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> do high schools do Majors? (Fwiw I’m from the northeastern US)

There are specialised high schools [1]. Even my generic public California high school had unofficial "lines," e.g. if you wanted to take certain AP classes in senior year you needed certain prerequisites, and some bunches of classes naturally went together, socially and academically.

[1] https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade...



This is quite different than the lines people were doing at my high school /s.

But seriously, earlier specialization does make sense. American education takes too long to get people into the workforce if you are in liberal arts.




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