【IntheUnitedStated,mostofthechildrenbeginschoolattheageofthreeorfour.Whenchildrenarefive,theybeginkindergardenandgotoschoolforhalfaday.Betweentheagesofsixandtwelve,studentsareinelementaryschool.Middleschoolorju】

　　IntheUnitedStated,mostofthechildrenbeginschoolattheageofthreeorfour.Whenchildrenarefive,theybeginkindergardenandgotoschoolforhalfaday.Betweentheagesofsixandtwelve,studentsareinelementaryschool.Middleschoolorjuniorhighschoolstudentsarethirteenorfourteen.Thefirstmiddleschoolopenedin1960.Seniorhighschoolstudentsarebetweenfifteenandeighteen.

　　ManyChinesepeoplethinkthatAmericanstudentsalmostdon’thaveanyhomework---it’swrong.MostseniorhighschoolstudentsintheUSAhaveasmuchhomeworkasChinesestudents,andtheyusuallyspend2to3hoursdoingtheirhomeworkeveryday!