jamnkats Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Every time I see that phrase I am imagining all these levitating kids. I've never seen a "falling" xgrader or whatever the opposite is, so, can someone translate for me? I don't think all these posters have levitating kids - and if so, mine want in on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I think it means that they are going into "x" grade in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Yep, it's a way to describe grade level over the summer. Otherwise you don't knw if someone is talking about the grade they WERE in or the grade they WILL be in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I'd never heard this expression until we moved to the US (Atlanta). It's simply not used in Canada, at least in my experience. It was always "I'm going into grade xx." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I've only ever heard it on these boards--it sure is a handy way to say your child will be going into Grade x. I've never liked the phrase "go into"--you go into a room, how do you go into a grade level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I never heard this expression til I moved to the East Coast, specifically in the Waldorf school (but not the Waldorf School in Michigan.) Growing up, once school ended for the year, you were officially part of the next grade (including the summer.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Growing up, once school ended for the year, you were officially part of the next grade (including the summer.) Same here. Even after reading the first couple of posts in this thread, I encountered "rising 6th grader" in another thread and wondered...is he/she going into 6th grade, or rising out of it? I figure, by now (August), you should be able to call it what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 wow. thanks everyone. (though I must admit to being disappointed there aren't any levitating kids out there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keroro Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Good question. I wasn't familiar with the term either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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