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Morgan Briarwood ([personal profile] briarwood) wrote2009-01-08 06:49 pm

Question

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 :-)
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[identity profile] geonncannon.livejournal.com 2009-01-08 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know! I was just worried about all those numbers (I'm so not a numbers person ;-D)