Even though US public schools are all "supposed to be" equal, a lot of the funding comes from property taxes, which vary a lot, so the schools also vary a lot. In general, in my experience, US schools are pretty good BUT they totally fail at offering languages other than English.

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"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
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idk about amerika, but right now public high schools in israel are on strike.
there wasnt school for 18 days or so.

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Another thing about Americans that I heard from a friend: if an American talks to someone and it appears that person doesn't speak English, what does the typical American do? Repeat themselves except significantly louder.

Anywho, I speak English and can manage a conversation in spanish, though I haven't used it in one for years . I'm taking Japanese classes, but it'll be a while before I can manage a conversation that doesn't involve baby phrases like "This book is red" and "That builiding is a school", etc. in Japanese. Funny how after knowing English you realize how much simpler some other languages can be when it come to stuff like pronunciation.

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Btw, when does high school end in the US? At what age..

Here it's till your 18..

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About the same age for the US. I graduated when I was 17, but my classmates ages ranged from 16 to 19, with probably most of them at 18.

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I know two languages Spanish and English I learned English when I was in preschool when I was around 4 years old......I will take a Japanese class when I go to College.(n_n)

Well it doesn't go strictly by age, but most people are 18 when they graduate - I got to graduate on my 18th birthday, never having to go back was the best present I could have gotten!

Kids have to be 5 years old by a certain date (which varies depending on where you are) in order to start Kindergarten in the fall; or 6 by a certain date to start 1st grade if they don't go to Kindergarten. Last year of HS is 12th grade, so most are 18 or 17-almost-18 when they graduate. Kids can skip a grade or be held back a year, making them a year older or younger than most, but that's not terribly common.

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"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

Dutch (first language)
English
French
German
Japenese (though i cant read or write kanji)

In dutch high schools its mandatory to learn Dutch (duhh), English and French or German (i chose to learn both )

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Hey, the "In dutch high schools it mandatory to learn..".. You got that from me..

Ben jij van Belgie of Nederland..?

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In France school is mandatory from 6 to 16, but highschool ends up when you're 18 if you didn't fail a single year. Then universities or prep schools etc... I think it's pretty all the same everywhere plus or minus a year.

I thought there's a topic about this... Or maybe i am messing it with religions/backgrounds with languages. Well, 2 and a half

English
Vietnamese
French.. half. not even a quarter.

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No i didn't get that from you -.-

En ik kom natuurlijk uit het mooie noorden van nederland


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I guess that last sentence means somethin g like
"But naturally I come from Northern Nederland"

I feel so pathetic... I only know English. I'm hoping that when I get older though, I will be able to learn others.

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210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

i got...eng, fren, and chn...

i studied jap for a bit...that stuff was crazy XDD, like smokin that blunt. HIGH

lol about it

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