Lupin, a word!

[Elizabeth Snape]

Yeah, I found out recently that the US school system is based on the 
German one, so we're the ones that have kindergarten.  And the word 
gymnasium too, although it doesn't mean the same thing.  I vaguely 
remember the German meaning is the same as our high school.  Feel 
free to correct me.

Snape's Witch

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Wolfie!" <wuff at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > (BTW, I've never heard any non-pretentious native of the UK use 
the 
> > word 'kindergarten'. We call it 'nursery school' or 'playgroup'.)
> 
> I can see that the Aussie system doesn't follow the British system
> as closely as I had thought.
> 
> Kindergarten is German = Childs Garden.
> 
> There are Creches here now for kids, but they're not really a
> kindergarten, I think they're more like a place to leave the kids
> while Mum works.
> 
> Although I sort of got the impression that's what my entire school
> life was for.
> 
> Sitting there bored to tears, wondering what was "out there".
> 
> Wolfie!
>