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2006年10月20日 · At/In High school b) When I was In/at high school IN Use 'in' with spaces: in a room / in a building; in a garden / in a park; Use 'at' with static (non-movement) verbs and places: at the cinema; at work; at home; AT Use 'at' with places: at the bus-stop; at the door; at the cinema; at the end of the street
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2016年11月16日 · I agree that if you are talking about the time when you were a high-school student, "in high school" or "at high school" is correct. That is, course, the most likely meaning. But many sentences could be concocted where a different preposition would be needed, for example: When I was still on high school property, I felt unsafe. I was relieved ...
Can “alma mater” refer to any school you’ve graduated from, not …
They have a tradition of "introducing" each team's starters with a video snippet, where the player states his name and alma mater (e.g., "Tony Romo, Eastern Illinois University"). Some time back, a few players started saying the names of their high …
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2011年10月22日 · Some places divide the twelve years into grades 1-6 (elementary school), 7-9 (junior high school), and 10-12 (high school). Others may consider kindergarten part of elementary school, which may cover K-5, followed by 6-8 (middle school) and 9-12 (high school). I'm familiar with those two systems; I believe there are also others.
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It would be "the Pittsburgh High School Principal's office" (used as a title) or "the Pittsburgh High School's principal's office" (descriptive common noun belonging to the school). – Ben Voigt Commented Jan 27, 2012 at 19:52
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2013年4月7日 · I know that to describe which year you're in, with American English, people usually use words like: Freshmen - 1st year college/university student Sophomore - 2nd year Junior - 3rd year Senior -...
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2007年2月15日 · I attended a three-year high school, so I started as a sophomore. The previous year, I was a ninth-grader (at a different school), not a freshman. And for your trivia du jour, the word sophomore comes from the Greek words meaning wisdom and foolishness (having the cognates sophisticated and moronic), because a second-year student thinks he is ...
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2017年9月19日 · At graduation from high school or college, everyone graduating is called "the graduating class", and the student with the highest grades for the whole four years is called the "class valedictorian" of the graduating class. Often, they give a speech at the graduation ceremony. The other speeches are all by teachers.