Editing Student (section)

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{{short description|Learner, or someone who attends an educational institution}}
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[[File:High school students, SAS Pudong.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Students of different nationalities at an international school in [[Shanghai]], China, 2017. The school does not have a [[school uniform]].]]
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A '''student''' is a person enrolled in a [[school]] or other [[educational institution]], or more generally, a person who takes a special interest in a subject.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student {{!}} Definition of Student by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Student|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/student|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927210303/https://www.lexico.com/definition/student|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2020|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[United Kingdom]] and most [[The Commonwealth|commonwealth countries]], a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., [[college]] or [[university]]); those in primary or elementary schools are "pupils".<ref>{{cite web |title=STUDENT {{!}} definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/student |website=Cambridge Dictionary |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705180538/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/student |url-status=live }}</ref>