Understanding High School Systems Around the World Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

current NFL player Terrance Knighton received only two scholarship offers coming out of high school.

Sports Illustrated described high school player Kevin Laue as "the most exciting player in basketball" because of his playing skill with only one hand.

Will Harvey created his first commercial computer game when he was only 15 and still in high school.

girls in Poland wear red lingerie underneath their dresses during a studniówka (high school ball).

the 2004 Dean v. Utica U.S. federal case expanded the First Amendment rights of high school journalists, which had been limited by the Supreme Court's 1988 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier ruling.

though students spend their entire high school career at Tech Valley High School in New York's Capital District, their diploma comes from their home school district.

the film Dangerous Minds was based on the true story by the high school teacher Louanne Johnson, My Posse Don't Do Homework.

Ossie Brown, a criminal defense lawyer and former district attorney in Baton Rouge, composed his high school alma mater.

Murray Raney, who developed the Raney nickel catalyst, did not attend high school.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets American college basketball player Thaddeus Young (pictured) was a McDonald's All-American and graduated from high school with a 4.3 grade point average.

Colorado Rep. Stella Garza-Hicks dropped out of high school in the ninth grade.

Matthew Vassar's Springside estate (pictured), Andrew Jackson Downing's only extant work, has been a proposed site for a cemetery, high school and condominiums.

John "Bam" Carney, a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, became well-known in his district through his work as a high school basketball coach.

Katie Sierra was accused of treason and suspended from high school in October 2001 for attempting to start an anarchist club.

John Pittenger, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, was the first legislator to regularly employ high school seniors as legislative pages in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

architect, former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and founder of Lucien Lagrange Architects, Lucien Lagrange was a high school dropout.

Understanding High School Systems Around the World

1 In ________, many state secondary schools name themselves high schools.

2 High school prepares the pupil for the Bagrut examination, which is required to continue to ________ institution and to be accepted for most jobs.

3 In ________, the term "high school" isn't often used to describe schools; nevertheless, the term encompasses grades 9 to 11.

4 All academic classes offered in these schools are classified as honors, ________, or Advanced Placement.

5 "College" is another term often used in the North Island and for ________ and, unlike the United States, does not refer to a university.

6 The school certificate takes place at Year 10, followed by the ________ (HSC) in Year 12.

7 Unlike most ________, high schools in South Korea are neither free nor compulsory.

8 Traditionally "prep schools" in North America were usually private institutions, though most medium or large public (state) school districts now offer ________ for advanced students.

9 Senior ________ is a very popular activity amongst graduating students.

10 In ________ and some areas in Suffolk, Somerset, Staffordshire and Worcestershire there still exists a three-tier education system comprising of First, Middle and High school.

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