Lupin, a word!

[~*Liz*~]

I took 3 years of German in high school and one semester in college, and
that's what I've learned.



Here's what I found in About.com <http://www.about.com/>  :  German
students usually attend a Grundschule (Volksschule in Austria) for the
first four years (kindergarten is not mandatory, nor is it usually part
of the public school system). At the age of ten in most Bundesländer,
students and their parents must decide the next step in their education.
That is, which type of school they will attend: Hauptschule, Realschule
or Gymnasium (in that order of prestige and difficulty).

And Gymnasium is a secondary academic school...so you were right ;-)




--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth Snape"
<snapes_witch at ...> wrote:
>
> 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@ 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!
> >
>




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