, they gave me so many pamphlets and guide books etc.)

Ah well... My mum, on the other hand, only went to 1 school

'> Of course that was 40-50 years ago in Malaysia, back in the days when you had to pass a test and/or pay money in order to go beyond Yr6.

Nahuel · « **Reply #11 on:** August 15, 2004, 08:15:16 am »

4.

Kindergarten was in a seperate school for me.
Primary school, till 3rd grade (if I got my grades right... Yay for the dutch system), 'cause then we moved to a different city.
Primary school in the city we moved to.
Highschool. Still doing that now. I think it's 11th grade I'm in.

Wow, bilingual education and I still can't get the school systems right. XD; The Dutch system starts over in highschool... And they count kindergarten as 1st and 2nd grade... So your 1st grade is my 3rd grade. The grade in which I changed schools was 5th grade for me, 3rd grade for you. Then when you leave primary school after 6th grade (8th grade for me), they start over at 1st grade instead of 7th. I'm in '5th' grade now... So yeah. 11th is correct.
Sorry for the rant. I just wanted to know if I was right. ':dead:'

Dry Thunder · « **Reply #12 on:** August 15, 2004, 09:17:05 am »

Nine.

I moved *many* times. I've never been in one school for more than two years in a row.

CornishSkankRabbit · « **Reply #13 on:** August 15, 2004, 09:53:42 am »

Quote (Kasarn @ Aug. 15 2004, 7:28 am)

Got kicked out in Yr7

Same here...

A few years out of school... Then a nutter school, barbed wire fences, locked doors teachers carry alarms, that kind of thing...

Then moved, and another period out of school, then another nutter school, and it sorta went on like that.

And even before expulsion it were exclusion and full day detentions every other day, till I just stopped turning up for em, and they kicked me out altogether.

Anyway, it were fun in places, crappy in others... But then that's school for you.

Autumn Fire · « **Reply #14 on:** August 15, 2004, 11:02:27 am »

I went to 12 schools in my grade school days. My dad had a wonderlust and we never lived anywhere more than two years, if even that. Very hard to make friends like that.

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Nohbdy_121 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 15, 2004, 07:56:38 pm »

Well, I wouldn't say I've ever been in an actual school; more like daycare facilities. I call the "school's" such a thing because they do not truly educate anymore. They are cruel mockeries of the actual education system america had back in the 50's / 60's. They seek to fulfill their greed over performing their duty: education. I am a prime example of a victim to this passive evil.

IRT: I'd probably say about 5 "schools".

Calzephyr · « **Reply #16 on:** August 15, 2004, 08:08:40 pm »

Sunfire, my Dad was the same way. We were supposed to end up living on the West Coast, but ended up only making it halfway ;-) Since we were always "moving" to Vancouver, my parents never bought a house. The longest I lived in any one place was five years. I just moved last year as well, into my own house with my fiance. Needless to say, I'm staying put for a very long time!

In regards to school, I attended 5. I managed to finish all three years of junior high at the same place. When my family moved to where we live now, I had to do Grade 12 at a new school with a bad rep. It was pretty miserable because I wasn't like the other kids :-D. I ended up going to my old school's high school grad instead of my own. Ten years later, I don't regret not going to my own grad :-)

Melina · « **Reply #17 on:** August 15, 2004, 10:48:29 pm »

Let's see.... Preschool, elementary, grade, junior high, and now high school. Those are the schools I went to.

« **Reply #18 on:** August 16, 2004, 12:32:42 pm »

4.
Nursery school
Primary school (5-10 yrs old)
High school (11-15 yrs old)
College

Party Pony · « **Reply #19 on:** August 17, 2004, 06:37:48 pm »

Am sure of 8. Â Possibly 9 or 10.
':shock:'

Lisle, Illinois
Houston, Texas
Grapevine, Texas
Farmers Branch, Texas
Mission Viejo, California
Irvine, California

Prince Karo · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2004, 07:11:34 pm »

I was homeschooled, so I guess that would count as 1..

Orbyx · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2004, 01:51:12 pm »

7 here

1 for grade 1-3 - elementary, lower
1 for grade 4-5 - elementary, upper
1 for grade 6 - middle
1 for grade 7 - middle
1 for grade 8 - middle
1 for grade 9-10 - high school
1 for grade 11 - highschool/college

but i guess that happens when you move to another country and back ...

Kobuk · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2004, 09:15:43 pm »

Let's see:

1 (or 2?) for Kindergarten
1 for grades 2 and 3
1 for grade 4
1 for grades 5 and 6
2 for grade 7
1 for grades 8 and 9 (These were the "Hell" years and I hated them! )
1 for grades 10-12.

No college or other technical schools so far.

Poll

Schools

Author Topic: Schools (Read 2847 times)