[HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 1025

[Lina]

Acire wrote: 

<snip of a bunch of jazz concerning SATs, APs, ELM, EPT>

> Did I miss anything?

We also have the ACT, a six-part examination which is predominately used in the
Southern states. IIRC, it consists of Reading Comprehension, Mathematics,
Science Reasoning, English Grammar (certain parts are repeated, though for the
life of me I can't recall which). The highest possibly score is a 36 for each
section as well as the composite score (which is an average of the other
scores). I believe that northern universities will accept these standalone,
though I cannot be certain as I took the SAT and the ACT. (Thinking of that,
there are also the SAT II tests which are "extra" tests in various subjects --
foreign languages, writing, histories, mathematics, etc. Certain universities
will use them in lieu of placement examinations so that a student could,
perhaps, forgo lower levels of a foreign language, etc.)

> "p.s What are s'mores? They were mentioned in a TBAY post ages ago, by
> Derannimer, I think, and I meant to ask then but I forgot."
> 
> S'mores accompany campfires or beach bonfires. They are composed of graham
> crackers, topped with a piece of chocalate and a roasted marshmallow. They're
> quite good.

And messy. Very messy. I've never been all that fond of s'mores for such a
reason; GORP, on the other hand... yum. :9 (Gorp is a dried fruit/nut/chocolate
mix commonly stuffed into the sacks of girl/boy scouts before going on their
scouting-duties, whatever those may be. They usually would have some left over
the following Monday and would share with the rest of us "poor" non-scouting
souls.) 


Dumbledad wrote: 

> I don't think this confusion has crept in yet but it's worth bearing 
> in mind that the word "school" in the UK usually equates to the 
> words "high school" (or earlier schooling) in the USA, and the 
> word "school" in the USA equates to "college" or "university" in the 
> UK. At least that's my experience.

Not quite, though this is really a dialect thing. I am also from Louisiana
(though from the French-speaking section and I believe [judging from her
address] Richelle is from the Florida parish area?) and, as Richelle wrote, if
I were by home, I would refer to everything as "school" (well, if speaking
English). If I were being specific, I would differentiate them by either their
specific names or else to higher education only as "university." However I have
encounted people here in Boston, Mass (where I currently am an university
student [another dialectal difference -- "college" can be "university" {with a
graduate school, etc.} or "college" {a smaller, yet still large, section of a
university or an institute of higher education for undergraduates only} for
most) who use "school" in reference only to higher education, as well as those
who use it in reference only to primary education (that is elementary school,
high school, etc.). It all depends. 


Lina, who is frustrated daily with dialectal differences and still refers to
carbonated breverages as "cold drink" or "coke" 

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