2006-11-13 10:47:04 · 5 answers · asked by bri c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
a learning institution of higher education
2006-11-13 10:52:54 · answer #1 · answered by LM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the basic form of education is called 'elementary' since the grades begin with 1st & go through to 8th. years ago, kindergarten was added. now elementary school counts k-8 as grades. there was a time when that was all that was needed to learn the basics of education but things changed & the need to go on became apparant, like around 1920s/1930s. because the grade levels were extended to 9 (up to 12), it was then called higher education. the term became shortened to "high school" & has been that way ever since. higher ed is now used to describe college. get it? got it? good!
2006-11-13 10:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by blackjack432001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think because you start at the bottom Kindergarten, and each time you advance its another level in education,by the time you finish grade school, you are now a teenager and much higher in the education field, So that's what I think.
2006-11-13 11:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by lennie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because people are taller there.
or thats what all the kids are.
2006-11-15 07:08:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, they had to name it something so they picked 'high'
2006-11-13 10:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by penny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋