//one more edit// due to more than one commenter mentioning they're not sure how the US system works, I provided my own experiences below for anyone who wants to compare! Thanks again so much everyone! :D
//edit// hOLY cow guys, thanks so much for all the help! I haven't finished replying to all of them yet, but these are amazing, exactly what I needed. I think there's something from literally every post I want to include in my story ;v; Notification-edit in case anyone who wasn't interested earlier would like to read some of the responses :)
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for purposes, I'd like to know about late middle school/high school... except whatever its equ