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on: May 30, 2008 02:09
I'm 19, 20 in November, and I'm in my first year of University, reading Archaeology BSc. Any other archaeologists out there?
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on: June 30, 2008 05:14
Michaela, I'm with you! Go 14-year-old Sophomores! :disco:
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on: July 18, 2008 11:34
I'm 18. I dropped out of highschool my last year to go to ballet school and finish my training. GED soon!
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on: October 16, 2008 07:57
I got a degree course in English.
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on: October 22, 2008 04:39
i'm 21 and a sophamore in my 2 year community college. Going to graduate next year and transfer to a four year university.
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on: October 25, 2008 11:43
I'm 17 (18 in June) and I'm in my last year at college. Also known as Year 13 or Upper Sixth or Second Year... College is technically a sixth form college but everyone just calls it College rather than Sixth Form...
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on: November 04, 2008 12:02
16 and in college. i was homeschooled, and was able to graduate 2 years early.
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on: December 10, 2008 07:49
Go Homeschoolers! Me too, Eruceninde!

I'm now 21, and in a local community college.
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on: December 10, 2008 10:37
22 and this is my last year of university *sigh*
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on: December 12, 2008 11:53
I'm in 9th grade. 15 years old. I would be 15 in 10th grade, but I was born in October so I had to wait a year before I got into kindergarden.
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on: December 12, 2008 01:40
I'm a proud junior and I'm 17. XD I still don't drive!! lolz =P
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on: January 16, 2009 01:27
I am in 10th Grade but because I live in England I leave school this July and start college in Spetember =S
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on: March 15, 2009 06:47
I'm 44 and graduated with a Social Science degree with concentrates in Sociology, Criminal Justice and History.
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on: March 23, 2009 04:53
I'm 35. I didn't finish my degree, however, I took a couple years of History at university.
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on: June 01, 2014 09:21
I'm 14, nearly 15. I dunno what grade I would be in America, but here I'm year 10, 4 years away from going to university.
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on: June 02, 2014 10:52
I'm 13, turning 14 in September. I'm in 7th right now (yeah, I'm behind), but I'm going into 9th this fall.
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on: June 02, 2014 05:54
16 years, driving, and 8 days away from being a junior (11th grade).


Aw, Mell will be a freshman!


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on: January 05, 2015 12:37
I've got no idea about the US system, so...
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on: January 06, 2015 01:46
Freshman- Grade Nine
Sophomore-Grade Ten
Junior-Grade Eleven
Senior- Grade Twelve

That is for high school. Everything else is the same for the other grades, I think, from the US to UK and back system.

To stay on topic...

*waves* I am almost 17, halfway through my Junior year in high school, and planning on four to six years of college.
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on: January 25, 2015 07:41
I'm 25 and graduated with a Bachelor's in Spanish and English education last year. I'm hoping to start working on a Master's in Spanish education this summer
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on: January 26, 2015 12:14
sol_anor, I am studying Spanish in school! I hope to study it some more in college.
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on: January 27, 2015 02:15
Let's just say my qualification for the Fans Over Forty thread exceeds a decade.
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Went to college in New Hampshire for just over two years, then headed back to Germany to rejoin my parents, who had gone back home about eight months earlier. My chemistry major had just bombed, so I'm a college drop-out.
My "degree" would mean nothing to you, it is to be achieved in an educational path that may practically have been limited to Germany. Austria and perhaps Switzerland may have something similar, I'm not sure. The Basque region of Spain adopted it some time ago, and the unemployment rate among young people there is below 10%, instead of almost 50% in the rest of Spain (may have gotten better, I'm certainly not up-to-date on this). But I have good arguments for my opinion that it is the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from the average US college.
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on: February 17, 2015 06:06
I'm 19 and an undergraduate physics student at University of Bergen, Norway, hoping to get an exchange semester in Germany
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on: February 24, 2015 09:19
Nessa Sindanarie said:I'm 14, nearly 15. I dunno what grade I would be in America, but here I'm year 10, 4 years away from going to university.

You're the exact same as me. It is 8th grade in the US.
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on: February 25, 2015 10:51
I'm 23 and a second-year student at the University of Leeds in England. I study Radiography, I'm hoping to do a Masters in Forensic Radiography after I graduate. I'm also trying to get my year abroad experience in either Norway or France depending on my funds
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on: March 03, 2015 07:39
On on: August 02, 2003, Arvedui said: Wow! I have kids older than many who posted in this thread!

I'm 45 and am a grandfather. I did attend a two year technical college, and have been a working stiff since 78. I was glad to see some elder folks posting here!


Here, I quote me from my 1st account on Council of Elrond. In the 12 years since, I can add that I'm still a working stiff, my three kids have had kids, and I have a granddaughter the same age as many who are joining (14).

Oh yes... education.... full 12 years of school, 2 years of Technical College, then OJT, self-taught, and classes paid for by the company I worked for. I have to thank my dad, my uncle, and my auto-shop teacher in High School for teaching me some very useful skills that I have used, adn still use in life!

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on: March 04, 2015 09:44
I'm 19 and finishing my senior year of high school. I decided to hold back a year to be sure I finished everything properly.

No plans for college yet but that is subject to change. It looks for the present that I will be at home for possibly another year, furthering my education on my own. I am sure there will be plenty to keep me busy here, with taking up beekeeping and tending to our extensive summer gardens.

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on: March 04, 2015 12:10
Like Gando, I'm a member of the Over 40 club. When I graduated high school, a college education wasn't as essential as it is today so I chose not to go to university.

Instead, I went to work for an insurance company and was trained from the ground up. Eventually, I achieved a high management position. One of the highlights of this, my first career, was spending the day on the floor of Lloyd's of London watching the Special Risk underwriters at work. I'm proud of the fact that the quality of my work, and my insistence that women were just as capable as men of assessing the kinds of risks faced in unusual type of insurance opened doors for other women in was was, at that time, an "old boys" brigade.

When I decided I wanted to do something less stressful, I trained as a Medical Office Assistant and started my second career. Initially, I worked in an Emergency Medical Clinic handling all kinds of injuries, including one where a fellow tried to take his leg off with a chain saw. I enjoyed it immensely but wanted to go into a family practice clinic and, when I was offered a position by two of the physicians who worked at the Clinic, I jumped at the chance. I worked there for 17 years performing a number of duties including: some "nursing" type jobs, as well as medical transcription, and office management.

I should mention that throughout my working career I was mentored by a number of extraordinary people who were not only generous with their time and information, but who were interested in me, personally, and were willing to take an active role in helping me realize my full potential. I will be forever grateful to all of them.

To paraphrase Mark Twain: I did not allow schooling to interfere with my education.

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on: March 04, 2015 01:26
E~S, thank you so much for sharing your story. I am seeing more and more that one does not have to get "higher education" in order to be successful. Sometimes it can end up being a cause of more problems for some people when they finish and have to deal with debt and finding a job. A fair amount of people end up doing something entirely different than what they got a degree for. For example, my mom majored in graphic design and ended up being a stay at home mom and teacher. My dad got a degree in elementary education and is now in retail.

This is not to discredit the importance of further education, because it is definitely necessary for many fields. I think the problem arises when kids go to college/university (with no real goals or aspirations) because they feel they have to.
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on: March 04, 2015 05:19
Song, I absolutely agree. My mom is in the same position as your dad.What I hate though, is when I tell someone my aspirations and they tell me that I cannot acheive them, because what I want to go into is "too competetive." It is, but I have been planning for years on how to go into it and how to tackle it when the time comes. And it is not far off for me.

So, there is my bit of personal opinion.
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on: March 04, 2015 06:00
I absolutely agree with you, Maxie. And people saying you can't succeed in your dreams and shouldn't even try... that goes completely against everything our nation is founded on. The world as we know it would not exist if the great thinkers of the past had bought into such lies.

Anyway, back on topic.
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on: March 05, 2015 12:46
Evil~Shieldmaiden said: To paraphrase Mark Twain: I did not allow schooling to interfere with my education.

Amen to that! Samuel Langhorne Clemens was, is, and will very likely remain for a very long time, the US's greatest philosopher. And then he was an awesome writer besides that.
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on: March 05, 2015 01:32
I wonder if we can get a thread just called Education?That way we can discuss such topics that we have brought up more in depth.
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on: December 10, 2015 07:05
Donry said:I'm 35. I didn't finish my degree, however, I took a couple years of History at university.


Haha, this is awesome, Another 30+ member here!! I am 32 and didn't finish my University studies either, but has a part-time job as a freelance musician!!
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52, PhD in maths
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