美国以后也学中国了。一律改成一年级，二年级

https://www.foxnews.com/us/penn-state-freshman-sophomore-male-centric

Faculty at Pennsylvania State University have voted to replace traditional descriptors like "freshman" and "sophomore" with "1st year" or "2nd year," citing the former's "male-centric academic history."

"As such, many terms in our lexicon carry a strong, male-centric, binary character to them.  Terms such as ‘freshmen’ are decidedly male-specific, while terms such as ‘upperclassmen’ can be interpreted as both sexist and classist.  Terms such as ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ are parallel to western male father-son naming conventions, and much of our written documentation uses he/she pronouns."

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• Texas的问题不一样 -Zinfandel- ♂ (212 bytes) () 05/14/2021 postreply 21:23:15

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• 米国改过一次公制，失败了 -12度圆缺- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2021 postreply 05:06:19