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w话题：教育，美国
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After they leave
elementary school,
children go to junior high school for three years
and senior high school for another three years.
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Education in the United States
美国的教育
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作者：Unknown |
来源：www.englishfree.com.cn |
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日期：2008-03-24 |
责编：Emma |
Most Americans start to go to
school at the age of five when they enter kindergarten. Children
do not really study at this time. They only attend for half a
day and learn what school is like.
Children attend elementary school
for the next six years. They learn to read and write and work
with numbers. They also study the world and its people.
After they leave elementary
school, children go to junior high school for three years and
senior high school for another three years. This is called
secondary education. In some places children go to elementary
school for eight years and high school for four. At any rate,
elementary and secondary education together take twelve years to
complete.
In their secondary schooling
children get more advanced knowledge. They study further in
history, geography, government and the English language and
literature. They may choose to study foreign languages, advanced
mathematics or science, such as physics or chemistry. Students
who plan to go on to college or professional training must take
some of these courses. Other students who do not plan to go on
with school may have classes in accounting or typing or other
subjects that will help them in the business world. Some senior
high schools are vocational. Boys must learn to operate machines
or do other work. Girls may learn cooking, sewing or office
work.
In most places in the United
States children must attend school until they are sixteen or
until they finish high school, usually at the age of seventeen
or eighteen. Some children who are not good students drop out of
school before they complete secondary education. This is a
growing problem, for it is harder and harder for people to find
work when they have not finished their high school education.
Higher education is given in
colleges and universities. The average course is four years.
Students choose a major and take courses in this subject. After
four years they get a bachelor's degree. Then the students may
go on to graduate school and with a year or two of further study
get a master's degree.
After another two or three years
of study, they may get a still higher degree as doctor of
philosophy. Higher education trains people to become teachers,
nurses, engineers or do other professional work. Lawyers and
doctors must go to school longer than four years.
Most cities have colleges or
universities that offer classes at night as well as in the
daytime. In this way people who have to work may attend school
at night and work for a degree or just take courses in a subject
that interests them. In many cities, secondary schools also
offer classes in adult education.
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