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[Cleopatra]

007: There are no high schools in Britain. The term is an American one.

[fishjock]

I received an MA in Political Science for my undergraduate degree from a Scottish university and then went on to do an MLitt as a postgraduate degree at the same institution.
Because my university had 'ancient' status I think that is the reason some places dish out MAs to their undergraduates. Regardless of the course you studied at my university, an entrance pre-requisite was a qualification in a foreign language. Apparently this has something to do with keeping certain universities aloof from the rabble.
As far as employers go, it seemed that in the UK everyone was well aware of the 'value' of my qualifications but in the far east, people were more interested in my MA. This gave the impression that I was a scholar and therefore a good teacher. Nobody knew or cared what the MLitt thingy was.

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[Cleopatra]

[scot47]

In Scotland the term "High School" is used to refer to a Grammar School. Our own beloved Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr G. Brown was a pupil at one of these - Kirkcaldy High School.

The term is NOT used in Scotia to refer to institutions of higher learning.

As for the lands south of Tweed and Solway I know nothing and care less.

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[007]

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[Cleopatra]

Was that last post intended to be amusing and bitingly sarcastic, ABBA? Because to me it just sounded.... odd.

[Stephen Jones]

One piece of good news. The proposed change to Oxford University's Constitution that would have taken power from the academics and given it to an unrepresentative clique of 'businessmen', who would no doubt approve many more deals of the Prince Sultan variety, has been roundly defeated.

http://education.independent.co.uk/news/article2023851.ece

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[Queen of Sheba]

In America, 'high schools' should be eradicated, for they serve no good purpose other than encouraging kids to be disinterested, clique-seeking, brand name wearing jocks. The only way to get a real high school education in the US is to drop out, get a job, go to an alternative school, or get a GED, and eventually backpack around Europe for a while. Following the norm in the US equates following the lemmings off the hill.

[Stephen Jones]

I have heard many claim that American High Schools are an excellent preparation for life, since nowhere else do you have such an intensive induction into living in a dysfunctional society.

[veiledsentiments]

Isn't that what it is supposed to do everywhere? Isn't the main purpose of secondary/high school and college/university mostly about keeping the hoards of young occupied for much of the day to keep them out of the job market and off the streets?

I figured this out once I realized that the stuff covered in the classrooms was really not much use once one was out in the world and actually working. Ever find anything useful in a linguistics or teaching methodology book? (my answer is pretty much 'no') Even in a practical subjects such as accounting - the first thing once you get an actual job is that they tell you to forget everything the textbooks say - ignore the stuff in that silly CPA exam that we made you take - and here is how things are really done. You actually learn everything you need to know in the first semester of Intro to Acct.

And I'm speaking in generalities here, nothing to do with any particular country or its educational system.

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