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Originally posted by Rudey
I hear in Canada they keep students back in high school so you end up going to high school for 13 years. I guess RACooper will find he is in good company with many other students who are held back and aging.
-Rudey
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Grade 13 no longer exists in Ontario. In any case, even when the fifth year existed, the students were not being held back at all. High school simply took five years to complete. Think of it like a post-grad year that some people take in prep schools. (Post graduate years now exist in a couple of private schools in Ontario, for students who might want to take extra courses or upgrade their skills) High school ends in Grade 12 now, just like every other province, excluding Quebec (their system, oddly enough is similar to the school system in the UK, with high school starting in Grade 7 and ending in Grade 11. This is followed by CEGEP, which when completed, is equivilant to the first year of university. Students with two years of CEGEP enter university with their first year credits completed).