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Beyond the Boundaries RP

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Beyond the Boundaries RP

Linda chose to tag along with the rest of the group. Not having any specific destination in mind, she just let Jennifer take the lead for a while. It’s not like she had any idea where anything even was on the ship, anyway; Linda was content to just explore and see what they found. A glowing light coming from the edges of one of the doors quickly caught the group’s attention.

Linda’s eyes widened as she entered the museum. She really couldn’t believe that Qyx was just flying around with all this lavish stuff. (Who has a built-in museum on their spaceship, anyway?) In fact, she wasn’t sure how the whole museum fit on the spaceship, anyway, as the whole thing sure seemed to be a lot bigger on the inside than it looked from the outside. At any rate, while she didn’t understand the date system on a lot of the artifacts, she couldn’t help but think that quite a few of the items were from Earth’s own future. She quickly averted her eyes as if she’d just stumbled across a bunch of spoilers on the internet that she didn’t want to read, thinking it wasn’t right to look at them. She wondered if even knowing anything about the future could potentially cause some sort of freaky paradox. It worried her a little.

Devon then suggested that they should look around more, maybe try to find the kitchen. Linda nodded. She hadn’t tried much alien food while she was still in shock-mode, so she was suddenly curious as to what Qyx had to offer. “Yeah, I haven’t tried much food from Qyx’s, uh, home planet.” she replied hesitantly. “What planet did she say she was from, again?”

As they continued to wander, Devon mentioned how he couldn’t imagine being here 24 hours ago. “Oh, man, you have no idea.” Linda quickly spoke up. “When I saw one of those fliers, I wasn’t even totally sure if it was serious, but I packed anyway.” she started to explain. “And then… when we actually started boarding the ship, I just couldn’t believe any of it was actually happening. And, like, I felt like I was the only one really, you know, freaking out about the whole thing.” she told him. “I mean, how is everyone else so calm about all this?!” she laughed, a bit nervously, still not 100% sure how to feel about the whole experience.

She then noticed Nathaniel standing in the middle of the hallway, looking rather lost. “You ok, man?” she asked him. “We’re uh… just kind of exploring if you wanna join us.” she offered.

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Magic Magnum said
My understanding of it is that they also have your middle school and high school.But High School ends at Grade 10 or 11 depending on where in Japan you live (I believe England in similliar there, but they can also end in Grade 12 in some (but few) areas. Plus, both countries have mandatory uniforms... >.<).And students also take tests among joining to the school, being divided into classes depending on academic performance.How close was I?

You probably understand it better than I do.

As a Canadian, my understanding was that it's because Kidnergarten was/is largely seen as daycare/childcare, not a place for children to really sit down and do academic work. All the academic stuff wouldn't really start until Grade 1, hence the name difference.Yet, oddly enough professions like ECE (Early Childhood Education) will claim that it's already too academically focused, and needs to adopt a more 'play to learn' approach.To which I assume Kindergarten varies a ton depending on the school and the teacher, because I remember far more playing and being silly in it than I do school work as a kid.And today when I'm in a Kindergarten room as a placement student they really do spend the whole day playing, with minimal time set aside of sitting children done and directly teaching them something in an academic manner.

o.o No... Kindergarten here (at least as I remember it) was a bit more than just daycare. While there was quite a bit of playtime (I mean, you're dealing with 5-year-olds), I also remember learning the basics of how to read and write in kindergarten. Plus, I think it's supposed to warm kids up to the idea of what it's like to be in a school environment (you know, lots of other kids around, one adult who's in charge, etc...).

So yeah, there's kind of an important first step happening there. It's not just a place for parents to drop their kids off during the day.

I do admit, as a Canadian the whole common core thing exploding in America has confused me as well.I don't even know what the issue is, or what common core is really trying to do.I assume by the name of core that it's trying to reinforce a "One size fits all" approach? But I've seen nothing either confirming or dismissing that so far.

No, it's basically a new set of standards that politicians are trying to force onto schools, making kids learn English, math and science "better" and "faster".

The reason why there's such an uproar about it is because politicians don't understand how education works and they're forcing standards onto students faster than the teachers can re-work their entire system to keep up. Not to mention, this also worsens an already very broken education system for more complicated reasons...

Boy am I glad I managed to graduate high school just as all that was starting, so I didn't have to suffer through much of it.

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booksmusicanime said
I started going to school when I was three! Preschool fun times! Yea just bring up America's education system. Freaking common core crap.

See, I wasn't even gonna mention that.

I was just talking about tiny weird things that America does, like the way the names for the grade level systems don't make a ton of sense, and neither does our measurement system. ...Nor does the language we speak. But, at least we're not alone in that regard.

...But still English is like the worst language you guys.

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Neobullseye said
I'm assuming that this is not counting kindergarten then? Because where I'm from, children first go to school when they're four or five, depending on their day of birth.

Well yeah. Kids typically enter kindergarten at 4 or 5, but that's kindergarten. They don't enter what we call "first grade" until after kindergarten.

As an American, I will acknowledge the fact that there are a lot of things about this country that don't make any sense. I don't blame you guys for getting confused. I remember spending a lot of time as a kid wondering why "first grade" was labeled as such when it didn't actually come first.

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xcalx1dw said
Yeah I have no idea what way grades go.....I wanna say first grade is when your four.....

Generally, first grade is when you're 6. 12th grade is when you're 18, for most.

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xcalx1dw said
Oh I understand that, I just don't understand grades.....or what stage middle school is....

"Middle school" = 7-8th grade (or sometimes 6-8th grade, depending on where you live).

"High school" = 9-12th grade.

I can also (sort of) explain Japanese school level divisions if anyone needs me to, since that tends to confuse a lot of anime-viewers and the like. Just, you know, while I'm here.

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xcalx1dw said
Me no understand

Magic Magnum said
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It's ok. I posted that at 12:15 in the morning when I was in a really weird mood.

I'm not even entirely sure what I was going for, there. That meme's supposed to be in reference to nostalgia. o.o

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booksmusicanime said
Yep I'm a middle schooler. I think I have said it. May've been a while.

Beyond the Boundaries RP

Ahahahaha my finals haven't even started yet. D: Right now everything's just crazy because Thanksgiving break is almost here so all the professors want to get as many things wrapped up before then as possible.

Then, after Thanksgiving break, I'll have one week of classes... and then finals.

Yaaaaay.

Edit: I just realized I kept saying "midterms" when I meant "finals" because I thought you guys said "finals" and now I don't know what we're talking about anymore.