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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 09:29 AM Original message |
When was middle school invented? When I went to school, elementary was grade 1-6 |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Middle School is Junior High. |
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mycatfred (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. The school in my town |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. When the baby boom busted, 7th & 8th grade no longer filled the building |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. yeah, and your parents remember when junior high was invented and JH was usually grades 7-9 |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. We had such small schools that elementary was grades 1-8 and |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's how it was when I was in junior high (late 70s) |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. I went to Catholic school... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. my elementary was K-8th |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. We had it 1978-1981 |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Middle school is the same thing as junior high but the term is far more common now |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. my district had jr high (7-9) until the most recent schhol year |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think middle school and junior high are the same thing. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. we had a middle school |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Whoa. Never heard of that last system you described. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would guess around the 50s or 60s. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Middle school and junior high are NOT the same thing |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Don't think so... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. We had a Jr. high here(7th & 8th grade) until sometime in the mid-late-90's. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. When I went it was K-8, then high school |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No Catholic schooling for me |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. hmm, I went to Catholic school 1-6, Junior high 7-9 |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That was my path too - exactly |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. When I was growing up, it was Elementary school 1-6, Jr. High |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. hey how are you? |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. I went to junior high in the early seventies. |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Same here. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. 1-6 primary (elementary) school, 7-9th JR HIGH, 10-12 high school |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Middle school and junior high are not the same. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Did they have history classes back then? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. For me, Junior High was grades 7-9. |
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