• QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        5 days ago

        Not American here, but isn’t any structured organisation providing what is essentially a schooling service considered a school? Asking genuinely

        • smeg@feddit.uk
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          4 days ago

          I suppose technically yes, but not in normal conversation (in Britain at least). It’s not like it’s completely nonsensical, but to us school is primary and secondary education, higher education is university; they’re distinctly different things and saying “gets kicked out of school” would be way less ambiguous.

    • andioop@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      edit-2
      5 days ago

      I’d imagine that you graduate high school at 18 and choose to go to college for the next 4, meaning you graduate as a 22-year old. Add or subtract a year for birthdays that align oddly with the academic year.

      • Flamekebab@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        3 days ago

        In much of the world “school” does not refer to higher education. Unless you meant that you went back to your high school at 32.

        Edit: looks at negative score Did I need some emojis or some shit to make it clear that I was taking the piss? Back to “school” with you lot.

          • Flamekebab@piefed.social
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            edit-2
            4 days ago

            I didn’t make the initial comment and I would have thought it was pretty bloody obvious I was making a joke with my second sentence. I was trying to make the explanation less dry, but thanks for the hostility. Reminds me of fuckin’ Reddit.

      • Flamekebab@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        3 days ago

        Calling university “school” is not a universal practice in English.

        Edit: last time I explain someone else’s comment…