Re: Life skills being failed by the tasc test and common core
cea jones just about hit the American system on the head. just to summarize and fill in a few points.
an associates degree is usually 2 years at most and usually gotten at community college. it focuses on general studies. even if you go to a 4 year university you will have to take general education courses anyway. the pull for people to do their gen eds, as they are refirred to, at a community college instead of doing them along side other classes at at 4 year university is the community college is much less expensive than a 4 year university. and can be more flexible on the schedule if you were a parent or working part or full time along with going to school.
a bachelors degree is usually 4 years at an accredited 4 year university. this is what is called a major. as cea jones said is split up into arts or science. the difference is that a bachelors of arts does not require a science with a lab, e.g. meteorology. where a bachelors of science does, e.g. chemis
try, biology, or physics. a bachelors is considered undergraduate studies or an undergraduate degree.
a masters is another 2-3 years on top of a bachelors. this is considered graduate studies or grad school. it doesn't have to specifically be what you studied as an under grad, but a masters is supposed to build and add knowledge and understanding to your bachelors degree.
finally a PHD is a doctorate. and depends so heavily on many factors i can't detail many of its aspects.
most american schools start out in elementary school. Kindergarden at age 5 and ending with 5th grade at age 11. middle school is grades 6-8 and tipically have ages 11-14. high school is grades 9-12 with ages 14-18. variations of grouping different grades together exist, but this is the more common approach. once you complete 12th grade you are said to have graduated high school and will then get your high school diploma. if you do not graduate from high school you can get the GED as people have previously talked about.
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