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Post by Ashley on Dec 7, 2007 0:20:44 GMT
stupid question... did the girls ever graduate from high school? I thought they were like 17 or so when b*witched made it big.
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Post by Hayley on Dec 7, 2007 0:42:41 GMT
you can leave school at 16 here and you dont need to graduate, you take all the exams when you leave whichs gives you grades and stuff, although i think its different in ireland, so im really not much help!
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Post by The Animal on Dec 7, 2007 0:53:45 GMT
Yeah. I think they did. In some way or another.
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Post by Hayley on Dec 7, 2007 11:12:13 GMT
the record company said they were a year younger than they actually were, so thats probably where all the confusion comes from.
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Post by Ashley on Dec 7, 2007 15:47:14 GMT
oo yeah forgot about that!!! No fare u guys get out of school at 16!!!!! im moving to london!!
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Post by classof09 on Dec 7, 2007 23:46:35 GMT
we can too, i know some kids that dropped out of my school at 16. that's the age you can drop out but it's best to stay in school cause a mind is a terrible thing to waste  |
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Post by The Animal on Dec 8, 2007 0:31:21 GMT
I graduated at 19. That's what happens when you're held back a grade and have a birthday early in the year. Yep. Also, it's "fair", not "fare".  |
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Post by Wolf on Dec 8, 2007 5:55:56 GMT
I graduated when I was 19 as well...my older brother was really stupid, he dropped out and on my Graduation Day he told me that he regrets dropping out of high school...
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Post by Robin Morbid on Dec 8, 2007 6:17:35 GMT
I've had friends that have dropped out and then just went for their GED's....
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Post by Wolf on Dec 8, 2007 19:24:07 GMT
My brother is just stupid...he didn't go for a GED  which pisses me right off |
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Post by The Animal on Dec 8, 2007 21:06:36 GMT
Well, that's your brother's life. It'll come back to bite him the a** one day, don't you worry.
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Post by slowcheetah9 on Dec 8, 2007 23:15:07 GMT
I live in such a small town that nobody's dropped out. The high school is the size of my middle school in Vegas... If I was going to school in Vegas, I would have known MANY people who dropped out.
I believe Lindsay DID finish school, but I heard that the other girls left. They finished school by Irish and UK standards, because you are done with school at 16 if you don't plan on going to university but not American standards. (or at least didn't go to "college", which is the equivalent of the last 2 years of school in America) You guys call it sixth form or something, don't you?
Anyway, I would assume that Sinead and Edele did, because in the Q magazine article, Edele talked about having a degree, and the TV3 article talked about Sinead having a degree in something-or-other.
Don't know if anyone in the UK knows this, but in America "college" and "university" are the same thing, not 2 different levels...
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Post by Towe on Dec 8, 2007 23:30:14 GMT
Graduated at 18. My best friend, who lives in England started school at 4, left school at 15 before going to 'Uni' at like 17 (She left like a semester later) I would have loved to have gone to school in England. I wouldnt have minded taking those CGEC's (which is kinda like the SATs) I could have been getting ready to leave school for good.
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Post by OnLineGenie on Dec 9, 2007 19:41:57 GMT
They finished school by Irish and UK standards, because you are done with school at 16 if you don't plan on going to university There are three times you can leave: At age 16 after taking GCSEs (General Certificate in Secondary Education). They were called O levels (for ordinary) when I was at school. At age 18 after taking A levels (for advanced) At age 21 after taking a degree. This applies in the UK; I don't know what the Irish system is. Yes, the two years of A level study are called sixth form. In the UK we don't graduate from school - we only graduate when we get a degree. I left school early and went back to evening classes some years later, so I was quite a bit older than average when I graduated! It was my school reunion just over a week ago and one of my friends was telling me not to skimp on spending money when my daughter graduates from university: spend what it takes and enjoy every moment of her special day. I reassured him that I have every intention of going to my daughter's graduation. It's only fair - she went to mine! |
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Post by Hayley on Dec 9, 2007 21:10:35 GMT
I left when i was 17 half way through A levels, i can probably find out how it works in Ireland if there is anyone that really wants to know.
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which pisses me right off