Post: Is the North American School System Better than the British?
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10-28-2013, 12:47 AM
#1
Sloth
Banned
British -
1-3 - Nothing
4-5 Nursery (Kind of like Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten)
4-12 Primary School
12-16 Secondary School
16-18 College
18+ University
The Most important one to Focus on is Secondary school which is like the last year or so of Middle school and the first 2 of high school.
In secondary school I'd say the first 3 years are bollocks (From my experience) so we will skip them.
Year 10 is probably the year you learn the most, Our system is basically lessons throughout the day around 6-7 of them and you get homework every now and then depending on the teacher.
We then have Mock Versions of our finals known as GCSEs here is an example math GCSE from a Good Exam Board.
This is a Higher Paper for the more advanced people we have foundations for the not as advanced people.
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They are as you can see very different from the scantrons of American Highschools but and upside is that these exams are the only thing that count towards our grade we can skip homework and classwork miss school and our final grade wont lower.
In Year 11 we mostly focus on these exams and preparing for them getting the right knowledge and revising.
then we get leave from school early where we just revise at home and come in for the exams on the scheduled days.
THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY I AM MISSING OUT A LOT SO SSSSH BIATCHES.
How would you compare the North American System to this? Harder or easier????
10-29-2013, 07:49 AM
#2
PsychedelicJake
Guest
Originally posted by Sloth
I just want to see peoples opinions on this I will briefly summarize the British system as I know it better than the North American One.
British -
1-3 - Nothing
4-5 Nursery (Kind of like Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten)
4-12 Primary School
12-16 Secondary School
16-18 College
18+ University
The Most important one to Focus on is Secondary school which is like the last year or so of Middle school and the first 2 of high school.
In secondary school I'd say the first 3 years are bollocks (From my experience) so we will skip them.
Year 10 is probably the year you learn the most, Our system is basically lessons throughout the day around 6-7 of them and you get homework every now and then depending on the teacher.
We then have Mock Versions of our finals known as GCSEs here is an example math GCSE from a Good Exam Board.
This is a Higher Paper for the more advanced people we have foundations for the not as advanced people.
You must login or register to view this content.
They are as you can see very different from the scantrons of American Highschools but and upside is that these exams are the only thing that count towards our grade we can skip homework and classwork miss school and our final grade wont lower.
In Year 11 we mostly focus on these exams and preparing for them getting the right knowledge and revising.
then we get leave from school early where we just revise at home and come in for the exams on the scheduled days.
THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY I AM MISSING OUT A LOT SO SSSSH BIATCHES.
How would you compare the North American System to this? Harder or easier????
British -
1-3 - Nothing
4-5 Nursery (Kind of like Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten)
4-12 Primary School
12-16 Secondary School
16-18 College
18+ University
The Most important one to Focus on is Secondary school which is like the last year or so of Middle school and the first 2 of high school.
In secondary school I'd say the first 3 years are bollocks (From my experience) so we will skip them.
Year 10 is probably the year you learn the most, Our system is basically lessons throughout the day around 6-7 of them and you get homework every now and then depending on the teacher.
We then have Mock Versions of our finals known as GCSEs here is an example math GCSE from a Good Exam Board.
This is a Higher Paper for the more advanced people we have foundations for the not as advanced people.
You must login or register to view this content.
They are as you can see very different from the scantrons of American Highschools but and upside is that these exams are the only thing that count towards our grade we can skip homework and classwork miss school and our final grade wont lower.
In Year 11 we mostly focus on these exams and preparing for them getting the right knowledge and revising.
then we get leave from school early where we just revise at home and come in for the exams on the scheduled days.
THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY I AM MISSING OUT A LOT SO SSSSH BIATCHES.
How would you compare the North American System to this? Harder or easier????
This is a very touchy subject, and a difficult one to answer at best. We can't have a person that's only been to one or it will be a bias answer.
But I think manditory wise.. british has the better schooling system. America has a lot of problems, now don't get me wrong the british do too, but I think in the long run the british will have had better schooling on average.
Now as college goes, I think america wins because there is a lot more opportunity here, and with the population being greater you have a high potential to learn from some very educated people.
10-29-2013, 07:18 PM
#3
Millz
Worth the Weight
By North America you are including Canada, and in Canada (differs by Province) Ontario, an 80% is an A 
The only exams that you have to write here are the ones for your specific subject. You have 8 courses per year (4 per semester). Most electives do not have an exam however. We don't have SAT's or anything
The only exams that you have to write here are the ones for your specific subject. You have 8 courses per year (4 per semester). Most electives do not have an exam however. We don't have SAT's or anything
10-29-2013, 07:43 PM
#4
Abe
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Originally posted by Sloth
I just want to see peoples opinions on this I will briefly summarize the British system as I know it better than the North American One.
British -
1-3 - Nothing
4-5 Nursery (Kind of like Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten)
4-12 Primary School
12-16 Secondary School
16-18 College
18+ University
The Most important one to Focus on is Secondary school which is like the last year or so of Middle school and the first 2 of high school.
In secondary school I'd say the first 3 years are bollocks (From my experience) so we will skip them.
Year 10 is probably the year you learn the most, Our system is basically lessons throughout the day around 6-7 of them and you get homework every now and then depending on the teacher.
We then have Mock Versions of our finals known as GCSEs here is an example math GCSE from a Good Exam Board.
This is a Higher Paper for the more advanced people we have foundations for the not as advanced people.
You must login or register to view this content.
They are as you can see very different from the scantrons of American Highschools but and upside is that these exams are the only thing that count towards our grade we can skip homework and classwork miss school and our final grade wont lower.
In Year 11 we mostly focus on these exams and preparing for them getting the right knowledge and revising.
then we get leave from school early where we just revise at home and come in for the exams on the scheduled days.
THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY I AM MISSING OUT A LOT SO SSSSH BIATCHES.
How would you compare the North American System to this? Harder or easier????
British -
1-3 - Nothing
4-5 Nursery (Kind of like Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten)
4-12 Primary School
12-16 Secondary School
16-18 College
18+ University
The Most important one to Focus on is Secondary school which is like the last year or so of Middle school and the first 2 of high school.
In secondary school I'd say the first 3 years are bollocks (From my experience) so we will skip them.
Year 10 is probably the year you learn the most, Our system is basically lessons throughout the day around 6-7 of them and you get homework every now and then depending on the teacher.
We then have Mock Versions of our finals known as GCSEs here is an example math GCSE from a Good Exam Board.
This is a Higher Paper for the more advanced people we have foundations for the not as advanced people.
You must login or register to view this content.
They are as you can see very different from the scantrons of American Highschools but and upside is that these exams are the only thing that count towards our grade we can skip homework and classwork miss school and our final grade wont lower.
In Year 11 we mostly focus on these exams and preparing for them getting the right knowledge and revising.
then we get leave from school early where we just revise at home and come in for the exams on the scheduled days.
THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY I AM MISSING OUT A LOT SO SSSSH BIATCHES.
How would you compare the North American System to this? Harder or easier????
The Canadian system is like this:
1-3 = nothing
4-6 = kindergarten
7-14 = elementary/primary school
15-18 = high/secondary school
18-22 = college/university
Your system looks a lot harder than the one we have here. A lot more mock/exams than us. A lot less homework too from a quick glance from your post.
Originally posted by Millz
By North America you are including Canada, and in Canada (differs by Province) Ontario, an 80% is an A
The only exams that you have to write here are the ones for your specific subject. You have 8 courses per year (4 per semester). Most electives do not have an exam however. We don't have SAT's or anything
The only exams that you have to write here are the ones for your specific subject. You have 8 courses per year (4 per semester). Most electives do not have an exam however. We don't have SAT's or anything
Thats odd about some of the electives not having exams. All of mine do
You are lucky that you have semesters, mine is a different scheduele
10-29-2013, 08:05 PM
#5
Sloth
Banned
Originally posted by GAMER
This is a very touchy subject, and a difficult one to answer at best. We can't have a person that's only been to one or it will be a bias answer.
But I think manditory wise.. british has the better schooling system. America has a lot of problems, now don't get me wrong the british do too, but I think in the long run the british will have had better schooling on average.
Now as college goes, I think america wins because there is a lot more opportunity here, and with the population being greater you have a high potential to learn from some very educated people.
But I think manditory wise.. british has the better schooling system. America has a lot of problems, now don't get me wrong the british do too, but I think in the long run the british will have had better schooling on average.
Now as college goes, I think america wins because there is a lot more opportunity here, and with the population being greater you have a high potential to learn from some very educated people.
Well I finished Secondary school in Engand and I am now attending the final two years of highschool in North America. I completely agree with you, I was planning to apply to some american colleges even when I was in England.
10-29-2013, 08:07 PM
#6
Sloth
Banned
Originally posted by Millz
By North America you are including Canada, and in Canada (differs by Province) Ontario, an 80% is an A
The only exams that you have to write here are the ones for your specific subject. You have 8 courses per year (4 per semester). Most electives do not have an exam however. We don't have SAT's or anything
The only exams that you have to write here are the ones for your specific subject. You have 8 courses per year (4 per semester). Most electives do not have an exam however. We don't have SAT's or anything
I see that canada has kind of taken bits from both schooling systems seems like a pretty awesome.
10-29-2013, 08:08 PM
#7
Sloth
Banned
Originally posted by Abe
The Canadian system is like this:
1-3 = nothing
4-6 = kindergarten
7-14 = elementary/primary school
15-18 = high/secondary school
18-22 = college/university
Your system looks a lot harder than the one we have here. A lot more mock/exams than us. A lot less homework too from a quick glance from your post.
Thats odd about some of the electives not having exams. All of mine do You are lucky that you have semesters, mine is a different scheduele
1-3 = nothing
4-6 = kindergarten
7-14 = elementary/primary school
15-18 = high/secondary school
18-22 = college/university
Your system looks a lot harder than the one we have here. A lot more mock/exams than us. A lot less homework too from a quick glance from your post.
Thats odd about some of the electives not having exams. All of mine do
You are lucky that you have semesters, mine is a different scheduele
This is obviously only from my experience some schools may give out a lot of homework but I know for a fact that we have quite a few mock periods before our actual GCSE's we also don't have ACTs.
10-29-2013, 08:23 PM
#8
Abe
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Originally posted by Sloth
This is obviously only from my experience some schools may give out a lot of homework but I know for a fact that we have quite a few mock periods before our actual GCSE's we also don't have ACTs.
We dont have that either. The only time we have a mock test is for provincial testing. Any testing from school will not have a mock exam, though crazy review
11-08-2013, 11:26 PM
#9
GlitchyEel
Little One
Originally posted by Abe
We dont have that either. The only time we have a mock test is for provincial testing. Any testing from school will not have a mock exam, though crazy review
I did the Socials 11 provincial last year, we didn't even have time to learn 2/3 of the curriculum because it's so big. The provincial sucked big time.
11-09-2013, 01:07 AM
#10
Meatwad
Meatman
The American System is:
Pre-Kindergarten (not necessary)
Kindergarten
First-Fourth Grade (Elementary School, in other school systems it is up to Fifth, so this is in regards to New Jersey)
Fifth-Eight (Middle School)
Ninth-Twelfth (High School)
Then 4-5 years of college and and option graduate school which takes longer.
Ultimately from experience I can say the American Education System sucks giant donkey balls. I was nowhere near prepared enough for higher education (college.) In Elementary School they said Middle School would be hard, it wasn't. In Middle School they said High School would be hard, it wasn't? So guess what happened to me when they said College would be hard?
Pre-Kindergarten (not necessary)
Kindergarten
First-Fourth Grade (Elementary School, in other school systems it is up to Fifth, so this is in regards to New Jersey)
Fifth-Eight (Middle School)
Ninth-Twelfth (High School)
Then 4-5 years of college and and option graduate school which takes longer.
Ultimately from experience I can say the American Education System sucks giant donkey balls. I was nowhere near prepared enough for higher education (college.) In Elementary School they said Middle School would be hard, it wasn't. In Middle School they said High School would be hard, it wasn't? So guess what happened to me when they said College would be hard?
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