OWLs

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 61815

<<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, DBoyken at a... For those of us 
in America, could you explain this? I know British children take "O-
levels" and I understand that these are qualifying exams, but we 
don't have an American equivalent. You don't advance in one subject 
but not in others.>>> 

The Sergeant Majorette says:

In New York, we have something similar -- Regents Exams. You need a 
certain number of Regents credits for your diploma to be a Regents 
diploma, which, in my day, was necessary to get into college. You 
could take the "Regents" at the end of the term in which you took the 
course, but most of them seemed to come during junior year of high 
school. Theoretically, you could graduate without any Regents 
credits, but unless you had an uncle in the union, you could forget 
about a decent job.
--JDR