i teach 5th grade students near oakville , ny.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Elementary school is a school for students in their first school years, where they get primary education before they enter secondary education. The exact ages vary by country. In the United States, elementary schools usually have 6 grades with pupils aged between 6 and 12, but the age ranges 6 to 10 and 6 to 14 also exist. In Japan, the age of pupils in elementary school ranges from 6 to 12, after which the pupils enter junior high school. Elementary school is usually only one part of compulsory education, especially in Western countries. (Scotland) leave nursery age 4 and start primary school for the next 7 years which would be primary 1 (age 4 to 5) and so on until primary 7 which would be the last year at primary school at age (10 to 11) then after that off to high school at age 11 to 12\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In Scotland, elementary school is called primary school and students start out at primary 1 which they are 4 and 5 years old."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting, I think I was 5 when I started 1st grade, I could be wrong thoug"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I believe I turned 6 right when it started. The UN had a goal of making sure there was universal primary education by 2015. So that means that every child everywhere completes this first bit of education."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I distinctly remember being a year younger than all my classmates throughout gradeschool. I recently heard the US is withdrawing form the UN is this true?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "If this is true, it could be detrimental to human rights. These are essential for children to hit developmental goals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It would be very sad, that is why some countries have smaller people on average than others - malnourishment"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's correct and there is so much more than only physical development but psychological and emotional are important to. This also lets children grow from being dependent on another human being to becoming autonomous. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah love and nutrients are probably the two most important factors to child growth, that and socialization"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Very true and if these stages, if you want to call them that, aren't met then the markers they hit at a later age are affected. It's like a domino effect."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah it's super sad, it's becoming increasingly more common here in America in the suburbs where parents of wealthy children end up underdeveloped vs impoverished kids in a loving environment. Latchkey kids"}]