Why do they call high school high school?

Why do we call them this? High school terms?

  • Why do we call freshman, freshman? Why do we call sophomores, sophomores? Why do we cal juniors, juniors? Why do we call seniors, seniors?

  • Answer:

    Freshman is obvious (fresh men, fresh students), I think Sophomore has Latin roots, Junior is before Senior when naming children (Joe Sr. is Joe Jr.'s father), and Seniors are the oldest.

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