> >that the cakey things baked in the
> >mini Bundt pans are indeed her poundcakes.
>
> Sorry question from an iggerant Aussie- what are bundt cakes (or bundt
> meetings?)- I heard it from American tv but have no idea what it is...(like
> your high school/uni terminology, that has me permanently confused)

Bundt pans are tube pans with a particular fluted pattern around the outside.

School terminology:
Most children start school around age 5 in kindergarten. Grades 1-6 are
generally "elementary school", 7-9 are "junior high school" and 10-12 are "high
school". Some areas use 1-5/6-8/9-12 (in which case 6-8 are often
called "intermediate school").

After high school, one goes to college/university (a college is a
single "school", teaching courses within one discipline; a university has
several colleges within it, i.e. a School of Liberal Arts, a School of Nursing,
a School of Engineering, a School of Management, etc). A two-year degree is
called an "Associate" degree, a four-year degree is a "Bachelors"
or "Baccalaureate". Associate degrees may be of "Arts" "Sciences" or "Applied
Sciences". Bachelors degrees may be of "Arts" "Fine Arts" or "Sciences" (I
don't know any others).

After a Bachelors degree, one may engage in "graduate studies", which lead to
either Masters degrees or Doctoral/Doctorate degrees (some disciplines require
the Masters degree first, some don't). These get all kinds of complicated, and
I certainly don't know all the variations. There are Masters degrees in Arts,
Fine Arts, Sciences, Business Administration and Public Health, to name a few.
Doctoral degrees are many, and include Medical Doctor, Juris Doctor (the proper
title of a law school graduate), Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Education,
Doctor of Sciences (a rare degree which follows the Master of Sciences degree)
and Doctor of Philosophy (which can follow a Master of Arts or Master of
Sciences degree).

How's that for a summary?

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Randall Cook of Northpass (soon to be "of Sudentur")
     (formerly Avraham haRofeh)
     mka Randy Goldberg MD