High schools in your country
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
May 22, 2019 12:21pm CST
In Denmark it takes 3 years to finish high school. In the past the Danish high schools were divided in a language line and a science line.
I was a language line student and the languages were English, German, French and Latin. We all studied English, German and Latin, but it was possible to choose Spanish instead of French. At some schools it was also possible to choose Italian, but not at my school.
Before we applied to high school the teachers at the previous school had to approve us. Based on our activity in class and our grades they divided us in 3 groups: 1) students who get approved instantly 2) students who might or might not get approved 3) students who are rejected.
I was in group one, and I am not sure what happened to group two, I think that they had an extra test, an interview at the school or something like that.
How is high school organized in your country? How many years do the students study? What is the process when you apply? Is there a test or does it only depend on the previous grades?
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
22 May 19
Yes, in India we have Secondary school eaxmination! After passing this one gets qualified for the Higher Secondary or High school education which takes two years time . We have lot of options here like one can go for the combination of Biology, Physics and Chemistry to pursue studies in Mediacl college, Veterinary College , Dental College and Pharmacy. second option is having the subjects of Maths, Physics and Chemistry and these students are basically interested in Engineering and other science subjects. Other streams we have are Humanities and Commerce which have different subjects! We have very organized pattern in India!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 May 19
How old are high school students in India when they start high school? Here the students are usually between 15 and 17 when they start and they usually graduate 3 years later. There are special schools where you can finish high school in 2 years instead of 3, but most students study for 3 years.
Here it is also possible to choose subjects according to future plans. In the past many language line students became language teachers later on, and science line students often chose different kinds of science in college.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
22 May 19
@Porcospino , here also the age is almost the same like you have! Today the language lne students are known as Humanities students!
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
22 May 19
I'm not the one to say what High School is like here in the USA. The parking lot was my favorite "subject", and missed as much school as I actually made it too.. until my Senior year when I had to work overtime to be able to graduate. lol
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
23 May 19
@Porcospino My senior year I had to take full day schedule, an early morning class and three night classes a week to graduate.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
23 May 19
Some of my classmates did the same, but most of them still managed to graduate. If don't know if the same thing existed at your school, but here the students were still able to graduate if they missed a lot of classes. They had to read more than the other students (for instance if the other students had to read 200 pages the students who missed many classes had to read 400 pages), and they got different exam questions.
@much2say (53808)
• Los Angeles, California
22 May 19
Our high schools go from 9th to 12 grade (though some start at 10th, which is was in my time). It used to be that everyone graduates middle school (or junior high as it was in my time) and goes onto high school near their home. But now the address matters, so the kids are funneled into the high school based on their address . . . many do not like their home high school and must apply if they want to choose other schools. And I am hearing that in our school district everyone does have to apply - not because of grades - but to ensure their address is legitimate for going into that school - but everyone is entitled to public education up to graduating high school and it is encouraged that all graduate high school. Gifted kids may need to apply to schools in order to get into the gifted programs.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 May 19
I didn't know that it depended on your address. Here the students write a list. I lived in a city with 4 different high schools and when we applied we got a list with the names of the schools and we wrote our first, second and third choices. Some high schools are more popular than others. Many students don't get their first choice, some don't get their second choice either, and a few don't even get their third choice, but at least we get the chance to write the names of the schools we prefer.
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@much2say (53808)
• Los Angeles, California
22 May 19
@Porcospino In our district it does - and it is a bad system. It shouldn't be based on where a student lives. There are also different school systems - and to apply to what we call "magnet", we have to acquire points - and the point system is literally a game. Right now our public schools are in a war with charters (privatized public schools) - our whole education system is a mess.
@Torunn (8609)
• Norway
22 May 19
Since they made a law stating that everyone has the right to education, everyone is admitted to upper secondary school (high school, gymnasium). Everyone does 10 years together, then it's split, so you either do 3 years to be allowed to study afterwards or a 2+2 if you want to work as a carpenter, gardener, health and services etc.
The problem with admitting everyone is that there's also kids there that haven't got any grades from secondary school. That makes it a bit difficult when you're supposed to continue based on the things they learned there. In some areas all those kids go to the same school, Oslo is bad in that way. The schools shop for good pupils and all the ones with problems end up in the same school
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 May 19
I am not sure how things are today, but when I was a student they were pretty strict when they admitted people to high school. If you had bad grades you didn't get approved. They only wanted the students who had good grades because they were more likely do well (and finish high school) ยจ
I didn't know you had that law in Norway. Here some politicians want to do the opposite (make it even harder to get admitted) because they don't want students with bad grades. They assume that that those students will find high school too challenging and drop out anyway.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 May 19
Here everyone has to finish the 9th grade, the rest is not compulsary, but most students finish high school as well. Before first grade we have something called grade zero, it is not compulsary and some children skip it.
