At the end of manditory education in England
you take a test in each subject, if you pass you are awarded a General Certificate of Secondary Education. The pass is graded (A,B,C..etc) like a normal test.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 19:45, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

yeah but if no one passed all of them how do they graduate?

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 19:47, Reply)

You arent required to attend school after age 16
you just leave. You use the marks you get for your GCSE exams to apply for further study or jobs
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 19:50, Reply)

The GCSE's are graded
from A-G, with U being the equivalent of a fail.
A-C is considered the grades to aim for, but if you get anything other than a U you're still considered passed.
We don't have official graduation in the UK, and if you do fail your GCSE's you have the option of going to 6th form (like a junior college) to re-take them, or find a job.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 19:50, Reply)

interesting
thanks for my fact of the day
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 19:53, Reply)

Your turn
a fact about US education plz
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 19:59, Reply)

Two students I graduated with were in relationships with english teachers

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 20:00, Reply)