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Conges terminology question

167 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	estudiante de primero de media del colegio
Context:	El segundo lugar correspondió a la joven X, estudiante de primero de media del colegio...
Keywords:	...Dominican Republic high school student who has won a short story writing contest.

The answer of Peonia Kempenich was rated best

Ninth grade or Freshman year

My comment:

RD - La educación media no es obligatoria, aunque es deber del Estado ofrecerla gratuitamente. Atiende al grupo de edad 14-18 años y está organizada en un tronco común de dos años de duración y tres modalidades de dos años de estudio que ofrece tres diferentes opciones: general o académica, técnico-profesional (sector industrial, agropecuario y servicios) y artística.

USA - Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 14 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday is. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school, or the last year of middle school. In America, it is often called Freshman year.

The DR is so much different from Mexico!!! I did not know this.

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