In the USA, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school 1 they are sixteen. But most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they 2 secondary schools. There are two kinds of schools in the USA: public schools and private schools. 3 children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to 4 their education because the schools 5 money from the government. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents still 6 private schools though they are much more expensive.
Today about half of the high school students 7 in universities after they finish secondary schools. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents 8 in that state.
Many students 9 while they are studying at universities. In this way they get into 10 working habits and live by their own hands.