Poll: What level of education have you reached • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by trouble » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 6:55 AM UTC

thomsopw wrote: post #8

trouble wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True. I was homeschooled, then graduated uni, currently finishing an M.Sc. Do I pick all three options that apply, or just one?

All three.. Go on and live a little.

The question implies that the option you choose reflects your ultimate level of education, thus only one answer should be chosen. I picked three anyway, but I think your poll could be more carefully worded.

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by corin_ » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 6:59 AM UTC

Which option I wonder should be chosen by a non-American who completed school to the required level, but didn't continue on to the level required to go straight into a university? (For example, those who left school after their GCSEs at 16 in the UK.)

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by elliottcarlson » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:03 AM UTC

Dropped out of high school and got my GED.

The full story is that I grew up in Belgium - I moved to the States during Sophomore year, and the schooling was so far behind that I wasn't engaged and quickly became bored. After a year I just couldn't take it anymore and dropped out.

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by gaoshan » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:05 AM UTC

corin_ wrote: post #12

Which option I wonder should be chosen by a non-American who completed school to the required level, but didn't continue on to the level required to go straight into a university? (For example, those who left school after their GCSEs at 16 in the UK.)

Maybe the "Graduated High School" choice would be the closest for that.

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by corin_ » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:06 AM UTC

gaoshan wrote: post #14

corin_ wrote: post #12

Which option I wonder should be chosen by a non-American who completed school to the required level, but didn't continue on to the level required to go straight into a university? (For example, those who left school after their GCSEs at 16 in the UK.)

Maybe the "Graduated High School" choice would be the closest for that.

But does "Graduated High School" imply "finished the standard education expected" (equivilent to GCSEs in the UK) or "finished the education required to move straight on to university" (equivilent to A Levels in the UK). If the latter, maybe "Dropped out of High School" is a better choice.

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by gaoshan » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:08 AM UTC

ampledata wrote: post #4

'Some university' isn't the same as 'Dropped out of university'.

My brother has "some university". Though now that he's 37 and working as a cook I think it's safe to say he dropped out.

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by michaelhart » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:15 AM UTC

elliottcarlson wrote: post #13

Dropped out of high school and got my GED. The full story is that I grew up in Belgium - I moved to the States during Sophomore year, and the schooling was so far behind that I wasn't engaged and quickly became bored. After a year I just couldn't take it anymore and dropped out.

I hate it that the first thing you got to experience in the US was our crummy education system. My condolences. :(

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by cajeme » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:15 AM UTC

graduated uni

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by stan_rogers » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:46 AM UTC

corin_ wrote: post #15

gaoshan wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe the "Graduated High School" choice would be the closest for that.

But does "Graduated High School" imply "finished the standard education expected" (equivilent to GCSEs in the UK) or "finished the education required to move straight on to university" (equivilent to A Levels in the UK). If the latter, maybe "Dropped out of High School" is a better choice.

You're not alone there. In Ontario, Canada, we used to have a thirteenth grade as University prep, but Grade XII got you a high school diploma if you weren't Uni bound. (Grade XII would get you into a college of applied arts and technology or -- if anyone here is old enogh to remember those days -- straight into the workforce.) In Quebec, there is CEGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel) between high school and University, and it functions both as a trade school and as the equivalent of an A-level, depending on which track you choose to take. I'd say that if you were handed a diploma after completing elementary education but before graduating University, it's safe to say you graduated high school in your context.

Re: Poll: What level of education have you reached

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Post by arn » Mon, Nov 08, 2010, 7:46 AM UTC

mfukar wrote: post #6

arn wrote: post #3

seems masters, doctorate work should be represented. and homeschooled doesn't necessarily exclude higher education. edit: ah, you can vote for more than one. wasn't clear.

You can vote for both homeschooled and something else.

ya, but the numbers are meaningless since it's not clear. And some people are voting for multiple across everything they've graduated (including the author of the poll) which negates the implied highest reached of the poll. If you are meant to vote for multiple and not single ones, then the number of high school graduates should exceed the sum of all University numbers. Not everyone is doing it, but some are.