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i forste klasse

English translation: sixth grade


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20:43 Jun 22, 2009
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Danish term or phrase: i forste klasse
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...
Timoshka
English translation:sixth grade
Explanation:
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.)
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sixth grade


Explanation:
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.)

Example sentence(s):
  • 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.

    Reference: http://www.aakb.bib.dk/lokhist/aarhleks/r00304.htm
Birthe Omark
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agree  Christine Andersen: They children would be aged about 13 or 14 at this stage.
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neutral  Charlesp: I am not sure this isn't the seventh grade. (6th grade is 10 or 11 years old; 14 would be 9th or 10th grade)). The point being that a reader would think that the pupil, if in 6th grade, was 10 or 11; and a beginning Realskole pupil is older than 11, I th
1 day21 hrs
  -> You cannot compare directly. At the time of 'Mellemskolen' the children started at school at the age of 7 (6 with in rare and unusual cases such as high relative maturity of child). Første mellem was the sixth year at school. No pre-school at the time.
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freshman


Explanation:

Middle school freshman "freshman" being the first class of any school, be it high school or university.

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