America Student

1 america

1.1 canada
1.2 united states

1.2.1 first year
1.2.2 second year
1.2.3 post-second year
1.2.4 graduate students
1.2.5 vocational school

america
canada


students of cégep de st-hyacinthe in quebec working in computer lab

education in canada within constitutional jurisdiction of provinces, , overall curriculum overseen provincial governments. there no overall national coordinating authority, way educational stages grouped , named differs region region. education divided primary education, followed secondary education, , post-secondary education. primary , secondary education divided numbered grades 1 12, although first grade may preceded kindergarten (optional in many provinces). ontario , quebec offer pre-kindergarten, called junior kindergarten in ontario, , garderie in quebec.

education in ontario once involved ontario academic credit (oac) university preparation, phased out in 2007, , provinces except quebec have 12 grades. oac informally known grade 13 , name used refer students took it.

education in quebec differs other provinces in has école primaire (literally primary school ) consisting of grades 1-6, , école secondaire (literally secondary school ) consisting of secondaries i-v. secondaries i-v equivalent grades 7-11. student graduating high school (grade 11) can either complete three-year college program or attend two-year pre-university program required before attending university. in english high schools, in french schools, high school students refer secondary 1-5 year 1 through five. if in secondary 3 asked grade/year in? reply 3 or sec 3 . presumed person asking question knows not referring grade 3 rather secondary 3 . can confusing outside of quebec.

in provinces, grades 1 through 6 called elementary school , grades 6 8 called middle school or junior high school , , grades 9 12 considered high school. other provinces, such british columbia, divide schooling elementary school (kindergarten grade 7) , secondary school (grades 8 through 12). in alberta , nova scotia, elementary consists of kindergarten through grade 6. junior high consists of grades 7-9. high school consists of grades 10-12. in english provinces, high school (known academy or secondary school) years can referred first, second, third , fourth year. areas call grade such grade 10, grade 11 , grade 12.

the difference between college , university different in united states or united kingdom. canadian college more similar american community college british, french , other european , british commonwealth such australian , new zealand etc., on other hand. in contrast, canadian university quite comparable american university many other universities among english-speaking world , francosphere. in canada, colleges geared individuals seeking applied careers, while universities geared individuals seeking more academic careers.

university students classified first, second, third or fourth-year students, , american system of classifying them freshmen , sophomores , juniors , seniors seldom used or understood in canada. in occasions, can called senior ones , twos , threes , fours .

united states

in united states, first official year of schooling called kindergarten, why students called kindergarteners. kindergarten optional in states, few students skip level. pre-kindergarten, known preschool (and shortened pre-k ) becoming standard of education academic expectations youngest students continue rise. many public schools offer pre-kindergarten programs.

in united states there 12 years of mandatory schooling. first 8 solely referred numbers (e.g. 1st grade, 5th grade) students may referred 1st graders, 5th graders, once in middle school before high school ratio referred 6th, 7th, 8th graders. upon entering high school, grades 9 through 12 (high school) have alternate names students, namely freshman, sophomore, junior , senior. actual divisions of grade levels belong division (whether elementary, middle, junior high or high school) matter decided state or local jurisdictions.

accordingly, college students called freshmen, sophomores, juniors , seniors (respectively), unless undergraduate program calls more traditional 4 years.

first year

the first year of college or high school referred freshman year. freshman (slang alternatives derogatory in nature include fish , new-g , fresher , frosh , newbie , freshie , snotter , fresh-meat , skippie , etc.) first-year student in college, university or high school.

second year

in u.s., sophomore, called soph, second-year student. outside united states, term sophomore used, second-year students called second years . folk etymology indicates word means wise fool ; consequently sophomoric means pretentious, bombastic, inflated in style or manner; immature, crude, superficial (according oxford english dictionary). assumed formed greek sophos , meaning wise , , moros meaning foolish , although etymology suggests origin now-defunct sophumer , obsolete variant of sophism .

post-second year

students massachusetts institute of technology

in u.s., junior student in penultimate (usually third) year , senior student in last (usually fourth) year of college, university, or high school. student takes more normal number of years graduate referred super senior . term used in college, can used in high school well. term underclassman used refer collectively freshmen , sophomores, , upperclassman refer collectively juniors , seniors, sophomores. term middler used describe third-year student of school (generally college) offers 5 years of study. in situation, fourth , fifth years referred junior , senior years, respectively, , first 2 years freshman , sophomore years.

graduate students

a graduate student student continues his/her education after graduation. examples of graduate programs are: business school, law school, medical school, , veterinary school. degrees earned in graduate programs include master’s degree, research doctoral degree, or first professional degree.

vocational school

students attending vocational school focus on jobs , learning how work in specific fields of work. vocational program typically takes less time complete four-year degree program, lasting 12–24 months. liberal arts required in four-year universities less important these students because skills necessary careers take precedence in order timely completion of program.