Database: Fic Recommendations by kelleyelf (Sat Aug 23 07:45:06 2003)
| Title | Author | Description / Rating | Location | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Slytherin Rising |
J.L. Matthews |
pg-13-R |
Fanfiction.net, Schnoogle section of Fiction Alley |
It is an epic fanfic that brings Slytherin House into the light side. |
A Fool’s Choices |
Morphea |
PG-13 |
fanfiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2307768/1/) |
A book 7 story written entirely from Snape’s POV. Very witty and sarcastic. Depicts the whole schoolyear, including Snape spying on the Death Eaters for the Order and Voldemort’s attempts to attack Hogwarts. Novel length |
After the End |
Arabella & Zsenya |
R (but a mild R, I’d say) |
SugarQuill |
Post-Hogwarts but written pre-OOP. H/G, R/H, S/R. Full novel length. |
Database: School system comparison by nlpnt (Thu Feb 21 16:45:35 2002)
Work in progress- feel free to add
| Student age* | US/Canada** | UK (typical) | HP | Australia | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 |
Seventh grade |
UK children start secondary school at age 12 (at least that’s when my sister started) and are called 1st years (marl2580) |
Second year |
Grade 6 |
|
9 |
Fourth grade |
Primary 5 |
Grade 3 |
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16 |
Eleventh grade (h.s. junior) |
Lower Sixth Form -AS levels |
Sixth year |
4th Year High School [Senior] |
|
4 (*at start of school year) |
pre-kindergarten |
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20 |
4th Year College and so on.. [Depends on the course. i.e. Engineering 4-5 years.] |
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17 |
Twelfth grade (h.s. senior)-final year in most areas |
Upper Sixth Form - A Levels - (in Scotland are Highers) |
Seventh (and final) year |
1st Year College |
|
18 |
Grade 13 (only in some Canadian provinces) |
2nd Year College |
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10 |
Fifth grade |
Year 6 - final year of Junior School (Primary 6 [marl2580]) |
Grade 4 |
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19 |
3rd Year College |
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7 |
Second grade |
Primary 3 |
Grade 1 |
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5(*at start of school year) |
Kindergarten |
Primary 1. With the all-through numbering system, the common tendency is to refer to "First School |
certainly in a Middle School area |
where the first transfer is at Year 5. (gbannister)" |
Unknown |
Kinder 1 |
6 |
First grade (**In Canada, cardinal numbers are used. Grade one, grade two, etc.) |
Year 2 - final year of Infants School (Primary 2) |
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Kinder 2 |
15 |
Tenth grade (h.s. sophomore) |
Year 11 - GCSE, formerly O Levels - (in Scotland are Standard Grades - also in UK can leave school when turn 16 [marl2580) |
Fifth year |
|
3rd Year High School [Junior] |
11 |
Sixth grade |
Year 7 - first year of secondary school NB: until about 7 or 8 years ago, the UK secondary school system used a numbering system like that in the HP books - i.e. the numbering started afresh in the first year of secondary school, so this would have been called 'First Year' all over again. (vheggie) - sorry I thought this was primary 7? marl2580 "New" number system was introduced around the late 1980s. It was certainly in use when my school reorganised its age structure in 1990. (gbannister10) |
First year |
|
Grade 5 |
8 |
Third grade |
Primary 4 |
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Grade 2 |
13 |
Eighth grade |
2nd year |
Third year |
|
1st Year High School [Freshman] |
14 |
Ninth grade (high school freshman) |
third year |
Fourth year |