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[Fly_like_a_don 1,089]

4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Is class 9 the same as year 9 in GB or grade 9 in the US (we really need some universal terms for education levels)

Grade 9 as in US

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2 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Grade 9 as in US

Except that we don’t actually call it grade 9, we call it “Freshman year”.

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8 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Except that we don’t actually call it grade 9, we call it “Freshman year”.

Oh k. BTW how many languages are thought in schools and colleges compulsorily in US. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

7 hours ago, MHSN said:

 

Protests are about the whole system which is terrible

 

not sure if you guys are familiar with politics in Lebanon. but there are 3 big groups in Lebanon. Sunnis, Shias, and Christians, they had bloody civil war for years and to make "peace" they created a unique political system. they have election , which is probably fair and democratic but per rules. the prime minister should be a sunni, the president should be a christian and the parliament speaker should be a Shia. and it doesn't matter who has the majority in the parliament , that rule never changes. and if I'm not wrong (I'm not sure about this part) people only can vote for their own groups. I mean christian people only vote for christian members of the parliament and etc.

 

it seems people don't like it anymore. this is a terrible system to be honest but there is no alternative right now, any other system may lead them again to another civil war.

 

PS: what I wrote here is probably not 100% accurate about the political system in Lebanon ( there should be more details and ifs) but you can consider it almost correct.

That's both kind of interesting and a really bizarre system...yay religion. Again.

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8 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Oh k. BTW how many languages are thought in schools and colleges compulsorily in US. 

Most students need 2 years of foreign language on High School, and then 2 years in college. Most high schools only offer Spanish and French. Colleges offer different languages. Mine offers French, Spanish, and Italian. I know a about universities also offer Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Hawaiian.

[heywoodu 15,135]

16 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Most students need 2 years of foreign language on High School, and then 2 years in college. Most high schools only offer Spanish and French. Colleges offer different languages. Mine offers French, Spanish, and Italian. I know a about universities also offer Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Hawaiian.

Choose Portuguese. Always. Portuguese  

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Just now, heywoodu said:

Choose Portuguese. Always. Portuguese  

That would get in the way of my Spanish, French, and hopefully Icelandic though 

[bestmen 2,817]

Chile abondonned the host of the COP25 scheduled the next december because of the social crizis

 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

I guess we didn’t rake the leaves enough this year 

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