BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoWhat country are you from and do you call it 1) elementary, junior high, high school 2) elementary, middle school, high school, 3) primary, ???, secondary?message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareWhat country are you from and do you call it 1) elementary, junior high, high school 2) elementary, middle school, high school, 3) primary, ???, secondary?BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
Fyi: it’s called post secondary because, I think, UK calls it primary, secondary, and after that is post secondary.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoI went to French immersion, so I also heard a lot of “primary” and “secondary” school. Never heard tertiary, only “post-secondary”
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI heard “tertiary education” from an international student. It made me wonder why we call it “post-secondary” when “tertiary” makes more sense.
I went to French immersion, so I also heard a lot of “primary” and “secondary” school. Never heard tertiary, only “post-secondary”
I heard “tertiary education” from an international student. It made me wonder why we call it “post-secondary” when “tertiary” makes more sense.