End of one chapter...beginning of another

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I posted a thread saying 7 days of school left
Well guys today is the day that EVERY teenager wishes for..
The VERY last day of HIGH SCHOOL!!!
*I* for one is very sad that there is NO MORE high school after this day on
I had a very good high school career..made tons of friends had a BLAST
I am going to miss it so much!
**** MAN! This is scary!

[mylittledemon]

I remember my dad said "this isn't the end, it's just the beginning." Cheesy, but he was right.

After you've been out of high school for a while (or maybe you realize it already) you get how silly and sometimes, insignificant, the whole experience is. Life gets better after high school. I mean, you have more responsibility...but high school is a cage.

[vivfox]

The best part for me was that after that day no one could tell me to go to bed early. From that day forward I began my lifetime of being a nightbird.

[JWS]

Congratulations. Now enjoy a few months off before it all starts again in college.

[David]

Congratulations. Now enjoy a few months off before it all starts again in college.Is she going to college?

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Is she going to college?

Yea I am going to college

[tuigirl]

Errr...is high school and college not the same thing? I'm sure it was when I went.

[David]

Errr...is high school and college not the same thing? I'm sure it was when I went.In the U.S., "high school" is the term that refers to the final three (or sometimes four) years of compulsory schooling.

The terms "college" & "university" -- both referring to noncompulsory schooling that follows high school -- are often used interchangeably in the U.S. in conversation, although whereas "university" pertains almost always to four-year degree (B.A., B.S.) & (what we call) graduate school (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.), "college" is also used to refer to two-year degree schooling (A.A.), so-called "junior colleges," & university prep as well as vocational school.

Sometimes you see the name "college" used in titles of law schools & medical schools, & the term is also used academically within universities as titles of departments or other broad classifications: for example, U.C. Irvine's College of Music.

[Stew_Matthews]

Why is a US degree course 4 years and a UK one 3 years? In the UK you only do 4 years if you're doing some of the language or engineering courses. Is there a reason? Medicine is the same - 5 or 6 years before you qualify.

Some UK universities are made up of a series of semi-independent colleges. I think that is the same with some of the US universities too.

And goodluck Caitlin.

[Sahara]

I posted a thread saying 7 days of school left
Well guys today is the day that EVERY teenager wishes for..
The VERY last day of HIGH SCHOOL!!!
*I* for one is very sad that there is NO MORE high school after this day on
I had a very good high school career..made tons of friends had a BLAST
I am going to miss it so much!
**** MAN! This is scary!
Me too! :wavey: We finished up last Thursday and my exams start on Wednsday *scared!*

[sara1998]

Congratulations sweetheart!
I remember my last day of high school. I graduated mid-term, so my last day was the last day before Christmas break.
I cried like a baby. I was scared to death. I was happy to be done with it and sad to leave schooling behind, but scared of what the real world was like.
I wish I would have went on to college, but instead I took 2 months off and went to work. I've been working since.

[JWS]

Why is a US degree course 4 years and a UK one 3 years? In the UK you only do 4 years if you're doing some of the language or engineering courses. Is there a reason? Medicine is the same - 5 or 6 years before you qualify.

Some UK universities are made up of a series of semi-independent colleges. I think that is the same with some of the US universities too.

And goodluck Caitlin.

It takes Americans an extra year to learn the material.:lol:

[mylittledemon]

Me too! :wavey: We finished up last Thursday and my exams start on Wednsday *scared!*

HA! Aww, don't be scared. It's a good time. I remember my first semester of college was miserable, because I missed high school so much. I didn't realize it until after the summer of course, because I wanted it to be over so badly. But I've been out of HS for 11 years now (oh my God)...and I think of it fondly. I had some good times, and maybe studied a bit too hard, but it was good to me and I didn't have a horrific experience as some people do (getting picked on, or what have you). Seriously, don't be scared. Everything that happens to you, or did happen to you in high school will just seem like a pale comparison in the future. Everything will just seem so small and silly. That's how it was for me anyway.

[estranged4life]

Why is a US degree course 4 years and a UK one 3 years?

#1- Universities are greedy

#2- Americans are mostly idiots (ie Look who was elected President twice, need I say more???)




Congrats for finishing high school...It was 20 years ago for me (HATED every second of that popularity contest)

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Congratulations sweetheart!
I remember my last day of high school. I graduated mid-term, so my last day was the last day before Christmas break.
I cried like a baby. I was scared to death. I was happy to be done with it and sad to leave schooling behind, but scared of what the real world was like.
I wish I would have went on to college, but instead I took 2 months off and went to work. I've been working since.

Thats how I am

[tuigirl]

In the U.S., "high school" is the term that refers to the final three (or sometimes four) years of compulsory schooling.

The terms "college" & "university" -- both referring to noncompulsory schooling that follows high school -- are often used interchangeably in the U.S. in conversation, although whereas "university" pertains almost always to four-year degree (B.A., B.S.) & (what we call) graduate school (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.), "college" is also used to refer to two-year degree schooling (A.A.), so-called "junior colleges," & university prep as well as vocational school.

Sometimes you see the name "college" used in titles of law schools & medical schools, & the term is also used academically within universities as titles of departments or other broad classifications: for example, U.C. Irvine's College of Music.

How bloom'in confusing..but thanks for the definition.I can see back home how we merge the two names to mean the last 5 years of compulsary schooling and "uni" means university...full stop.cheers David.

[petep9000]

#1- Universities are greedy

#2- Americans are mostly idiots (ie Look who was elected President twice, need I say more???)

Congrats for finishing high school...It was 20 years ago for me (HATED every second of that popularity contest)


Ditto for me too, on both counts. The day I graduated I was unbelievably happy, I even remember on the radio in the car that old Boston song called 'Don't Look Back' came on and I said to myself "Yep. Don't look back!" and that's how I was for years afterwards. I would never complain about my elementary or junior HS torture or the gym class horrors or other things. Nope, I just tried to push it all out of my mind and looked forward to college and the real world. Although, college isn't exactly the real world either, is it. But still, I had fun. Only lately, with my 20 year reunion invitation sitting on my desk, am I thinking about high school. I want to go, just for my selfish schadenfreude . I'm going with the hopes that some of my tormentors have either grown grossly obese or are chain smoking burnt-out skeletons. And even if they're not, I'll shake their hands anyway and say hello and ask them to tell me everything they've done for the last 20 years in 3 minutes. :laugh:

[baboles]

We have 8 days left I think. It is very sad. I don't want to lose touch with all of my best friends.

[Sahara]

^^ That's the trouble, isn't it? School is the only time of your life when you get to see your friends all day every day ... and I didn't quite appreciate that until this year! Fortunately that's made it the best year ever, in spite of all the pressure.

In Ireland the system for getting into college is really high-pressure. The grades you get in your final exams are translated into points and whether or not you get your place depends on how many points you have. I've applied for a psychology degree at Trinity College Dublin and I need to get at least 550 out of 600 points for it. So I'm scared! :eek:

[JWS]

^^ That's the trouble, isn't it? School is the only time of your life when you get to see your friends all day every day ... and I didn't quite appreciate that until this year! Fortunately that's made it the best year ever, in spite of all the pressure.

In Ireland the system for getting into college is really high-pressure. The grades you get in your final exams are translated into points and whether or not you get your place depends on how many points you have. I've applied for a psychology degree at Trinity College Dublin and I need to get at least 550 out of 600 points for it. So I'm scared! :eek:


Didn't famed writer/playwrite Oscar Wilde go to Trinity?

[Stew_Matthews]

It takes Americans an extra year to learn the material.:lol:



#1- Universities are greedy

#2- Americans are mostly idiots (ie Look who was elected President twice, need I say more???)

:laugh: I just wouldn't have got away with saying this. I did laugh though!

I did my first degree(s) - Physics & Civil Engineering in the UK and did my Masters in the US at UC San Diego. It takes a great effort to get a University qualification wherever you study, so well done to those who did it and those currently studying.

I wish I would have went on to college

So do it! You'll do very well. If you do Maths, Physics, Engineering - I can help with your homework!:)