It's normal that Brits are confusing. They confuse you, then send the redcoats, colonize, and then the colonial Brits get tired of being associated with other Brits in Britain and ask for independence and then join the commonwealth, or just play it cool as if it's water under the bridge.
Was this in reference to Australia, India, or Canada?Because we never joined the Commonwealth.
Quote from: Sᴏʟᴏɴᴏɪᴅ Kᴀɴᴇ on February 17, 2015, 09:34:04 AMWas this in reference to Australia, India, or Canada?Because we never joined the Commonwealth.No, but the US is playing like it's cool. As if the Queen isn't planning the British takeover of the American colonies.Just you wait. The ships of the line will eventually arrive.
Also, what's your definition of public school?
In high school, Freshman-Senior years are also just called 9th-12th grade, and are normally written that way on official paperwork.The only reason why I could possibly think they're not called years is because plenty of kids get held back, so they're not really considered years of schooling, but rather milestones.Also, what's your definition of public school?
--College--For applied subjects like game design, hairdressing and bricklaying etc.
Quote from: Mr Psychologist on February 17, 2015, 09:47:48 AM--College--For applied subjects like game design, hairdressing and bricklaying etc.In the US, that's called Technical School, and it surprises me that they have it for bricklaying.A lot of things like that are taught by Apprenticeship here, sort of an old way of doing things, but functional, nonetheless.
Americans are weird anyway.
In britbongistan, they have Public School, and State School.Wherein the US we call ours Public/Private, they just seem to refer to the Private sector as the Public Sector.
Quote from: Sᴏʟᴏɴᴏɪᴅ Kᴀɴᴇ on February 17, 2015, 09:54:59 AMIn britbongistan, they have Public School, and State School.Wherein the US we call ours Public/Private, they just seem to refer to the Private sector as the Public Sector.I think syntax-wise, it'd make the most sense to blend the two: private school is owned by private entities, and state school is the government-run session.Only other thing in Murica that doesn't make much sense to everyone else is that College and University are essentially the same thing. You go to college at the University of Massachusetts or Amherst College, or Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to get your Bachelors/Masters/Ph.D.(Based on what you guys are saying) college to you is technical school to us, which, where I'm from, often overlaps high school, but not always.
Quote from: Sᴏʟᴏɴᴏɪᴅ Kᴀɴᴇ on February 17, 2015, 09:58:55 AMQuote from: Mr Psychologist on February 17, 2015, 09:47:48 AM--College--For applied subjects like game design, hairdressing and bricklaying etc.In the US, that's called Technical School, and it surprises me that they have it for bricklaying.A lot of things like that are taught by Apprenticeship here, sort of an old way of doing things, but functional, nonetheless. I couldn't name a vocational school here without a masonry course, dunno why it'd be any different over there.
Hey, at least we aren't France.SpoilerSpoilerTumblr content I found on Funnyjunk.
Does it sound just as foreign to bongs,
