| In China, public education is free for 9 years. Children need to go to school about 6 years. Elementary and middle school is free for kids. They are the same for boys and girls. Elementary school is 6 years and middle school is 3 years. High school isn't free. For other private schools, you have to pay money. If you want to go to the university, many kids must take a test every year. The government gives a test for children. If you don't pass, you will spend one year reviewing. If you want to go to a good university, you must get a good score.--Bo |
| The education system in China has elementary school and middle school (some schools contain high school), technical school, college and university. All schools are not free now. The cost of some schools is very high. Elementary school is 1 to 6 grade, middle school is 7 to 9 grade, high school is 10-12 grade. College is two years, university is four years. Students must take a city test to get into middle school and high school. Students must take a country test to get into college or university too. Sometimes if you want to get into a university it is very difficult.--Bing |
| My name is Jenny. I'm from China. In the United States and China there are some different systems. In my country when little kids are three through five years old, they start to go to preschool. When the kids are usually six years old, they start to go to elementary school. The students are there from six through twelve years old. Middle school is three years and high school is three years. They go to school Monday through Friday.--Jenny |
| In Russia, children have to go to school 10-12 years. This is a middle education. Usually middle education is free and it is the same for boys and girls. After middle school follows a higher education in a university, 5-6 years. In the university there are tests to take after each year and to finish.--Aleksandr |
| In my country, education is very important for the people. Usually children go to elementary school by age 7 and after 6 years, they finish. They go to middle school for 3 years. After that, they go to high school for 3 years. Then they finish 13 years of study in school. They have to take a big test. If you pass all the tests and the score is high, you can choose a good college. You choose what subject you want to study. Then in three, four, or five years you can finish all the courses. Then you can find a good job.--Xiao Li |
| China is the biggest country. There are many children that need to study in elementary, middle and high school. Now it is free for children studying in elemntary and middle school. The boys and girls are the same. In China the school year is about nine months. The school day is five days a week. When the students want to get into high school or college, they need to pass a test.--Ci Dian |
| Japan has a different system than California. Japanese elementary school has 6 grades. Children have to go to school when they are 7 years old. First grade students are 7 years old. Students graduate at 12 years old. Kindergarten is not included in elementary school. Middle school is the same time, but 13 years old to 15 years old., and high school is too, but for 3 years. I like the California school system because I feel all students are equal. In Japan it is more important that the teacher and the student are compatible because the student has the same teacher every year, sometimes until graduation.--Emi |
| Education is very important for people. Different countries have different policies for education. In my country, people can get free education from elementary school through high school. Elementary is 6 years, middle school 3 years, and high school 3 years. After every part of school, at the end of every semester, you have to pass a test. Then you can go to the next part. After the twelve years of public school, students must pass a test for college or university, and they have to pay a fee. In my country, kids all go to school five days a week. Also there is no school in summertime (about 2 months) and two weeks of no school in wintertime.--Amy |
| In my native country, elementary school is 6 years for the kids. Middle school is 3 years and high school is 3 years too. We need to study 5 days a week, but we have to study six days a week in high school now. If we are level 12, we need to study a full week. Every morning the class begins at 7:15 and goes to 11:10 am., 2:15 to 5:15 pm in the afternoon. In the evening it is 7:10 to 8:45 pm. That is in high school, and we have a lot of homework to do every day. I always finished at 11:00 pm.--Jason |
| When I was a child in my native country, I studied elementary school for five years. I came to school five days a week. I studied for 4 hours a day. The schools weren't free. We needed to pay money for the school and they were the same for boys and girls. We studied about nine months a year. Before in my country I had to take a test for high school and my results for math were okay. I was happy. After that I became a soldier in Vietnam. I didn't go to a university. That's enough about me.--Minh |
| I studied to level 7 in my country. We went to school only half a day, from 7 AM-11:50 AM or 1PM-5:30 PM, 5 days a week. Thursdays and Sundays are off in the elementary school. In middle and high school, we came 6 days a week. The boys and girls were the same, but it wasn't free. In the elementary school I came to school 5 years, 4 years for middle and 3 years for high school. In my country the school year is 9 months, from September 1st to May 30.--Duc |
| In China, education is very important for every family. The people have to spend very much money for the education of children. Most people let their children go to public school. Children must finish elementary and middle education. Then some students go to a skill college, and some students go to high school. This is the base of a good education. If your children hope to find a good job, they must go to a university. You will spend four to six years studying a major. Now computer is most students' favorite subject. They also like economics and business. Most students want to go into business after finishing their study.--Yue Hua |
| Talking about education in my native country, it is almost the same as in the U.S. Children can go to elementary school at 7 years old, for six years, middle school for 3 years and high school for 3 years and then go to college. However, we don't bring lunch to school. In my country the school hours are about 8:00 am to 11:00 am and 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Most students go home and eat lunch. Then they go back to school and go home for dinner. Middle school and high school students have to be at school to study from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.--Susanna |
| In my country, the education is similar to here. The kids go to school the same number of years, but in my country their parents pay some money. In my country, children have to go to school 6 years, but here it is high school. When I was in school in my country, I had many teachers. Some teachers were good, some bad. I don't remember any special one, but I had a good time. I just finished middle school in my country. Here I studied the GED and I got a diploma. One day I want to study more, but now I just study ESL.--Maria |
| My name is George. I think in my country it is very bad because we have bad doctors, lawyers , and teachers. Our education is not so good. One man is a doctor. He is only 27 years old. It's not good. We need to study more years. In my country there is very much free time, vacations, etc.--George |
| In my country, the kids begin to go to school at 7 years old. The children have to go to school for ten years. It is the same for boys and girls. It is free. The children go to school five days a week. They need to take a test to get into a university, college, or high school.--Yan Hong. |
| In my native country, when you go to school you need to pay. The education is all the same for boys and girls. In my native country, you have to study at night. Daytime is for lessons. Night is for doing homework and studying by yourself. You have to take a test to go to high school and college too.--HZ |
| In my country, children have to go to school for 12 years. Elementary school is 6 years, middle school is 3 years, and high school is 3 years. They need to pay money to study. It's all the same for boys and girls. You need to study one class for 45 minutes. One day has 8 classes and more. If you study in middle school and high school you always go to night school in the last year. One week has 6 days of school. You need a test to get into college or high school.--AK |
| I come from China. Children have to go to school more than 15 years in my country. It's the same for boys and girls, but it isn't free. There are four kinds of school in my country: Elementary school, middle school, high school, and university. If you want to finish all those schools, you will spend more than 15 years and much money. There are two semesters a year, and 5 days a week. Kids don't go to school on Saturday. If people want to get into college and high school, they have to take a test.--Tracy |
| In my country, China, young children go to kindergarten at 3 years old. Then when they are 6 years old, they go to elementary school and study 7 years, including one-year preschool education After that they go to middle school for 3 years. Next they go to high school for 3 years. After that, they have to pass a test to get into a college or university. In China, boys and girls have the same authority to go to school, but a rich family's children can get into a private school that is expensive. Many family's children go into a public school--Kendy |
| In my country, children have to go to school. Boys and girls are the same. My country has some schools that are free and some schools that are not free. There are elementary, middle, and high schools and private schools. For elementary school, students study 5 years, for middle school 8, and in high school 3 years. Children go to school 5 days in one week. When you finish high school, you can take a test for college or university. In the university you can study 4-6 years.--Lkhagvasuren |
| I am from China. Children have to go to school 12 years in my country. It is the same for boys and girls. It is not free. There are elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, private and public. School is nine months of the year, and five days a week. They don't go to school on Saturday. There is a test to get into college and high school.--May |
| I am from China. When I was young, I didn't go to a K-9 school. All the children were the same. Children could go to elementary school when they were 8 - 10 years old. After 6 years we went to middle school. Middle school had 2 years. The high school had 3 years, and then if you wanted to study in college or university, you had to take a government test. It was very hard to pass it because for every one thousand students only one got in a college or university. We had school on Saturday morning, but in the high school we studied in the classroom 7 days a week, and also Monday to Friday evening, from 7 pm-9 pm you had to review homework by yourself. Why? All the students wanted to study in college or university That was our dream!--Zhong Yee |
| In my country the learning system is in the beginning, at 3-4 years, children go to school. They learn 3 years of preschool. After that, at 7 years old, they go to elementary school. After elementary school they go to secondary school. After that they go to high school for four years. After four years they take an international exam. Then they take 5 exams. If they get 75%, it's okay. They can go to a university program, for example management, for 3-4 years, or medical doctor, for a maximum 6-7 years of study. In comparing to S.F., there is not a big difference. Sorry--they go to school every day except Sunday. Saturday they go to school.--Sintayehu |