[quote=@TheIrishJJ]
Thanks! I don't suppose someone could tell this Brit how american schools work? Further than freshman = first year of high school =ninth grade = year 10 I have no knowledge.
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[i]I am here to explain things!

Our grades go as follows:
Pre-school (not required), Kindergarten, & then 1st - 12th.
From 1st - 8th grade they are just numbers. 6-8th grade, sometimes just 7-8th is considered Jr High School.
9-12th grade is considered High School. Where we are Freshman, Sophmores, Juniors, Seniors. 9th, 10, 11th, 12th, respectively.

Age that we start school is around 3-5 in Preschool and Kindergarten.
Every school year you age probably a year or so- so most people are between 16-18 when they graduate.[/i]