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I would suggest that the plural of gymnasium should be gymnasia in this article and in any writing on the continental equivalent of grammar schools. It is morphologically correct, for one thing, gymnasiums looks rather ugly and only serves to confuse the reader with places of physical exercise, for which the latter form is universally employed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.59.159 ( talk) 18:38, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
In the Netherlands, there is no such thing as a matura or abitur. At the end of 6 years there's only a normal set of exams, just like other school types.
Also, the only difference between a gymnasium and an atheneum (the two varieties of VWO (preparatory scientific education)) is that in gymnasium Latin and Greek (ancient that is) are taught. I could add this, but I'm not sure where to put it and where to move the abitur/matura info to. Is that specific to Germanic countries? --
Kimiko 20:25 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)
Can anyone establish precisely where these terms are used? The only article we have on the Matura is about Austria. It was at Matura (Austria), but since there was nothing at Matura, I moved it there. If the term is also used in other places, the page can be moved back and a disambiguation page put at Matura. Having that page empty is not sensible... -- Oliver P. 14:20 26 May 2003 (UTC)
Correct. The term used in the Netherlands, I believe, is studentsexamen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.59.159 ( talk) 18:40, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Add freely Serbia and Montenegro - 4 years, starting at 14/15, ending with matura.
saigon_from_europe
Matura in Serbia
Katarina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.87.220.203 ( talk) 22:46, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Gymnasium differs from High School and Secondary school. As far as I've understood, secondary school finishes fundamental school in many countries, and it this definitely not the case with the gymnasium in Denmark. Gymnasium prepares pupils for being students, to study in universities, but you can finish school without going to the gymnasium. I find a merge inappropriate.
Also, you don't have to "pass a test" to enter the gymnasium. Your primary school teacher just has to declare you fit for it. -- dllu 02:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
But if he doesn't declare you fit for it, you have to pass a test. 62.66.189.118 15:56, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
No, for the test that all primary schools in the Netherlands do (the CITO) you have to get above 545 and get VWO advice. Paleoblues-- Paleoblues-- Paleoblues ( talk) 18:19, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Are there any significant differences between the Gymnasium and the above terms used in other countries? If it's simply a difference of terminology for a selective secondary school with a university-preparatory, humanistic course of study generally concluded with an all-important exam, then I would suggest we combine all the above into one article that might also embrace, for example, magnet schools in the US, and other innovations in countries where there is some resistance to selectivity. -- ProhibitOnions 13:21, 2005 May 22 (UTC)
Polish Gimnazjum, is not really a Gymnasium - it is a type of
middle school, allowing to enter
liceum or
technikum.
exe
09:25, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I thought that these schools were usually referred to as "high school" in English. Is there much difference anyway? Looking at the high school article, the term means many slightly different types of schools, many of which seem same as some in this article. Also, I don't know about other countries, but at least in Finland studying Greek or Latin is not normal in these schools. FWIW, the common translation to English in use in Finland is "high school" (sometimes "upper secondary school"). If there's no clear-cut difference, then maybe these articles should be merged? Note that upper secondary school redirects to high school, and even though the article says that the term refers to compulsory education, Japanese "high schools" are included and they certainly are not compulsory. AFAIK the Japanese and Finnish systems are almost the same, and I can't see why on earth they are in separate articles. 130.233.22.111 00:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe that the best international term for gymnasium would be 'prepatory school', they have them in the US too, these schools are specifically designed to get childeren an education they need to join university. 198.184.231.254 ( talk) 12:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
I think it would be better if in the list of countries the liks were leading not to the countries' articles, but to the education articles (e.g. Education in Greece). Alensha 23:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I agree with that and did it for Greece! -- Anastasios 14:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
There is a German bias in the opening section, which gives details only relevant to German Gymnasia. Obviously, in other countries with Gymnasia such as the Netherlands and Czech Republic, these don't apply. -- JamesTheNumberless 12:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure about outside the states but, where I live, Gymnasium has always been used to refer to a room meant for physical education. I don't know how common that is but maybe it should be mentioned somewhere. In lower grades we would have a gym class where we would play sports and excersize. Until reading this article I never even considered thinking of an entire school as a Gymnasium.
There is a life outside the USA....believe it or not......
The text asserts that in Germany the terms "Realgymnasium", "Oberrealschule" and "Oberschule" are commonly used. I'm a German and visited a Gymnasium but have never heard of these names before. Any school that leads to the Abitur is called a "Gymnasium", no matter what kind of education (humanistic, mathematical, etc) is being taught there.-- 84.56.246.170 14:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
I second that, there is no "Realgymnasium", "Oberrealschule" or "Oberschule". Just Gymnasium. FreddyE 09:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
I removed that part now, since its totally wrong. FreddyE 10:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Should the " gymnasium (school)" article be merged into " secondary education" totally?
The line about Brazil seems peculiar. E.g. what does recurses mean? -- Etxrge 11:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> File 1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> File 2
I live in the Netherlands and go to the Vossius Gymnasium (one of the four in Amsterdam, Barlaeus, Ignatius & the 4e Gymnasium). I am in the first class and thought it might have some meaning to you if I would name the subjects we get.
Subjects 1st class Vossisu Gymnasium:
Latin - Greek - Geography - French - Informatica (Computers) - Biology - Mathematics - Technique - Art - PE - English - Dutch - Homework Class (Semi Optional, Optional) - Learning Class (Teaches us how to handle are homework and how High School works.) - Extra French (Optional) - Extra Latin (Optional) - Help French (Semi Optional) - Help Latin (Semi Optional) - Help Dutch (Semi Optional) - History - Culture History
Paleoblues-- Paleoblues ( talk) 17:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Following this example, i'll post some information about classes at "Het Barlaeus Gymnasium": (I'll post the dutch names and Abbreviations as well) 1st class:
Latin (LA; Latijn) - French (FR; Frans) - Dutch (NL; Nederlands) - English (EN; Engels) - Technique (TN; Techniek) (basically: Making simple machines and manquetes) - Art (Beeld; Beeldende Vorming) - P.E. (L.O.; Lichamelijke Opvoeding) - Music (MUZ; Muziek) - History (GS; Geschiedenis) - Geography (AK; Aardrijkskunde) - Math (WI; Wiskunde) - Biology (BI; Biologie)
2nd class:
Latin (LA; Latijn) - Greek (GR; Grieks) - German (DU; Duits) - French (FR; Frans) - Dutch (NL; Nederlands) - English (EN; Engels) - Drawing (TE; Tekenen) - P.E. (L.O.; Lichamelijke Opvoeding) - Math (WI; Wiskunde) - Phyisics (NA; Natuurkunde) - Geography (AK; Aardrijkskunde) - Biology (BI; Biologie) - History (GS; Geschiedenis)
I would post the 3rd class as well, but I don't know what all of the abbreviations stand for. Same goes for the 4th, 5th, and 6th classes, which at the same time gets too confusing for my poor self to handle. 83.163.27.139 ( talk) 18:05, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
This article says that a gymnasium is preparing for university studies. For sweden, at least, this is far from true. There are several "programs" that every student is able to choose among, and some of these (more specifically, the natural science program, the social studies program and partly the technical program) are indeed "study preparing".
Though there are a lot of other programs, focused on getting a job, as soon as you graduate. For example there is a building program, a vehicle program, a cook program, etc. This is just a natural sequel to primary school. Some choose to do a lot of studies, others choose to go for a job directly.. Is this the same in other countries in europe too, or is it only sweden with this kind of system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.211.81.151 ( talk) 21:14, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm confused; the article states that a gymnasium is essentially analogous to a preparatory school and that the former are common throughout Germany, yet Article 7, Section 6 of the German constitution explicitly abolishes the latter. [1] Jdtapaboc ( talk) 20:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I suppose this article was at least in part written by non-native speakers of English. I am also not a native speaker, but my experience is that the term "pupils" is most commonly used in the context of primary education (elementary school or even kindergarten), wheras the term "students" is used in the context of secondary education and beyond. Is this perception correct, or perhaps limited to American English? Anyway, if "pupils" is not the appropriate word for students at a gymnasium, it should be replaced with "students". -- 80.145.115.207 ( talk) 15:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
I think I can explain this: Its a translation problem I think. In german we only use the word "Schueler" for both instances. "students" is a false friend to the german word "Studenten" (wich means people who go to university). FreddyE ( talk) 08:35, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
True Grammar Schools aren't exclusive to NI, the English Counties of Kent and Lincolnshire also retained them along with other smaller areas smaller than counties. Kent has a simillar population to NI (1.6m and 1.7m respectively) so I think It should be mentioned.( Morcus ( talk) 01:30, 1 July 2008 (UTC))
The opening of the article mentions that "gymnasium" is "pronounced with IPA: [ɡ-] in several languages". But what's the English pronunciation? This is, after all, the English Wikipedia. Pronunciations in other languages can be given in the article for those other languages. Julesd 15:14, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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It is really true. Religious education/ethics is compulsatory for students visiting a Gymnasium. However students are allowed to choose from a number of courses. At my former gymnasium we were allowed to choose between protestant religious education, catholic religious education, jewish religious education and ethics. People who could identify with none of this (like one muslim classmate) had to write a note why their concience would not allow them to visit one of this courses, why the could not attend religious education. She was gratnted a leave of absence then. I think religious education is only compulsatory for Gymnasien, but not for Hauptschulen, Realschulen or comprehensive schools in Germany. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.201.83.191 ( talk) 21:11, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
87.159.105.93 was totally right to point out a person does not have to study religious education. He may choose to study ethics instead. But according to what I know and also according to the source a person may not choose to study neither of the subjects. It compulsory to study one of that classes. I changed 87.159.105.93's edits a little bit, to make this clearer.-- Greatgreenwhale ( talk) 14:20, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
This term is not politically correct. By such terminology we can start using the terms like Former Nazi Germany or Former Turkish empire or Former Faschist Italy to simplify when referring to territories that these historic countries once covered. This is way too much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.138.107.154 ( talk) 19:07, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Because this article covers a diversity of systems similar to grammar schools in the UK as well as other types of school, its content should be split and merged into Gymnasium, which is a disambiguation and Grammar school article. Sarcelles ( talk) 18:41, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
This is a clear example of how horrid wikipedia is that they do not know basic English words. A "gymnasium" is a place to play sports. Has absolutely no relation to academics. DUH! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.155.130.147 ( talk) 23:31, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
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This article now has two sections on the gymnasium in Denmark, one under Nordic & Baltic countries, and a new seperate section titled Denmark. They contain slightly different info, e.g. the latter is missing EUX. -- Klausok ( talk) 06:47, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Much of the information in this section does not apply generally and needs to be moved to the relevant country sections. Particularly:
__ Gamren ( talk) 10:53, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
We have the statement that gymnasia are to be found in "many countries of central, north, eastern, and south Europe". A pretty unwieldy sentence that suggests they don't exist in the western end of the continent. This would already be prime for replacement with an easier to read statement along the lines of "many European countries, excepting those in the west"...
...but, a skim through the "list of countries with gymnasiums" shows they exist in the Netherlands, Switzerland (in fact they're two of the primary examples), Belgium, France (under a different name) and Luxembourg, all of which count as "west" (or north-west, centre-west) to my mind, and three of them border the Atlantic and/or North Sea (with the Atlantic being a mere couple of hours' sailing at worst).
The only countries that I looked for which aren't on the list are Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco. So would it maybe be better changed to something like "many European counties, other than Iberia"? It seems like all compass points are well represented other than the south-west, so exhaustively reeling off a list of where gymnasia are found is silly and needlessly confusing/rambling, when a shorter sentence that merely states Europe as a whole with a single particular exclusion would work better as a readable and understandable summary. 80.189.129.133 ( talk) 12:16, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
I'm proposing to add or atleast mention some paragraphs about the different directions you can take within the Swedish gymnasium, also that an admission program is used. 81.234.225.197 ( talk) 21:29, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
The name of the page, Gymnasium (school), really bugs me. Can we please move this page to Gymnasium (School)? – SeaDragon1 ( talk) 20:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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I would suggest that the plural of gymnasium should be gymnasia in this article and in any writing on the continental equivalent of grammar schools. It is morphologically correct, for one thing, gymnasiums looks rather ugly and only serves to confuse the reader with places of physical exercise, for which the latter form is universally employed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.59.159 ( talk) 18:38, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
In the Netherlands, there is no such thing as a matura or abitur. At the end of 6 years there's only a normal set of exams, just like other school types.
Also, the only difference between a gymnasium and an atheneum (the two varieties of VWO (preparatory scientific education)) is that in gymnasium Latin and Greek (ancient that is) are taught. I could add this, but I'm not sure where to put it and where to move the abitur/matura info to. Is that specific to Germanic countries? --
Kimiko 20:25 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)
Can anyone establish precisely where these terms are used? The only article we have on the Matura is about Austria. It was at Matura (Austria), but since there was nothing at Matura, I moved it there. If the term is also used in other places, the page can be moved back and a disambiguation page put at Matura. Having that page empty is not sensible... -- Oliver P. 14:20 26 May 2003 (UTC)
Correct. The term used in the Netherlands, I believe, is studentsexamen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.59.159 ( talk) 18:40, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Add freely Serbia and Montenegro - 4 years, starting at 14/15, ending with matura.
saigon_from_europe
Matura in Serbia
Katarina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.87.220.203 ( talk) 22:46, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Gymnasium differs from High School and Secondary school. As far as I've understood, secondary school finishes fundamental school in many countries, and it this definitely not the case with the gymnasium in Denmark. Gymnasium prepares pupils for being students, to study in universities, but you can finish school without going to the gymnasium. I find a merge inappropriate.
Also, you don't have to "pass a test" to enter the gymnasium. Your primary school teacher just has to declare you fit for it. -- dllu 02:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
But if he doesn't declare you fit for it, you have to pass a test. 62.66.189.118 15:56, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
No, for the test that all primary schools in the Netherlands do (the CITO) you have to get above 545 and get VWO advice. Paleoblues-- Paleoblues-- Paleoblues ( talk) 18:19, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Are there any significant differences between the Gymnasium and the above terms used in other countries? If it's simply a difference of terminology for a selective secondary school with a university-preparatory, humanistic course of study generally concluded with an all-important exam, then I would suggest we combine all the above into one article that might also embrace, for example, magnet schools in the US, and other innovations in countries where there is some resistance to selectivity. -- ProhibitOnions 13:21, 2005 May 22 (UTC)
Polish Gimnazjum, is not really a Gymnasium - it is a type of
middle school, allowing to enter
liceum or
technikum.
exe
09:25, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
I thought that these schools were usually referred to as "high school" in English. Is there much difference anyway? Looking at the high school article, the term means many slightly different types of schools, many of which seem same as some in this article. Also, I don't know about other countries, but at least in Finland studying Greek or Latin is not normal in these schools. FWIW, the common translation to English in use in Finland is "high school" (sometimes "upper secondary school"). If there's no clear-cut difference, then maybe these articles should be merged? Note that upper secondary school redirects to high school, and even though the article says that the term refers to compulsory education, Japanese "high schools" are included and they certainly are not compulsory. AFAIK the Japanese and Finnish systems are almost the same, and I can't see why on earth they are in separate articles. 130.233.22.111 00:19, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I believe that the best international term for gymnasium would be 'prepatory school', they have them in the US too, these schools are specifically designed to get childeren an education they need to join university. 198.184.231.254 ( talk) 12:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
I think it would be better if in the list of countries the liks were leading not to the countries' articles, but to the education articles (e.g. Education in Greece). Alensha 23:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I agree with that and did it for Greece! -- Anastasios 14:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
There is a German bias in the opening section, which gives details only relevant to German Gymnasia. Obviously, in other countries with Gymnasia such as the Netherlands and Czech Republic, these don't apply. -- JamesTheNumberless 12:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure about outside the states but, where I live, Gymnasium has always been used to refer to a room meant for physical education. I don't know how common that is but maybe it should be mentioned somewhere. In lower grades we would have a gym class where we would play sports and excersize. Until reading this article I never even considered thinking of an entire school as a Gymnasium.
There is a life outside the USA....believe it or not......
The text asserts that in Germany the terms "Realgymnasium", "Oberrealschule" and "Oberschule" are commonly used. I'm a German and visited a Gymnasium but have never heard of these names before. Any school that leads to the Abitur is called a "Gymnasium", no matter what kind of education (humanistic, mathematical, etc) is being taught there.-- 84.56.246.170 14:12, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
I second that, there is no "Realgymnasium", "Oberrealschule" or "Oberschule". Just Gymnasium. FreddyE 09:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
I removed that part now, since its totally wrong. FreddyE 10:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Should the " gymnasium (school)" article be merged into " secondary education" totally?
The line about Brazil seems peculiar. E.g. what does recurses mean? -- Etxrge 11:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> File 1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> File 2
I live in the Netherlands and go to the Vossius Gymnasium (one of the four in Amsterdam, Barlaeus, Ignatius & the 4e Gymnasium). I am in the first class and thought it might have some meaning to you if I would name the subjects we get.
Subjects 1st class Vossisu Gymnasium:
Latin - Greek - Geography - French - Informatica (Computers) - Biology - Mathematics - Technique - Art - PE - English - Dutch - Homework Class (Semi Optional, Optional) - Learning Class (Teaches us how to handle are homework and how High School works.) - Extra French (Optional) - Extra Latin (Optional) - Help French (Semi Optional) - Help Latin (Semi Optional) - Help Dutch (Semi Optional) - History - Culture History
Paleoblues-- Paleoblues ( talk) 17:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Following this example, i'll post some information about classes at "Het Barlaeus Gymnasium": (I'll post the dutch names and Abbreviations as well) 1st class:
Latin (LA; Latijn) - French (FR; Frans) - Dutch (NL; Nederlands) - English (EN; Engels) - Technique (TN; Techniek) (basically: Making simple machines and manquetes) - Art (Beeld; Beeldende Vorming) - P.E. (L.O.; Lichamelijke Opvoeding) - Music (MUZ; Muziek) - History (GS; Geschiedenis) - Geography (AK; Aardrijkskunde) - Math (WI; Wiskunde) - Biology (BI; Biologie)
2nd class:
Latin (LA; Latijn) - Greek (GR; Grieks) - German (DU; Duits) - French (FR; Frans) - Dutch (NL; Nederlands) - English (EN; Engels) - Drawing (TE; Tekenen) - P.E. (L.O.; Lichamelijke Opvoeding) - Math (WI; Wiskunde) - Phyisics (NA; Natuurkunde) - Geography (AK; Aardrijkskunde) - Biology (BI; Biologie) - History (GS; Geschiedenis)
I would post the 3rd class as well, but I don't know what all of the abbreviations stand for. Same goes for the 4th, 5th, and 6th classes, which at the same time gets too confusing for my poor self to handle. 83.163.27.139 ( talk) 18:05, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
This article says that a gymnasium is preparing for university studies. For sweden, at least, this is far from true. There are several "programs" that every student is able to choose among, and some of these (more specifically, the natural science program, the social studies program and partly the technical program) are indeed "study preparing".
Though there are a lot of other programs, focused on getting a job, as soon as you graduate. For example there is a building program, a vehicle program, a cook program, etc. This is just a natural sequel to primary school. Some choose to do a lot of studies, others choose to go for a job directly.. Is this the same in other countries in europe too, or is it only sweden with this kind of system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.211.81.151 ( talk) 21:14, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm confused; the article states that a gymnasium is essentially analogous to a preparatory school and that the former are common throughout Germany, yet Article 7, Section 6 of the German constitution explicitly abolishes the latter. [1] Jdtapaboc ( talk) 20:15, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I suppose this article was at least in part written by non-native speakers of English. I am also not a native speaker, but my experience is that the term "pupils" is most commonly used in the context of primary education (elementary school or even kindergarten), wheras the term "students" is used in the context of secondary education and beyond. Is this perception correct, or perhaps limited to American English? Anyway, if "pupils" is not the appropriate word for students at a gymnasium, it should be replaced with "students". -- 80.145.115.207 ( talk) 15:48, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
I think I can explain this: Its a translation problem I think. In german we only use the word "Schueler" for both instances. "students" is a false friend to the german word "Studenten" (wich means people who go to university). FreddyE ( talk) 08:35, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
True Grammar Schools aren't exclusive to NI, the English Counties of Kent and Lincolnshire also retained them along with other smaller areas smaller than counties. Kent has a simillar population to NI (1.6m and 1.7m respectively) so I think It should be mentioned.( Morcus ( talk) 01:30, 1 July 2008 (UTC))
The opening of the article mentions that "gymnasium" is "pronounced with IPA: [ɡ-] in several languages". But what's the English pronunciation? This is, after all, the English Wikipedia. Pronunciations in other languages can be given in the article for those other languages. Julesd 15:14, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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It is really true. Religious education/ethics is compulsatory for students visiting a Gymnasium. However students are allowed to choose from a number of courses. At my former gymnasium we were allowed to choose between protestant religious education, catholic religious education, jewish religious education and ethics. People who could identify with none of this (like one muslim classmate) had to write a note why their concience would not allow them to visit one of this courses, why the could not attend religious education. She was gratnted a leave of absence then. I think religious education is only compulsatory for Gymnasien, but not for Hauptschulen, Realschulen or comprehensive schools in Germany. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.201.83.191 ( talk) 21:11, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
87.159.105.93 was totally right to point out a person does not have to study religious education. He may choose to study ethics instead. But according to what I know and also according to the source a person may not choose to study neither of the subjects. It compulsory to study one of that classes. I changed 87.159.105.93's edits a little bit, to make this clearer.-- Greatgreenwhale ( talk) 14:20, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
This term is not politically correct. By such terminology we can start using the terms like Former Nazi Germany or Former Turkish empire or Former Faschist Italy to simplify when referring to territories that these historic countries once covered. This is way too much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.138.107.154 ( talk) 19:07, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Because this article covers a diversity of systems similar to grammar schools in the UK as well as other types of school, its content should be split and merged into Gymnasium, which is a disambiguation and Grammar school article. Sarcelles ( talk) 18:41, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
This is a clear example of how horrid wikipedia is that they do not know basic English words. A "gymnasium" is a place to play sports. Has absolutely no relation to academics. DUH! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.155.130.147 ( talk) 23:31, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
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This article now has two sections on the gymnasium in Denmark, one under Nordic & Baltic countries, and a new seperate section titled Denmark. They contain slightly different info, e.g. the latter is missing EUX. -- Klausok ( talk) 06:47, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Much of the information in this section does not apply generally and needs to be moved to the relevant country sections. Particularly:
__ Gamren ( talk) 10:53, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
We have the statement that gymnasia are to be found in "many countries of central, north, eastern, and south Europe". A pretty unwieldy sentence that suggests they don't exist in the western end of the continent. This would already be prime for replacement with an easier to read statement along the lines of "many European countries, excepting those in the west"...
...but, a skim through the "list of countries with gymnasiums" shows they exist in the Netherlands, Switzerland (in fact they're two of the primary examples), Belgium, France (under a different name) and Luxembourg, all of which count as "west" (or north-west, centre-west) to my mind, and three of them border the Atlantic and/or North Sea (with the Atlantic being a mere couple of hours' sailing at worst).
The only countries that I looked for which aren't on the list are Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco. So would it maybe be better changed to something like "many European counties, other than Iberia"? It seems like all compass points are well represented other than the south-west, so exhaustively reeling off a list of where gymnasia are found is silly and needlessly confusing/rambling, when a shorter sentence that merely states Europe as a whole with a single particular exclusion would work better as a readable and understandable summary. 80.189.129.133 ( talk) 12:16, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
I'm proposing to add or atleast mention some paragraphs about the different directions you can take within the Swedish gymnasium, also that an admission program is used. 81.234.225.197 ( talk) 21:29, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
The name of the page, Gymnasium (school), really bugs me. Can we please move this page to Gymnasium (School)? – SeaDragon1 ( talk) 20:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)