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What do you think of this education system?
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What do you think of this education system?

I'm going to give you an overview of what is the standard education system in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
1. Primary school- child starts school when they're five in Primary 1, P1.
Child's last year of Primary school is P7, when they are 11. In P7 you sit a nationwide exam called the Eleven Plus, and if you do well in it, you can go to a "Grammar School." If you do badly, you'll go to a Secondary School.
2. Secondary/Grammar School- from age twelve to eighteen, you will attend a Secondary or Grammar School. Seven more years in with the same people. When you're 16 you have the option to quit after GCSE exams. Quitting after GCSE's gives you a few options; go to another school. Go to Technical college and learn a trade. Do A level exams at Tech and go to university.
3. A level exams; what I'm currently doing right now. You do them from when you're 17 to when you're 18, then you can go to university (like me).

Personally, I prefer the North American model were there is a middle school between High School and Elementary School.
Why? Think logically. It isn't a great idea to have a school with twelve year olds and eighteen year olds mixed together. Keep in mind there will be some eleven year olds and some 19 year olds as well.
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What do you think of this education system?

I think grouping people by age is a terrible idea in general. There's none of that in the real world, mostly.

If people absolutely have to be grouped for some reason, it should be according to interests, subject, or ability in that particular subject. Age is meaningless.

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RE: What do you think of this education system?

Yes I would agree with you there, but for the sake of actually comparing systems I think that the 3 tier school is a better idea than the two schools we have.
Yes, grouping people by age isn't the greatest idea, because you are foolishly believing that everyone of a certain age can be taught in the same way. Especially when you consider the shown gaps in learning between boys around 5 years and girls of that same age.
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