New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels - eviltoast
    • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
      51·
      1 year ago

      6th grade is 11. Unless you have a weird birthday or got held back High School starts around 13-14 years. Maybe you started late? That benefits a lot of kids but most kids graduate highschool at 17/18 not 20.

      • Metacortechs@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        Don’t think so, I have a 9 year old who turns 10 in February in the 4th grade in the US. They’ve never been held back, started at the right time etc. That puts us 8 years from graduation, at 18.

        edit: I’m tired and didn’t read your comment correctly. You are right. We’ll start 6th grade at 11. Leaving so everyone can point and laugh. Sorry!

      • Chunk@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 year ago

        Or I misremembered. Sometimes your fellow commenters on Lemmy make mistakes.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh, I was thinking it would be the same as the UK system.

      Even better then. I was reading Lord of the Rings by that age.