Jun 22, 2009 20:43
14 yrs ago
Danish term
i forste klasse
Danish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
In an article about life in a "Mellem- og Realskole," a former student writes: "En vis geografitime i forste klasse gaar mig aldrig af minde. Vi havde eksamen... Jeg kom op i Vestjylland..." I understand it as "I will never forget a certain geography class (i forste klasse). We had an exam... I was tested on Western Jutland..." Since I'm not overly familiar with the Danish educational system, I'm not sure how to tranlate "i forste klasse." I assume it's not equivalent to American English "in first grade," since those students would be about 6 years old. However, this same article does refer to "little children" as students at the school sometimes...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | sixth grade |
Birthe Omark
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| 4 | freshman |
Charlesp
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sixth grade
Der refereres til Mellem- og realskole, which at the time was 'middle school' or secondary school or grammar school (BRE).
You spent the first 5 years at the local school / small school / village school - and then the children who were academically apt or whose parents could afford it - moved to 'mellemskolen'. So, this was the first grade of this new school.
Mellemskolen: første til fjerde mellem -> mellemskoleeksamen, which would allow you to start at 'gymnasiet' for 3 years and then on to University or the high schools (polytechnics / dentist etc..)
Alternatively the children continued to 'realklassen' for a final exam giving access to vocational education (teacher's training, nurse, office assistent etc.)
You spent the first 5 years at the local school / small school / village school - and then the children who were academically apt or whose parents could afford it - moved to 'mellemskolen'. So, this was the first grade of this new school.
Mellemskolen: første til fjerde mellem -> mellemskoleeksamen, which would allow you to start at 'gymnasiet' for 3 years and then on to University or the high schools (polytechnics / dentist etc..)
Alternatively the children continued to 'realklassen' for a final exam giving access to vocational education (teacher's training, nurse, office assistent etc.)
Example sentence:
Skoleloven af 1903 indførte eksamensmellemskolen, men der skulle gå ikke mindre end et halvt århundrede, før den første mellemskoleklasse i 1951 blev ...
I de to første Mellemskoleklasser fulgtes vi tvillinger ad i samme klasse.
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freshman
Middle school freshman "freshman" being the first class of any school, be it high school or university.
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