# I Passed Kindergarden Class! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862 "2018-08-19T02:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/1 "2018-08-19T02:10:45Z")
With school about to resume I accompanied a close young relative for a visit/orientation. First time going to school and all that. I remember my first day way back when and it was sort of scary, so I was along for support. At one point a cognitive test was given. I can’t remember the science behind it nor its formal name as I was not paying close attention. I passed with flying colors! I can now say without embarrassment “I graduated Kindergarten”. The next round is on me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/2 "2018-08-19T03:46:23Z")
Perhaps everything you learned was learned there 😊. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/3 "2018-08-19T10:59:52Z")
Taiwan (and Japan) kindergartens are three years. My wife started early simply because she was bored and no one to play with so she went for four years, a fact I never let her forget — that she couldn’t pass kindergarten the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/4 "2018-08-20T17:54:33Z")
Somewhat related story: Several years ago during marathon training season, my running club ran along with a group of middle-school girls in some sort of informal 5K race. I’m happy to report that I beat _every single one_ of the girls! One of them was pretty fast, but I held off her challenge in the end. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/5 "2018-08-20T19:04:01Z")
Sounds to me like you passed the entrance exam? The k-SATs? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/6 "2018-08-24T21:56:52Z")
I didn’t need Kindergarten academically; I could already read my older sister’s 2nd grade primer (Dick and Jane) when I started Kinder at age 4. What I needed was the maturity and social skills. I couldn’t button or zip a coat, or tie my shoes. I don’t remember having any friends before K. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having any friends in K, either. Or 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade. I wonder how many people thought I would grow up to be a serial killer. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-kindergarden-class/819862/7 "2018-08-25T03:32:17Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Sounds to me like you passed the entrance exam? The k-SATs? 😉 I am not sure. I was just a visiting relative, and took it on a lark. I was bespitten (a word I just made up) by the director who had had red hair and blue eyes (Yes, I am a male and roll that way ). I got to look at their agenda and it seems they will get to explore the world/nature if not close-up but from many other sources. Great for them. All I remember from my kindergarten class is taking a nap, so I am slightly biased.