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3. Place where [[BreakTheCutie children are sent to become teenagers]]. If walls could talk, these wouldn't. They'd just stand there and ''angst''.
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3. Place where [[BreakTheCutie children are sent to become teenagers]]. If walls could talk, these wouldn't. They'd just stand there and ''angst''. \n This is common enough to be a trope in itself: MiddleSchoolIsMiserable.
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->''Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. You got kids like me who haven't hit their growth spurt yet mixed in with [[TeensAreMonsters these gorillas who need to shave twice a day]].''
-->--'''Greg Heffley''', ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''
-->--'''Greg Heffley''', ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''
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->''Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. You got kids like me who haven't hit their growth spurt yet mixed in with [[TeensAreMonsters these gorillas who need to shave twice a day]].day.''
-->--'''Greg -->-- '''Greg Heffley''', ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''
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->'''Edgar Bergen:''' All [in Happy Valley] was misery.\\
'''Charlie [=McCarthy=]:''' Just like the eighth grade.
-->-- ''Mickey and the Beanstalk''
'''Charlie [=McCarthy=]:''' Just like the eighth grade.
-->-- ''Mickey and the Beanstalk''
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'''Charlie [=McCarthy=]:''' Just
-->-- ''Mickey and the Beanstalk''
-->--'''Greg Heffley''', ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''
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There are real differences in educational philosophy behind the name shift from "junior high" to "middle school" starting in the 1970s, as well as a matter of teacher prestige. However, due to the localized nature of American public education, some districts took these on board more or less than others, regardless of whether they actually changed the name on the building or not. Thus, in the public mind (and therefore in fiction), the two terms are used interchangeably. The older term's stickiness in media is not only due to MostWritersAreAdults but that [[SoCalization Los Angeles Unified School District was a late adopter]], only changing over in the 1990s.
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There are real differences in educational philosophy behind the name shift from "junior high" to "middle school" starting in the 1970s, as well as a matter of teacher prestige. However, due to the localized nature of American public education, some districts took these on board more or less than others, regardless of whether they actually changed the name on the building or not. Thus, in the public mind (and therefore in fiction), the two terms are used interchangeably. The older term's stickiness in media is not only due to MostWritersAreAdults but that [[SoCalization [[HollywoodProvincialism Los Angeles Unified School District was a late adopter]], only changing over in the 1990s.
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->'''Edgar Bergen''': All [in Happy Valley] was misery.\\
'''Charlie [=McCarthy=]''': Just like the eighth grade.
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->'''Edgar Bergen''': Bergen:''' All [in Happy Valley] was misery.\\
'''Charlie[=McCarthy=]''': [=McCarthy=]:''' Just like the eighth grade.
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In LiveActionTV, expect any MiddleSchool-set show that gets a third or fourth season to simply RetCon the existing institution into a HighSchool, as that's much cheaper than building new sets and casting new teachers.
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Junior High is a common setting in MiddleGradeLiterature. In LiveActionTV, expect any MiddleSchool-set show that gets a third or fourth season to simply RetCon the existing institution into a HighSchool, as that's much cheaper than building new sets and casting new teachers.
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1. Second (of three) phases of compulsory public education in many countries, notably most of the US, Korea, and Japan. Also called "middle school" or "intermediate school". In the US, usually sixth through eighth grades (ages 11-14); sometimes not including sixth; sometimes fifth or ninth grades as well (never both). Schools that are specifically junior highs usually only include two grades (seventh and eighth grades), which might explain the current/recent shifting in the US away from the junior high model to the longer-running middle school model although ninth grade being part of it was much more common in the 1950s-70s. In the Asian countries, this is usually seventh through ninth grades. A similar intermediate stage between primary school and secondary school existed in England and Wales but has been mostly discontinued. In Japan, compulsory education stops after junior high, and HighSchool isn't state funded; expect students in the last year of junior high to be fretting over getting into the right high school, and maybe over how they will pay for it.
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1. Second (of three) phases of compulsory public education in many countries, notably most of the US, Korea, and Japan. Also called "middle school" or "intermediate school". In the US, usually sixth through eighth grades (ages 11-14); sometimes not including sixth; sometimes fifth or ninth grades as well (never both). Schools that are specifically junior highs usually only include two grades (seventh and eighth grades), and sometimes ninth grade, which might explain the current/recent shifting in the US away from the junior high model to the longer-running middle school model although ninth grade being part of it was much more common in the 1950s-70s. In the Asian countries, this is usually seventh through ninth grades. A similar intermediate stage between primary school and secondary school existed in England and Wales but has been mostly discontinued. In Japan, compulsory education stops after junior high, and HighSchool isn't state funded; expect students in the last year of junior high to be fretting over getting into the right high school, and maybe over how they will pay for it.
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'''Charlie McCarthy''': Just like the eighth grade.
-->--''Mickey and the Beanstalk''
'''Charlie McCarthy''': Just like the eighth grade.
-->--''Mickey and the Beanstalk''
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1. Second (of three) phases of compulsory public education in many countries, notably most of the US, Korea, and Japan. Also called "middle school" or "intermediate school". In the US, usually sixth through eighth grades (ages 11-14); sometimes not including sixth; sometimes fifth or ninth grades as well (never both). Schools that are specifically junior highs usually only include two grades (seventh and eighth grades), which might explain the current/recent shifting in the US away from the junior high model to the longer-running middle school model. In the Asian countries, this is usually seventh through ninth grades. A similar intermediate stage between primary school and secondary school existed in England and Wales but has been mostly discontinued. In Japan, compulsory education stops after junior high, and HighSchool isn't state funded; expect students in the last year of junior high to be fretting over getting into the right high school, and maybe over how they will pay for it.
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1. Second (of three) phases of compulsory public education in many countries, notably most of the US, Korea, and Japan. Also called "middle school" or "intermediate school". In the US, usually sixth through eighth grades (ages 11-14); sometimes not including sixth; sometimes fifth or ninth grades as well (never both). Schools that are specifically junior highs usually only include two grades (seventh and eighth grades), which might explain the current/recent shifting in the US away from the junior high model to the longer-running middle school model.model although ninth grade being part of it was much more common in the 1950s-70s. In the Asian countries, this is usually seventh through ninth grades. A similar intermediate stage between primary school and secondary school existed in England and Wales but has been mostly discontinued. In Japan, compulsory education stops after junior high, and HighSchool isn't state funded; expect students in the last year of junior high to be fretting over getting into the right high school, and maybe over how they will pay for it.
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There are real differences in educational philosophy behind the name shift from "junior high" to "middle school" starting in the 1970s, as well as a matter of teacher prestige. However, due to the localized nature of American public education, some districts took these on board more or less than others, regardless of whether they actually changed the name on the building or not. Thus, in the public mind (and therefore in fiction), the two terms are used interchangeably. The older term's stickiness in media is not only due to MostWritersAreAdults but that [[WeAllLiveInSouthernCalifornia Los Angeles Unified School District was a late adopter]], only changing over in the 1990s.
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There are real differences in educational philosophy behind the name shift from "junior high" to "middle school" starting in the 1970s, as well as a matter of teacher prestige. However, due to the localized nature of American public education, some districts took these on board more or less than others, regardless of whether they actually changed the name on the building or not. Thus, in the public mind (and therefore in fiction), the two terms are used interchangeably. The older term's stickiness in media is not only due to MostWritersAreAdults but that [[WeAllLiveInSouthernCalifornia [[SoCalization Los Angeles Unified School District was a late adopter]], only changing over in the 1990s.
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There are real differences in educational philosophy behind the name shift from "junior high" to "middle school" starting in the 1970s, as well as a matter of teacher prestige. However, due to the localized nature of American public education, some districts took these on board more or less than others, regardless of whether they actually changed the name on the building or not. Thus, in the public mind (and therefore in fiction), the two terms are used interchangeably.
Note that even though "middle school" happens to be a direct translation of the Japanese ''Chuugakkou'', the name shift has little to do with the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld institutional Japanophilia]] of TheEighties.
Note that even though "middle school" happens to be a direct translation of the Japanese ''Chuugakkou'', the name shift has little to do with the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld institutional Japanophilia]] of TheEighties.
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There are real differences in educational philosophy behind the name shift from "junior high" to "middle school" starting in the 1970s, as well as a matter of teacher prestige. However, due to the localized nature of American public education, some districts took these on board more or less than others, regardless of whether they actually changed the name on the building or not. Thus, in the public mind (and therefore in fiction), the two terms are used interchangeably. \n\n The older term's stickiness in media is not only due to MostWritersAreAdults but that [[WeAllLiveInSouthernCalifornia Los Angeles Unified School District was a late adopter]], only changing over in the 1990s.
Note that even though "middle school" happens to be a direct translation of the Japanese ''Chuugakkou'', the name shift has little to do with the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld institutional Japanophilia]] ofTheEighties.
TheEighties.
Note that even though "middle school" happens to be a direct translation of the Japanese ''Chuugakkou'', the name shift has little to do with the [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld institutional Japanophilia]] of
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In Israel, which used to have first-through-eighth grades in elementary and ninth-through-twelfth high schools, seventh-through-ninth middle schools were introduced to reduce the shock from the stark changes from elementary to high school, which caused many students to drop out. This backfired when it turned out they were actually increasing disparities between students, and nowadays many schools are middle-cum-high schools.