Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for May 20, 2013
May 19, 2013
May 21, 2013
Transcript:
Baldo: (groan)... school ends in four weeks. Cruz: Actually it's three. Baldo: I've never been so happy about school ending in three weeks!
Wow, even though I knew this, it still surprises me how much shorter many US state’s school years are. No wonder an American high school diploma is considered more the equivalent of Canadian grade 10 or 11, depending on the state. That’s just how much less time kids spend in school down there.