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I have a hopefully easy research question for my US friends - about the way the school system works. I know there are differences state-to-state, but I'm just looking for a rough idea.
In the UK, assuming you live in the same place throughout your childhood, you'll probably go to either two or three different schools. I went to three: "Infant" school from five to eight, "Junior" school from eight to eleven, and high school from eleven until eighteen.
Does it work approximately that way in the US? I get that impression from TV, at least.
Basically, this is background for my SPN fic: I'm looking for how old the boys would have been at a time when they were both school age but weren't at the same school. (Dean is four years older than Sam.)
ETA: Answered in record time! Thanks, guys :-)
In the UK, assuming you live in the same place throughout your childhood, you'll probably go to either two or three different schools. I went to three: "Infant" school from five to eight, "Junior" school from eight to eleven, and high school from eleven until eighteen.
Does it work approximately that way in the US? I get that impression from TV, at least.
Basically, this is background for my SPN fic: I'm looking for how old the boys would have been at a time when they were both school age but weren't at the same school. (Dean is four years older than Sam.)
ETA: Answered in record time! Thanks, guys :-)
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In that scenario, Sam could be in fourth grade (around 9 years old) and Dean would be in seventh (about 12). Or fifth/eighth. Sam in seventh and Dean in Ninth would work, too.
That's very confusing, I think. Sorry.
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Sounds like I want Dean to be 12, which will work. It's just a background thing anyhow, but I want it to sound right.
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