Why is Prom happening every single week??
Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.90 What expansions...
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@NyxValkoinen I think when playing with long lifespan, a week is roughly equivalent to one year - roughly. So it does make sense to have prom every week. However, this does not carry over to the football event - but that maybe because of schedule crowding - possibly. As to the extra two weeks? Well, by the American schooling system, a person is still in middle school when they begin their teens and High school only covers ages 15-18 unlike the rest of the world where high school is ages 13-18. Why that wasn't factored into the pack - who knows. It may be part of a plan for a future pack exploring all school years? Anything is possible with the sims.
@taffster74 , High school in the U.S. is actually 4 years, and for most students it is for the years aged 14-18. Of course, there are some exceptions depending on when a particular student's birthday is, or if they are really smart and skipped a grade, or had a really hard time and had to do over a grade, but usually high school is for ages 14 through 18. 🙂
- @PugLove888 I know it's four years. But I have a feeling the age grouping's vary from state to state hence you get preparatory high-schools which cover 17-18 year olds which then means normal high school covers 13-16 year olds. Don't worry, It's just like it down here in Australia. In most states/territories high school is from ages 13-18 but in the ACT, high school is 13-16 years old then you go to either senior college (17-18 years old) or CIT (Kind of like a community college) depending on what you want to do after school.
I'm back and i can't say why i was away (against TOS). Glad to see this is still being discussed. I can only put the game high school schedule down to two things - either they (the developers) plan on expanding on childhood in a future pack (something i've said before) or those extra two weeks are there on purpose for one of two reasons which both tie into each other - 1) it represents the "leave" gap some teens take between High school and college/University to "explore and experience" or 2) it gives us time to develop skills (max out focused skills and further develop those skills we've neglected for whatever reason) and further strengthen relationships. Either way, the tie in is that we can do those things in #2 anyway during those two weeks. The only other possibility for the extra two weeks is maybe the scouts/extra curricular groups schedule? Having never played that particular angle, I can't say.
It is by design to inform young adults and adults that prom is happening EVERY WEEK...
The most obvious solution to this mess is to lett us delete calender events because most of them are just annoying.
@taffster74 , I don't know of any high schools in the U.S. that aren't 4 years with the ages being roughly 14 -18, unless this is a recent development.🤨 I have had friends and relatives all over the country and they all had the same years of high school. While there could be some preparatory high schools here which only cover 17-18 year olds, leaving normal high schools to be for ages 13-16, I have never heard of this. My brother went a preparatory school, and it was 4 years for ages 14-18. Even all of the schools represented in TV, books, and movies have it the same.🤷♀️
The major difference I've seen in the States that can vary with state or region isn't with high school but with junior high/middle school and if there is an intermediate school or not. I've seen more intermediate schools in the last 20 years or so, but not very many of them, though it does seem to vary depending on where you live in the U.S.
