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In jamaica we had the english way of schooling from the age of four, so when i got to america i was already a few years advanced because i started school at the age of three-and-a-half rather than six and my grades moved up accordingly. in america, they start you at school at six because the grades are different. i had to take a test and they didn't know what to do with me. it wasn't that i was any smarter; i had just started younger. all of a sudden i was jumped from eighth to tenth grade. they said i was very smart, but i was only smart in languages, really.
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In Jamaica We Had The English Way

Grace Jones
In jamaica we had the english way of schooling from the age of four, so when i got to america i was already a few years advanced because i started school at the age of three-and-a-half rather than six and my grades moved up accordingly. in america, they start you at school at six because the grades are different. i had to take a test and they didn't know what to do with me. it wasn't that i was any smarter; i had just started younger. all of a sudden i was jumped from eighth to tenth grade. they said i was very smart, but i was only smart in languages, really.
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