Where do I fit in the US Education system
Jun 29th 2013, 6:17 pm
#16
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Re: Where do I fit in the US Education system
I agree with Amerlisa, only severely to profoundly mentally and/or physically disabled students attend high school in the US to that age. I have attended enough IEPs as a caseworker to confirm this. These students get a "certificate of attendance" rather than a high school diploma. I could just see it now, the OP finally being of legal age to be in a bar in the US
chatting up some girl and then in conversation it comes out that he's just out of high school. The girl leaving the scene would look like the old Road Runner cartoon. Best of luck with whatever your decision, perhaps consider another part of the UK or other parts of Europe.
chatting up some girl and then in conversation it comes out that he's just out of high school. The girl leaving the scene would look like the old Road Runner cartoon. Best of luck with whatever your decision, perhaps consider another part of the UK or other parts of Europe.
Jun 29th 2013, 7:15 pm
#17
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Re: Where do I fit in the US Education system
I would also suggest that the O/P think hard about going to an American high school after being in a UK Sixth form. Although many of the high schoolers will be driving to school and have their own cars, from my own observation of my son's peers the boys in particular seemed to be a bit less streetwise than my son's cousins in the UK of the same age (and also whom had been in pubs or clubs in the UK or on their holidays in Europe). Btw - In my town in NJ and other local towns, adults can and have been arrested if they allow under 21s to have an alcoholic drink in their own home..
