Jgrosso Life in Denmark. In Denmark you must have at least nine years of education from age seven to age fourteen. Danish education is the system of folk high schools. Almost all Danes can read and write.
Danish schools are institutions of advanced education.
Many children also spend one year in preschool. In this school they combine elementry and junior high in one school. The class mates stay together their whole school life. Their teacher stays with the same class of students throughout their years in school. The teachers are usually addressed by their first names, and the student-teacher relationship is so close that the students can call them at home.