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What country are you from and do you call it 1) elementary, junior high, high school 2) elementary, middle school, high school, 3) primary, ???, secondary? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fyi: it's called post secondary because, I think, UK calls it primary, secondary, and after that is post secondary.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Canada:

Elementary: grades 1-8

High School: grades 9-12

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which province?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ontario

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same, but we have middle school where I am. It's grades 6~8 or just 7 and 8 depending on who you ask.

But primary and secondary are also recognized and used in some official circumstances. Tertiary is something I've heard only once, and I'm surprised it doesn't get used more often.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I went to French immersion, so I also heard a lot of "primary" and "secondary" school. Never heard tertiary, only "post-secondary"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I heard "tertiary education" from an international student. It made me wonder why we call it "post-secondary" when "tertiary" makes more sense.

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