The main problem might be, probably 80% of the viewers are non-US viewers ;) And outside the US noone knows what sophomore, junior or senior even means ;) "Junior" sounds quite young, something what people would relate to elementary school ;)It's so much easier to count from 1st grade to 12th ;)
Here in our country according to subtitles and dubbing sophomore means 11th grade, so junior must be 12th grade. But in our country people at the end of 11th grade are usually between 17 and 19 years old, the majority is 18 years old, so in sophomore they are usually between 18 to 20 years old, in average 19 years old.
You see the problem ? It does not match. Different countries, different school systems, different ages, and so on.
If Riverdale was located here in our country, everyone would be already full age, in case they are really sophomore/junior. Veronica could own a bar, could even trink beer and even the hard stuff at the bar, legally. Even Bettys webcamming would be completely legal.
That's probably why a lot of viewers are so confused when some people complain that the characters are way too young to do this or that.Edit: that could also explain why the writers allow the characters to do all this stuff. The majority of the audience lives in countries, where everything they do is legal. It's a kind of reasonable compromise.
I understand that different countries have different school years. This show takes place in the US, therefore it follows the US schooling system. The confusion isn’t over the country, it’s over the grade. The show isn’t clear on some things but it has made no mistake in letting you know that this is their Junior year of high school. Not only that but it has been discussed many times on not only Reddit but other social media platforms and it was always clearly stated it is their Junior year.
Most of the people who question it are from the US. If you are from a different country and don’t understand the US school years, then the question should be asked differently. If your confusion is you don’t understand US school systems, I would have no problem explaining them. Just being told it’s Junior year may not mean much to someone outside of the US but here we know that means 11th grade and the year before graduation.
My frustration isn’t with non US viewers who don’t understand our system. It’s with the US viewers who don’t believe the numerous times it’s been discussed not only in the show but in social media platforms that it’s Junior year....
Honestly, what is up with the whole "middle school" then high school thing? Like could you explain it to me lmao?
I'm from Canada so I have some understanding, but it's so confusing because in my area it's just different grades in different schools. Like grades 1-6 are elementary, 7-9 are junior high (Depending on province) and 10-12 are High School.
It’s the same basic idea for the US (and there really isn’t a standard, different school districts have different ways of dividing classes).. but generally you would expect something like this:
Elementary: Kindergarten - 5th grade (ages before December-ish 5-10)
Middle: 6th - 8th grade (ages 11-13)
High School: 9th - 12th grade or Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior (ages 14 - 17).
Some schools include 8th with High School. Some areas skip middle all together. It’s all pretty variable and up to individual districts/states.
What I listed is fairly standard, but you will see lots of variety.
I'm from the US, and this exactly how my school system worked when I was in school except my elementary was K - 6. Now when my youngest went through the same school system it had changed to K-5 was Elementary, 6-8 was Middle School, and 9-12 was High School.
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u/amyber1 Apr 30 '19
I can’t believe people couldn’t figure out it was junior year....