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Originally Posted by Drebin252
So you're saying Primary school extends into Year 8? O.o
Either that or you start school 2 years later than us.
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[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States"]Education in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Typically standard education is from ages 5-18 and is provided by the government. The way it's divided up is rather arbitrary and there are alternatives (dropping out and getting GED, alternative schools, some areas divide up the school differently) but it's rather irrelevant the details. Then you're an adult and do whatever you want.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Educational_Development"]General Educational Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Higher education has many variations, basically boils down to some sort of certification or other degree. This is typically a 2-4 year program but may extend further due to many other circumstances. After that there are further opportunities such as Masters and PHD and I'm sure many others.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_degree"]Associate degree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree"]Bachelor's degree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master's_degree
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy"]Doctor of Philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Those are the primary routes, there are alternatives but generally most of the population is in public school from 5-18 then some go into work, community college for an Associates or a college/university for a Bachelors. The terms college and university may have once had some distinction between them in the past but my generation uses them pretty interchangeably.