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Speaker: Um but I just didn't have that as- as well as the fact that I was just so concerned with other things like sports and whatnot so I wasn't really interested. And I remember him telling my dad that I shouldn't- "He shouldn't pursue mathematics um into O-A-C or into university." My dad came home and he's like pissed off right? Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: 'Cause he's like "No one's going to tell me my son is-" you-know, basically not smart enough to take math. |
Ontario Academic Credit, formerly known as Grade thirteen; a fifth year of secondary school, taken by students intending to apply for post-secondary programs (as opposed to students in the vocational stream, who graduated after Grade 12); phased out in 2003. |
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Speaker: We never hung out in high-school. Interviewer 2: Oh. Interviewer 1: (inc) Speaker: Ah, although I knew a lot of his friends- Interviewer 3: Mm-hm. Speaker: I didn't really know him. In grade-O-A-C- Interviewer 2: Mm-hm. Speaker: Oh wait, ah, yeah, in O-A-C, ah, I recognized him for the first time and I got my friend Cathleen, who was more friends with that group to find out about him for me. |
Ontario Academic Credit, formerly known as Grade thirteen; a fifth year of secondary school, taken by students intending to apply for post-secondary programs (as opposed to students in the vocational stream, who graduated after Grade 12); phased out in 2003. |
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Speaker: I made that decision. I stayed in res my first year. Interviewer: How was it? Speaker: Ah, it was fun (laughs)- Interviewer: (inc) Speaker: Um, I was in the double cohort so we had the grade twelves and the O-A-C's graduating at the same time- Interviewer: Yeah? Speaker: So there was twice the amount of people graduating. Interviewer: Wow- Speaker: (Laughs) So, um, that meant there were less rooms in residence. Interviewer: Wow. |
Ontario Academic Credit, formerly known as Grade thirteen; a fifth year of secondary school, taken by students intending to apply for post-secondary programs (as opposed to students in the vocational stream, who graduated after Grade 12); phased out in 2003. |
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... all grew up together for so long that you kind of cross paths and end up at the same things like you end up at the same parties or the same- on the same teams and everyone melds, you-know? And by the time you're in grade-twelve and- or O-A-C or- we were the last year that had O-A-C and by the time you're there, like, nobody gives a shit anymore and there's only so many people left to hang out with 'cause some have dropped out, some have gone to college already and some have moved away ... |
Ontario Academic Credit, formerly known as Grade thirteen; a fifth year of secondary school, taken by students intending to apply for post-secondary programs (as opposed to students in the vocational stream, who graduated after Grade 12); phased out in 2003. |
Interviewer: How was it to be the last grade thirteen? That must have been so- Speaker: Pain in the fucking ass (laughs)! Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: Oh my God, because I ended up graduating from grade twelve even though I went to O-A-C because of it and then they said it didn't matter, it didn't make a difference. I took all advanced classes, what they called it then, it's all different now, but I took advanced classes and did my O-A-C and now I guess they would call it graduate with university level. So it was almost like taking an extra year just because in a way, but you need a certain amount of grade like courses, you need a certain amount of credits to graduate at all ... |
Ontario Academic Credit, formerly known as Grade thirteen; a fifth year of secondary school, taken by students intending to apply for post-secondary programs (as opposed to students in the vocational stream, who graduated after Grade 12); phased out in 2003. |