Quote: Originally posted by simsample
Although in some parts of Europe a gynmasium is a place where you do gymnastics; secondary school is for teens; College and Uni are distinct and for adults. Sims is very confusing for some of us! And why are there no letterboxes?
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In my country (Netherlands) Gymnasium is like a preparatory high school (according to wikipedia). Starting at 12/13 years old. This is where Ancient Greek and Latin is taught and they have a more academic way of teaching. Then you have next to that Atheneum. Both which are called VWO. Both prep for university. And in addition (same age bracket still), you have HAVO (prep for high school) and VMBO. (more practical) There were even more some 20 years ago.
Like someone else already mentioned highschool is higher education here, alongside university. This is sometimes why it is weird to me when I hear people from other countries talk about university as if it is useless. But such a study would probably be a highschool study over here (like marketing, communication, art etc). These tend to be useless if there is no market for it when you finish.
On the other hand , I don't really see a physics, economy or math master degree as useless regardless of market situation in my country