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  2. 40 Cringey Behaviors That Scream “I Peaked In High School”

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    Image credits: anon #4. When I was in high school, the cool kids partied hard. They'd get black out drunk and used whatever illegal substances they can get.

  3. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Grade retention or grade repetition is the process of a student repeating a grade after failing the previous year.. In the United States of America, grade retention can be used in kindergarten through to third grade; however, students in high school are usually only retained in the specific failed subject.

  4. Reclassification (education) - Wikipedia

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    Athletes may reclassify to a later year, repeating a grade in high school or middle school to gain an extra year to grow taller and stronger while developing academically and athletically. [3] [4] [5] In some cases, children can be as young as 11 and in elementary school when they are held back.

  5. Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    NAEP reading assessment results are reported as average scores on a 0–500 scale. [46] The Basic Level is 208 and the Proficient Level is 238. [47] The average reading score for grade-four public school students was 219. [48] Female students had an average score that was 7 points higher than male students.

  6. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    "Bruh" originated from the word "brother" and was used by Black men to address each other as far back as the late 1800s. Around 1890, it was recorded as a title that came before someone's name ...

  7. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    a second-year college or high school student (Trinity College Dublin has sophister in this sense); (adj.) the second in a series (as in, an athlete's "sophomore season", a band's "sophomore album") specialty * (UK: speciality, though specialty is used in law and medicine) special election (UK: by-election) spelunking

  8. High school in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Royal High School was used as a model for the first public high school in the United States, Boston Latin School, founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1635. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Boston Latin School was initially a private school, so although it did become the first public high school, a school system in Dedham, Massachusetts was the first to be ...

  9. Middle schoolers read about trans teen. SC governor says it ...

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    The article, which was written by Leo Lipson and ran in Scholastic Choices magazine’s December 2019/January 2020 edition, talks about Lipson’s experience as a transgender 16-year-old, his ...