School year system in the UK/Gluttony

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 128788

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens 
<rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
(Snip)> Kindergarteners had recess alone.  First and second
> together, third and fourth, and fifth and sixth, were
> paired.  7-12 all had recess together at the same time. 

> So, what you're suggesesting seems odd to me.  I can sort of get 
the separate common rooms (or at least two common rooms, one for 
older, one for younger) but beyond that it just seems strange.


Tonks:
Well I didn't realize that there was so much variety is the US. I 
went to school back in the dark ages in a small town. We had 
different building for the K-6, 7-8, and 9-12. And 7-12 did not have 
recess. Can you imagine the sorts of trouble that age group could 
get into by having recess? And this was in the 50's, early 60's, 
when the worst that would happen is some older kids might sneek off 
to have a cigarette. I can't imagine it today!  Kids in what the US 
calls Jr. High (7 & 8) would pick up some very bad ideas from kids 
in 9-12. And that(Jr.High) is the age group that are most 
impressionable, so IMO they should be kept seperate. Younger than 
7th grade just need to be protected more from everyone. I can't 
imagine that there wouldn't be some serious problems with mixing all 
of these grades. Of coures, in the old days... when my parents went 
to school they had the old one room country school and everyone was 
there. But those were much different days and I think that kids were 
more mature back then.

Tonks_op