Why 17
i think it is odd they used 17th birthday instead of 18 what is the signifigance of 17? And isn't turning 17 in the end of your 12 year a bit too young
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I was watching the movie this morning and wondered the same thing. If she wasn't 17 when the school year began she would have been a year behind the other girls. Maybe she was advanced a grade though.
shareA lot of people grad at 17. Some kids are put into school a year earlier than they have to be put in by their parents. This is allowed. It also often has a lot to do with which month their birthday is in. My sister graduated at 17, and I've known quite a few others as well.
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Since my birthday was in the Summer, I didn't turn 18 until after graduation, so it really just depends on where your Birthday falls.
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I think it depends on the local laws where you live.
In south Florida, where I started school, as long as you would be turning six by the end of the calendar year, you started first grade (this was in the early sixties, before public kindergarten). I was going to turn six in December, so I started first grade when I was five; this means I turned 17 halfway through my senior year. By the way, in north Florida, where we moved when I was in 4th grade, you had to already be six when school started in order to start first grade. So from then on, I was usually a grade ahead of the students who were closest to my age.
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My daughter graduated high school when she barely turned 17 (the youngest in her class) because she skipped kindergarten and entered first grade when she was 5. Smart kid!
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Yes, my youngest brother was 17 when he graduated but he had already turned 17 when the school year started. I think the cut off is sometime in September.
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I think just because 17 has historically been a symbolic year.
Seventeen Candles
"Dancing Queen only 17"
17 Again
The list goes on...
but basically its technically the last year of "childhood" before becoming an "adult" at 18.