Talk:Fifth grade

Merge them all

Having a separate article for each grade doesn't really make a lot of sense, and a single article would do much better justice to them all. Some advantages of merging:

• We could have one article for the US system, one for UK system etc, rather than each article attempting to cover generalities across very different systems.
• The repetetive "students in this grade tend to be aged X" could be avoided.
• A standard format for information could be easily managed.
• Some actual references might be found and used ;)
• "Grade 5" could become a list of pointers to all the differetn grade 5s that exist, like grade 5 in rock climbing, in music, in different years etc.

In short, "fifth grade" would make a great section in an article about the US elementary school system (pretty much what the article is currently about), but it makes a very poor article by itself. Stevage 06:05, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

This seems like a sensible proposal to me. The current system is not helpful for understanding anything but the US system. Much better to have a structured article for each nation covering their respective grade/year systems. Tafkam 16:01, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm reviving this -- it's still an issue, 15 years on. It's fascinating as a fossil from the early years, when Wikipedia was still figuring how to wiki. If it was awkward back then, time has only made it more so. Miyo0i (talk) 05:52, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

And guys why are there two sections about the United States? 2400:AC40:627:D75:C086:2E11:4AC6:AB45 (talk) 05:21, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

I once knew somebody who stayed back in fifth grade for 7 years

True story. I was in fifth grade in 1999 and some guy born in like 1983 was in my fifth grade class. The teacher begged him to copy another student's quiz so he could pass him but he said he didn't want to cheat. I kept joking he was in 5th grade since 1979. Whig4life (talk) 18:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)