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Post by credo on Dec 19, 2006 12:34:10 GMT -5
XDD! And that's what your private school tuition is getting you. hahaha Also, I don't think the entire country has this mentality... just certain areas and certain schools. Like Elena and are both really motivated to do well in school, and we go to schools that are very good academically, so it seems like school is the most important thing. But in other places, I'm sure that definitely isn't the case. It's not a private school. I never said it was.
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Post by daisy on Dec 19, 2006 13:28:59 GMT -5
Ohh you guys have public schools with religious affiliations? (Humor me and use the terms "public" and "private" in the American sense.)
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Post by credo on Dec 19, 2006 14:26:25 GMT -5
I can't because I don't know how you term it.
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Post by daisy on Dec 19, 2006 15:22:02 GMT -5
Public: free, anyone can attend. You go to the one closest to where you live. No religious affiliation.
Private: you pay lots of $$ for tuition. Can be non-religious, or can be Catholic or Jewish or whatever.
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Post by ILoveU2 on Dec 20, 2006 2:02:47 GMT -5
I think I heard that state schools=public schools and public schools=privated schools? Or am I on crack?
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Post by daisy on Dec 20, 2006 3:19:27 GMT -5
Sounds familiar. Was it cyphish who told us that?
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Post by credo on Dec 20, 2006 12:15:40 GMT -5
What's your definition of a State school?
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Post by daisy on Dec 20, 2006 14:04:18 GMT -5
We don't have state schools. I think she meant that a BRITISH state school is an AMERICAN public school, and a BRITISH public school is an AMERICAN private school.
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Post by credo on Dec 20, 2006 15:10:12 GMT -5
*Cry* In many English-speaking nations, a public school is a school that is financed and run by the government and does not charge tuition fees in order for children to attend. This is in contrast to a private school (also known as an "independent school"). Here, the word "public" is used in the sense of "public library", i.e. provided to the public at public expense. These public schools range in classes from kindergarten to four years of high school or secondary school, normally lasting until one is 17-18 years of age.
There are variations on the name, such as "state school", which is used in the UK and some other countries. In Hong Kong they are called "government schools."
In British education, parish schools from the established church of the relevant constituent country formed the basis of the state funded education system, and many schools retain a church connection while essentially providing secular education in accordance with standards set by the government of the country concerned. These are often primary schools, and may be designated as name C.E. School or name C.E. (Aided) School, depending on whether they are wholly or partly funded by the church (the latter is more common). The Roman Catholic church also maintains schools.
Bang, my school, only it's a Secondary, not primary and it is for 11 to 16 year olds and is Roman Catholic.
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Post by daisy on Dec 20, 2006 15:34:18 GMT -5
Is it free to attend?
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Post by ILoveU2 on Dec 20, 2006 16:54:43 GMT -5
That made my head spin
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Post by credo on Dec 22, 2006 16:47:09 GMT -5
Oh, yes it is. It's like, public, only, faith schools are slightly different also, public schools have less freedom y'see.
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Post by dom on Dec 22, 2006 17:47:15 GMT -5
My finals are extremely stressful because I'm premed with a concentration in biochemistry. I have to maintain pretty much a 4.0 throughout school so that I can actually get into a medical school (preferably University of Michigan or Wayne State, although I'd do Michigan State's allopathic med school if I got in there.) I'm not so much worried about my next semester as it is all biology and history related. I'll be in pre-calc and Organic chemistry this summer (yeah... taking summer classes) because the semesters are shorter which will be more work, but I'm wanting to get this over with. Next fall, I'll be doing this clinical EMS program to get an EMT-B certification to use as a stepping stone into the field (which will also help out with medical school).
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Post by ILoveU2 on Dec 22, 2006 18:45:13 GMT -5
Like I said, I'm glad I don't have finals until after break
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Post by daisy on Dec 22, 2006 18:56:29 GMT -5
My finals are extremely stressful because I'm premed with a concentration in biochemistry. I have to maintain pretty much a 4.0 throughout school so that I can actually get into a medical school (preferably University of Michigan or Wayne State, although I'd do Michigan State's allopathic med school if I got in there.) I'm not so much worried about my next semester as it is all biology and history related. I'll be in pre-calc and Organic chemistry this summer (yeah... taking summer classes) because the semesters are shorter which will be more work, but I'm wanting to get this over with. Next fall, I'll be doing this clinical EMS program to get an EMT-B certification to use as a stepping stone into the field (which will also help out with medical school). Wow, that's really cool. We have pretty much the same exact interests (biochem & medicine). My mom actually went to Wayne State for grad school, also.
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