[taneq]

If you mean 'school' as in 'secondary education' then no, they apply to tertiary education too.

And this is going to sound weird if you're an engineer, but the 'real world' of commercial employment is 90% about gaming the system of an institution which is most likely also a social racket.

That's why kickass engineers get paid less than mediocre managers; because they spend all their time solving fun technical problems instead of gaming the system.

[capote]

Just to clarify, I and many other Americans use the term school to mean tertiary education (university, higher education).

[taneq]

I thought this was the case but wasn't 100% sure which this poster meant. So in the last sentence where they say 'college' do you think they're talking about secondary or tertiary? It might just be a confusing-to-parse post.

[capote]

To me, (colloquially and ignoring subtleties):

university = college = tertiary education = higher education = postsecondary education = school = uni

[elliotec]

Yes, thank you.