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2009-03-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-09 05:08|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Fascinating. "Black" means something different in America than elsewhere, which we too often forget. "College" does as well. In the U.S. we don't differentiate between college and university as terms for tertiary education, except when specifying institutions which provide masters and doctoral degrees. Much of the rest of the world uses college in the British sense, meaning a trade school or institutions providing a 2-year tertiary (associate) degree.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-03-09 16:42|| 2009-03-09 16:42|| Front Page Top

#2 A degree is a 3(or 4 for honours) year course in the U.K.

Posted by Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-03-09 19:19|| 2009-03-09 19:19|| Front Page Top

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