Friday, February 24, 2012

How does the American school work

How does the American school work?
How does the American school system work? Like in Australia, K~2 are called infants. 3~5 { or 5 } are called primarys. { 5 } Year 6 are called senior primarys. 7~12 are called High Schoolers. So how does the smae thing work, but in America? I'm sure it's different, because for their High School, they have labels like, Sophomores etc . I'm really confused. Please someone answer me.
Trivia - 8 Answers
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Well i live in America and am from Australia...but the truth is i don't know. All i know is American education is pretty shocking.
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it works like this. a child goes into school with high hopes of interacting with other kids and learning what their potential in life is! then other kids start to bully them because those kids didnt get enough love at home. children are then forced to concentrate into "clicks" in order to find some identity in a group. it gets worse from there. in the end, most kids dont make it out unscathed. its a greek damned tradgedy.
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kindergarten is actually the first year for most but not madatory. Then we have grade school, 1st grade through 5th, middle school, 6th through eighth, and 9 through 12th is High School. In High School, the first year you are a freshman, the second year a sophmore, the third a junior and the last a senior.
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K-5 = Elementary 6-8 = Intermediate (or Junior High) 9-12 = High School In High School: 9 = Freshman 10= Sophomore 11= Junior 12 = Senior
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K-5 elementary 6-8 is junior high school 9-12 is high school 9Th graders are called Freshmen( 1st year of high school) 10Th graders are called Sophomores ( 2ND year) 11Th graders are called Juniors ( 3rd year) and 12Th graders are called Seniors ( last year of high school) Sames as college terms But every school district is different because some schools don't include the 9th grade with high school.
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We ave elementary, middle, and high school. Normally, here school starts in kindergarden, with typically 6-year olds. Some kids would have been in private day care first, then a private pre-school. But the public school system starts in K. Although occasionally in some states pre-K for 5 or 6 year olds is offered. Kids continue in the same school until either 5th or 6th grade. Education and how the grades are broken down between elementary, middle, and high varies somewhat between the states in the US. The Federal Government leaves some freedom to the States in deciding. Anyway, whether it ends in 5th grade or 6th grade, that's called elementary or grade school. After that, kids change schools to go to middle school. If it starts in 6th grade (most common), then you have three years to spend there, 6th 7th and 8th grade. It can also be called Junior High instead of Middle School. High School starts in 9th grade in most state school systems. The grades are still called 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, but they are also referred to by the "labels" you mentioned. A 9th grader is a freshman, a 10th grader is a sophomore, an 11th grader is a junior, and a 12th grader is a senior.
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It depends on the state, county,or school district, and even then, it varies... One option that hasn't been discussed K-6: Elementary School or Primary School 7-8: Middle School or 7-9: Junior High School 9-12 High School or 10-12: Senior High School I can understand why you are confused.
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Its dirt simple dear. "K" is Kindergarten, like Preschool; Grades 1-6 are called "Elementary School"; Grades 7 and 8, when I was a kid, were called, "Junior High", but is now more often referred to as "Middle School"; Grades 9, 10. 11 and 12 is referred to as "High School", although everytime I got high there they made me leave. Grade 9 students are "Freshmen" Grade 10 are "Sophmores" Grade 11 are "Juniors" Grade 12 are "Seniors"
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Can a high school leaver of 2008 claim education tax refund (australia

Can a high school leaver of 2008 claim education tax refund (australia)?
my sister finished year 12 in nsw in 2008. she is now in university. will she still be able to claim the education tax refund in australia?
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Unless your sister is an independent student (ie not being supported by her parents), then she is not eligible. Your parents, however, should be able to make a claim in their 2009 tax returns, provided they are in receipt of Family Tax Benefit Part A and have kept the receipts for any eligible expenses (such as laptop, textbooks)
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She should approach centrelink. However if she was eligible (in receipt of youth allowance) she would have received. It is unlikley her parents could or would be eligible. No claim can be made in the 2009 tax return for this as this is totally different to the education tax offset. They are two totally different things.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

i am 16 years old and want to move to australia.i want to complete my education there- help is needed

i am 16 years old and want to move to australia.i want to complete my education there- help is needed???
i live in south africa and want to complete my schooling in australia and need help on how to immigrate to australia at my age and i will be getting financial help from my spouse who lives in australia. i have filled out a form to get my id sent it to home affairs and i am still waiting for it, is there any way that things can move faster so that i can go the beginning of next year??
Other - Australia - 1 Answers
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you maybe should have applied for a student visa instead of a spousal visa.....you could still try but it may confuse the issues...if they are processing your papers already. Your eligibility may depend on your spouse..... Is he / she a citizen? or a resident ? if not, you will find it difficult to come here at your age. You will have to pay for your education, which is not cheap, and have means of support for the whole time here. I don't think you will be able to speed things up much because of these factors.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Planning on moving to Australia, better to start college in Australia or get it done it the States

Planning on moving to Australia, better to start college in Australia or get it done it the States?
I am trying to map out the general direction of my future, and i want it to be in Australia. My only problem is school, i'm about to finish High School and i can't decide what to do with college. I'm planning on getting a psychology degree as a major so...should i: Finish school in the states(my plan would be to get a master's degree then move) or just go straight to Australia and attend college there. My grades are around average. Thanks for any tips.
Studying Abroad - 1 Answers
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If you have an acceptance from an Australian university it is not particularly difficult to get a Student Visa. You would need to get a new Student Visa for each additional degree e.g. a visa to do the Bachelor degree, another visa to do the Masters degree, another visa to do a Doctorate. University education is heavily subsidised by the Government at undergraduate level (to Bachelor degree), with students paying a (relatively) small contribution. There is Government student loans system (HECS) which covers this gap with repayments recovered in the taxation system when the student earns over a threshold amount (usually some time after graduating) Everyone has to pay the full cost of post-graduate (Masters and higher) degrees but there is another government scholarhip system that high achieving students can get . The bad news is that non-citizens have to pay the full cost of university education without the Government subidy and can not get the HECS loans or the scholarships. Because HECS is a very low interest loan there is really not much of a commercial market providing student loans. On a Student Visa you can work up to 20 hours per week during semesters and as many hours as you want during semester breaks. This will be enough to live on but not enough to cover the cost of tuition. It would help to be wealthy. The rough cost of a 2 year Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology would be AUD $35000 and up. To get into this type of program you would usually need to have completed a 4 year Bachelor degree with Honours at a cost of (best guess) about AUD $40000. i think that Option 1, finishing school in the States is probably the least difficult option and with a Masters in Psych it would not be too hard to get a Work Visa for Australia - this does not automatically give you a long-term Residency permit or citizenship. Quite few people do their Bachelor degree in their home country and then post-graduate degrees in Australia, particularly at Doctoral level. A different option might be to do your undergraduate degree with an Australian university by 'Distance' education'. Australia is a big place so a lot of undergraduate degrees are offered with a combination of on-line learning and short residential schools (tend to be around a month per year on campus - often during our summer, your winter). The Distance Education degrees are exactly the same as the on campus degree and it is not unusual for Australian students to do a degree by doing some course units through on-campus lectures and tutorials and other units by distance education in the same year because it is easier to organise a course timetable around work demands this way. Another option might be to find a university in the US which allowed students to exchange with an Australian university so you would finish with U.S. degree with credits counted from a year in Australia. European universities do this quite a lot but I am not sure about the States.
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