Warrior 4 Jesus wrote:I've never quite understood your end of year. Here in Australia High School ends in late November/early December for those in Year 12.
uc pseudonym wrote:My final examinations were over a week ago, actually, due to the fact that our semester starts rather early. Another year gone.
The American school year is based upon summer (though it is really a fair amount of spring as well). This was because in early years all children would be required to help during the most labor-intensive parts of the farming year such as harvest, which for most crops is in spring or summer. Many children wouldn't be allowed to go to school anyway, so the systems decided to set things up around this time.
Thus, despite the fact that America doesn't even vaguely resemble this agrarian culture, we still have a school year that ends before summer followed by a lengthy vacation.
Bobtheduck wrote::wow!:
You're in HS, UC???
Dude, I feel so old... I graduated nearly 6 years ago (6 years next month...)
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