Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Journal Question #1, 2016-2017

What is school for?  Why has every society decided to create this place where it sends its young people for as much as 12 years?  Is the purpose of high school different than the purpose of elementary or middle school?  How?  Why do you go to school?

51 comments:

  1. Education is important for everyone. We can learn a lot in school, not only knowledge, skills, but also the ability of thinking by ourselves. Of course, the most important thing is that we should have our own opinion on one thing. Sometimes, most people follow others opinions without thinking so that they probably make wrong decision. For example, I usually go shopping so that I buy a lot every time because the saleman always said "this is really good for you and it's cheap....."so I buy that withour thinking. Then when I comeback to home I would think ,then I realized that it's not worthy to get. Then I will get angry and sad. That is just a simple example, sometimes we will get big problem if we don't think. So I think it's the most thing to go to school. And the different between high school and middle school is that in high school teachers will let you think a problem by yourselve, or discuss with your partner to solve that problem. But in middle school teachers just told you an answer and explain it to you. Also I think in the university, we will have more chances to think by ourselves, and solve problems on our own. So that, in my opinion, the reason that we have to go to shcool is that we have to get the ability of thinking.

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  2. School is an important place in society. In school, we can get good education. Education decides us what we will be in the future. In school, we can learn lots of things. Such as Science, Art, and Math. Not only we can learn knowledge in school, but also we can learn how to make friends with another people. Children don't like school because study is difficult and boring. Once, after school in China, my father told me, " if you want to succes, you need to pay your tired". How much time you spent are the same with how many you get in your future. Don't give up when you feel tired and difficult. Only across difficult, you will get succes. According above I said, so we need to work hard.

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  4. The school is organized and disciplined education system of the organization,people want get a lot knowledge from school.School is the cradle of culture, different from other enterprises, institutions and social groups. It is to lay the foundation of good moral character, and for the future of culture and science students and professional growth of the first position.I think the big difference for high school and elementary school is primary focus on learning, high school some people began to focus on social.The reason why I go to school, because I want have a great job in the future and have a good salary.

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  5. I think school is a important place that we learn everything in it.Education is important to people to know how they can do everythings good and how to solve the problems by the best way of themselves.Society need talented people to improve our country's technology and make our country become more powerful.And the big different purpose between primary school and middle school is their attitude is different,primary school student attitude of learning is relax and comfortable,no pressure.But middle school student have to worried about their important Senior high school entrance examination,because this big test decide they whether can go to a good high school,and that you an go to the good university until you find a good job...That's very important I think,and high school student is more nervous about their College entrance examination,to find a comfortable and good job,so they must to hit the books very hard.
    I think from primary school to find a job is a very interesting process,school gives us knowledge to learn,let us know various forms things,I believe school is a best place for all the people forever.

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  6. School takes an important roles in this society because it's the place where we earn knowledge. Because the world developing each day so people need to catch up with the modern world, and how can they catch up? They learn! And where they learn? They learn in school because school is where we fulfill our lack of knowledge. In Elementary school, teachers will give instructions and we have to follow it, but in High School, teachers don't give students knowledge anymore but teachers give them opportunities to earn knowledge by themselves. This can make students become more confident when they working alone or when no one is able to help them. For me, I go to school because I can learn more about the job I want to work in the future; I also go to school to make friends. Even when you hate school, you don't want to go to school everyday but it is where you can evolve yourself.

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  7. As everyone known, school has been a vital element for children's future. Almost every single parents decided to send their children to school. But the point is, why are we going to school? What do we do at school? I go to school because I want to get the education. And there are so many kind of answer for this question: making new friends, learning the things that you want, my parents made me to etc. But I think the point of going to school is learning education. In USA, parents have to send their children to school. In this case, we can tell that children are more likely to be successful if they go to school. And I personally think that school is like a game, you get to a higher level after you get certain amount of education. And it keeps continue, just like how we slowly develope from elementary school to now.

    Sunny Zhong

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  8. School is a perfect place for people to get knowledge. It is one of the most important things of our society. It provides education for people and make our world become better and better. Young people need education. Now about everyone goes to school since they were 5 or 6 years old, and if their parents have the ability to pay for the school, themselves grade is good enough, they can keep studying for 12 years. In these 12 years, they study at school, live at school and become a better guy at school. They get the things they need and become a good person for society. High school is a little different from middle school, If you want to learn, you just learn. If you do not want to learn, just do not listen. Teachers do not force you to learn. But the intrinsic quality of high school have not been change, its purpose is still let people get knowledge. I just want to get good education and enjoy the time to study. So I go to school.( If you do not go to school, just stay at home all day long, you won't get any chances to be a guy that have the ability to survive in this society )

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    1. School can give us many things that we need. Such As knowledge and education. These things are good for us in our future.We also can make many new friends in the school.

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  9. School is for providing all the students the same chances as any other students. Education is the most important thing for the developing and progressing of the human civilization and all the societies want to progress, that is the reason why all the societies decide to create schools for providing the 12 year-long education for most of kids. I don't think that there is any difference between high school and middle or elementary school except the level of the difficulty and kind of the knowledges students can learn from the high school and middle or elementary school. I think the reason why I go to school is for getting a good score which is gonna help me in the future obtaining employments.

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  10. School is a place giving the dissemination of knowledge,in which people learn,grow here,here to gain recognition.The school has brought us a lot of new things,we find good friends in school.School has change us.

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  11. School is very important for everyone.We need knowledge then apply a good college finally get a good job and have high income.Knowledge is not only for this.It is also for behavior, manner and expression.We want to improving ourself. That why we go to school.

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  12. Wikipedia define school very easy only one sentence " A school is an institution for learning."But School for me have another mean. School for me like mentor teach me how do team work, how can make friends.
    Education isn't just important our own life and future. What we make of our education will decide nothing less than the future of our country. Country future depends on us. That's why every society decide to create school and send young people for as 12 years.
    China have a saying "to teach students in accordance with their aptitude" that's mean teachers should have the capability to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. So the purpose of high school different than the purpose of elementary middle school.
    No matter what I want to do with my life, I am having to need education for every career. I can't drop out of school and just drop into a good job. I've got to learn it.

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  13. School is very important because I think knowledge is power. We can't buy knowledge by money and it is precious so we need to study hard. Also, today, our society think knowledge is the most important thing. For example, when we want to get a job, we must be brilliant and I think our knowledge develop our society.

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  14. Jack Zhao
    ELL Journal
    ELL 3
    Mr. Griffin
    Sep 15, 2016

    School is the place that provides good education for young kids to study. The reason that why has society created this places, because it is important for people who want to have a good future. The world also be changed by the offspring, and school will teach them. In my opinion, higher school has a higher than elementary and middle school and they have different purposes. Higher school provide AP classes, which is be ready for college class. I'm going to school, because I want to make my life better after I graduate. I also would like to the the knowledge that I learned from school to help people.

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  15. School is one the most importants insititucions that currently exist. Is a place where you can learn, gain knowledge, make friends etc. There are schools around the world with different story size, languages, religions but all of them have one purpose and this purpose is try to give the best future possible for the young people. When we are young we don't want to go to the school because we have other priorities and we think that school is hard and tired but what we don't is that if we do not take this chance of go to the school and learn and gain knowledge will be very difficult get a good job and survive in the world we live.

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  16. School is one the most importants insititucions that currently exist. Is a place where you can learn, gain knowledge, make friends etc. There are schools around the world with different story size, languages, religions but all of them have one purpose and this purpose is try to give the best future possible for the young people. When we are young we don't want to go to the school because we have other priorities and we think that school is hard and tired but what we don't is that if we do not take this chance of go to the school and learn and gain knowledge will be very difficult get a good job and survive in the world we live.

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  17. To me the school definitely take an important role in the whole society. And the reason of why society create school I think is to let more and more children get education, because the children are future of one country. Also the education is really important too. As we all know, we are all same when we bored so what make us different? It's because the school, we can find our own interests by learning different courses. Then we fight for our dream for different reasons. This is why I go to school.

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  18. School is a place for students to study and education. It also can improve your sociability. Also you should show your advantage and your shortcomings that teaches can help you expand advantage and reduce shortcomings. Learning different subjects not only helps you get good grades,but also challeng yourself to do your best. School is important because in every societies because education is very useful in people's life. And government hopes more and more people can improve their quality. It is very different between high schools and middle schools. In middle schools, teachers teach students how to be a good student and be a respectful person. But in high school theaters impart knowledges and skills. Also help you to choose your direction for your future. I go to school because I want to learn something which i never learn in China. Also school makes my life colorful.

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  19. School is a world famous place that everyone know and everyone study in.It is very important because people can learn all kind of subject in school such as science art history and even they can also have sport, so people gain knowledge in school, with more knowledge, people may creat more unbelievable creature, so that they can build a better country, that is why all country have their own school. School also include the knowledge that people use everyday, so people have to take class in school which give them useful knowledge. People need harder knowledge after they finish elementary and middle school, so the difference between elementary, middle school and high school is the class become harder. I'm a student in high school, I come to school to have education to help myself have a better future.

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  20. Chris Kou
    ELL 3
    Mr.Griffin
    ELL Journal
    Sep 16, 2016
    School, is a place where teach the students knowledge, make them have the correct world value, and independent thinking. School change people to be more competitive, thus every society builds them. The purpose is different between High school and middle school is that the High school teaching independent thinking at the same time when teaching scientific knowledges. By giving sort of topics, school can let students to say what they are thinking about. I go to school, for getting good education, for be a better man--- every time I see a hard question about science, I know I learned it and I can solve it; every time I meet some people who need help, I know I will help them and that makes me feel good; every time I have to make choice, I can make decision by myself.

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  21. School is important place where you get education. Education is important for your live and for what you will do in your life. But it is not just about education. You make there friends, get new experiences, and challenges. Without school we wouldn't know some important things which we need in our life. Sometimes I don't want go to school, because sometimes I am tired for study. But I know I have to, beacuse if you do your best so it is worth. You get better your skills in your subjects. At school you can find in what you are interested and continue in this in your life and reach something big.

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  22. School is school is really important for us. Nowadays we need knowledge to survive and school is the place that teach you knowledge and skill to survive, and also school will teach you how to be a good person teach the fundamental thing you need to know and the rule you need to follow. In school you also will make your social network and that a really important part in furture. In elementary school and middle school they just teach you your behavior but in high school they teach you knowledge so that quite different purpose.

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  23. I think that the school is for growing up, to improve our skills and obviously for our knowledge so that's why it's so important for us. We've been studying since we were so young and we keep studying to improve our language and other important things that we will need in the near future. Like maths, science and a big amount of important things. And I also find it really important to get along with different people and learn how to spend time with them. People with different opinions and experiences.
    I think that the purpose of primary school and middle school is a little bit different because I think that primary school it’s more easy, the teachers explain the things more slowly and they don’t give so much homework but in middle school the teachers give us more homework and we have to worry about our grades because of collage.
    So that's why I go to school and what I think of it. Basically of my future which depends on me and on my hard working.

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  24. School is a place where you go to learn a lot of things, you learn how to read, learn other languages and more thing. You go to school so teachers can teach and help you how to be in the future, making a company, or how to do certain amount of things. The purpose is kind of the same but in high school they teach you more specifically the subjects you want to learn, and they just do that, you don't have to learn subjects that you don't like or you don't need for the future. I want to school because I want to be a business man, so I need to learn a lot of things before being that. I like going to school because you learn new things, and make new friends.

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  25. Education is essential for all human. Every place you go, every person that you talk with, needs to receive a respect. You learn this education in different situations during your life specially in the school. School is one of the best ideas that the society have created. I'ts a way where every child can learn infinity things. I'm not talking only about knowledge, they also grow up as a person. They learn about shearing, about teamwork, about listening to the other people... The school objective is not to pass test, is to give all the knowledge as possible. I think that society create this place because when you are young it's easier to learn and memorize new things. Specially knowledge about science and languages, when you learn it earlier is better. Also because in school you meet new people and you make friends, and it is important to know how to relacionate with people. I really think there is a big difference between middle school and high school. In the high school, you're preparing yourself for going in a collage. You start making important choices about what do you want to study, that can help you in the future. But in the middle school you just follow the instructions that your teachers say, and try to understand what they explain.
    I have no choice, my parents obligate me to go to school. However I like it,I like to spend time with my friends and to learn new things it is interesting. I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to go to school.

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  26. School is very important for everyone.we can get knowledge, how to be a good person and some philosophy of life. That is why we need go to school. Some students don't want to go to school.because.study is burning and tired. None always likes study. But if we don't study ,we can't get knowledge.we can't be success.we can't do many things. Everyone has dreams and reasons maybe have a great futures, become CEO, be a famous people or for our family. For these reasons and dreams we need to get knowledge. Cause knowledge change fate. So need work hard for ourselves reason and dreams.

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  28. Because we go to school can learn knowledge. And knowledge is in our daily life. We need knowledge. If you want buy something but you don't know how much it is, you can use your knowledge to konw that. And if you don't go to school, how can you meet friends and how can you have friends? That's what important to school. Even though you can't learn knowledge very well, but you also can have friends and won't be lonely.

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  29. The school is important because you can get more knowledge than you study at home. In school you may know much about society, you can meet new friends. Those things are going to help you in your life, school is not only for teaching knowledge, it also teach you how to do team work. Study is boring but in school you can have more fun than at home facing with a teacher. The 12years in school may be your one of the best memory in your life. And the school mate will belong with you in rest of your life, and you can proudly told others, "this is the school I graduate!". And the old others how your school life going on, I think school is an important part of life. Whn you are in school, you think school is hard, have a lot of homework and exam. But when you graduate, you will miss school so much.

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  30. We can learn the rules of knowledge and life in the school. If we don't study, we can't get into the society. The school has a teacher can teach us, so we won't go to the wrong way. There are a lot of students in the school, so we can learn to interact with people and have social skills. So, we go to school is for we can better go into the community.

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  31. School is a important place of everyone's life. We spend many years to go to school. People attend to school to get basic academic education which allows them to get jobs, and also learn their basic rights and how to use them. In China, when children don't want to go to school, their parents always say:" If you don't go to school, you can not be success, you will become a beggar." Because the world is developing, we need to learn more knowledge. I think everyone has their dreams, become a CEO, a doctor, a pilot or a famous person... Whatever. Because of these we have to work hard in the school so our dreams can come true. Many students don't like go to school, because they think school is boring and meaningless, and they might think go to school is compulsory. It might not seem like school is preparing you for life but it totally is. There is an expectation that our show up for work every single day. Hope everyone can enjoy their school life and wish every dreamer's dream can come true.

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  32. School is a place to study and make friends. You can get more knowledge and information from school. If you want to be a successful person, I think you should go to school. There are a lot of teachers will help you to work out every problems. And people under the age of 12 are not mature enough to look after themselves. When people finish middle school, they'll feel proud. Then they can work hard in high school. For me,school is a part of my life. I go to school almost every day. When I go to school l can meet my friends and teachers. All the stuff at school is interesting and fun. If you think studying is a happy thing,you won't hate school. All in all,school is a place which can make you smarter. We need to go to school !

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  33. In my perspective, school is a place where provides the resourses of education, a place where enables people to obtain knowledges, and a places where helps people to cultivate good habits, and it’s a place where gives people chances to be with each others, to make freinds and work to each others. So school is a very significant and necessary place for a society that decide to create. Then the reason why people always send their children to school as much as twelve years is because there are three stage of people’s life during their young age. First, when children are during six years old and twelve years old, they need go to primary school to learn the initial lessons, to form their good habit ; then, when children are twelve to fifteen years old, they have to go to middle school to learn intermediate stage things of their life which enrich their life experiences; finally, when children are fifteen to eighteen, they have to go to high school, and when people at that age, they always know what they want to do in the future, and they also have to work hard for to get into a good university and to choose a major that they like. Otherwise, as the age become older, the students become more mature, and they have more energy to gain more and complex knowledges, also, different age have different ways to teach students. For me, I go to school because when I was young when I don’t know everything, I can’t make decisions by my own, so my parents bring me to the school when I’m at the age which needs to go to kindergarten school, then, that cultivate my habits which is go to school every monday to friday, and I also think if I do not go, it’s strange. But absolutely, I learned a lot and made a lot of friends in school, and I’m so glad to with them.

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  34. I think school is basically to learn relationships. School is not a just learn like curriculum. If we want a just learn curriculum, we need not go to school. We can learn curriculum in home. But we go to school because in school we have friends and teachers. I don't agree school give knowledge to me. What is knowledge? Most people can use internet, and find something in few seconds. I think we learn just basic knowledge in school, if want more advanced cources go to university. We must more activities in school. In activities we can find our career. We must learn relationships in school.

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  35. First of all, students can learn a lot from school, school is very important for everyone. We need knowledge, we need to go the college and get jobs. The elementary and middle school can help us build foundation for our high school study. Also, we can know all different kinds of people in schools, so that we may get help from more people when we go to work.

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  36. The school is a place for us to learn the knowledge and how to make a good relationship before step into the society, the reason of why we go to school for 12 years, the school shows us what makes the world , what is friend, how hard you need to be if you want to be successful, and have many competitions between you and other person ,even she is your friend .I think school challenge me a lot , teach me a lot .

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  37. Education is important for every students. It's result in getting more and more knowledge from school. In the future, you step in social, you can use the knowledge to make money. In the school, you can make friends that enlarge your social circle, when you were get in trouble, you can find help from your friends. You can join all kinds of activities and improve your health.

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  38. Thanks, everyone, for your comments on school. You mention academic, economic, and social reasons for school. Several of you make the point that you don't need school for knowledge, but school is important for developing social relationships and for personal growth.

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  39. Allan Fang
    Ell3
    Mr. Griffin
    9/18/16

    School is very important. It is a place for students to study. The school employ many good teachers from everywhere. Why every country very care about education? Every country wants their citizen to have a better education that they can improve their country’s culture. I think elementary and middle school are teaching kids how to be successful people, and the high school are teaching some real knowledge. I think being a student time is the best part of my life. Only this time, I don’t have to worry about money, food or any others. The only thing is study. I will cherish this time. Focusing on study.

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  40. Hugo Wolf
    Ell III
    Mr. Griffin
    9/19/2016

    School is a place where kids go to learn and prepare them for the future by learning about some important signatures. Basically is a place to learn, every one needs to go there if they want to get a job for the future. Like that they can help their country, and obviously the government wants kids to study. If they don't study no one will be working for the government or companies, and everything will not be under control, something that the government doesn't want to happen.
    There ar win total 12 years of school divided by different levels. The first one is elementary school, where all kids of 4-6 years go, and they learn the basics, like some grammar and maybe some math. The next level is primary school, where kids of 7-11 years go to learn more difficult stuff than elementary school, they also get introduced to some a signatures that they never studied, like science. The next one is middle school, where kids of 11-13 years old go to continue what they started in primary school, they get prepared for high school to. The last level is high school were teenagers that are 14-18 years old go to learn much more about live, high school prepares them to go to college or just start working.
    Basically we go to school to learn.

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  41. I think go to MS is for learn the thing proper for the upper school.In upper school we are learning the real impotent thing.
    I go to school because I need to learn more information from teacher.

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  42. I go to school because I need to learn I need knowledge to cope with the complex social, also hope I can use this knowledge to do a little contribution to the world, I think that different parts of the high school and middle school is that it exists in order to apply for university and college is to cultivate all kinds of talents, human memory and comprehension skills at a young age in a peak which is the most suitable for studying.

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  43. The most important reason for children go to school is getting knowledge. The children who is study in school can learn no only the academic knowledge, but also the social etiquette. And the most biggest difference between the middle school and high school is the level have change. The level in high school is more higher. This is main the children who study in high school can get a high comprehensive skills and more kinds of talents.

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  44. Samet Feyzioglu
    ELL 1
    Mr".Griffinb
    22/09/16
    Firstly,School does not creed leader.School might've lost leaders to demonstrok improved leadership skills but t strangely beileive that leaderships is somethings you have with you.School improve our skills make vs great person.School can generet future scientists who will advance medicine technology,law.It is all time school is everything.If we cannot school.We don't be secret,friendly and all positive silver man.School is perfect person who loves to lean and learn.12 years is good age to go to school,because young age people learn everything easily in addition to if students go to school young age going to school become their habits.Secondly,university's good is absolutely different the elementary or middle school It is a life I go to school to help the word.If I have a good personality and nice job then I can hear a hand to every people

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  45. from Hanna:

    1. School is very important, because knowladge is a blessing. The knowladge can’t buy in the

    shop. If you don’t learn it will not be good job. Everyone will decide what will be, but is sould be too!
    2. In my opinion the sence of life is to get enormozes experience and knowladge. We live these and bad things with our loved ones. Meantime we can develope. In my world the art is very important.
    3. I have been here for a month but I don’t have difficultes. Almost sure I’llnhave difficultes during a year. My English is pour that’s why I have differentulcies in understandiny American
    English slangs and pfroses because my vocebulary is pour.
    4. I like about spring that the weather either too cold or hot. It is perfect for doing everything. I like if it reining, because the nature is refreshed. In spring the nature is very colorful. It’s my favorite season.
    5. Sport is very important to my mind, becauce it is getting away from tension and it recreates. I don’t mind if the school is too sport-obsessed. At home I played handball and did synchronized swimming. I aways didnsome sport.
    6. If I could create a school everyone could choose foreign language. It1s very important. There wouldn’t be big classes. What about rules. I don’t know yet. They should be.

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  46. School is a nice place where I go everyday. Everyday I will go to school, because I have to go to learn knowledge and skills. We have English and science everyday, and sometimes I have concert choir, and sometimes I have PE class. My class in school is good, some of it is the useful skills of everyday life, and some of it is the knowledge I want to know. Learn them let me feeling good and content, so maybe I am just a student who can't be very like study, but I like school,all this things I just can do in school.

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  47. in my own opine. School is a place where child can arm them self to get ready for the change of society. That's why every country build school to train their "young soldier". I think the reason why government send kids to school for 12 years, is the government have the responsibly to do it befor e the turn 18 years old. Also the make a different level of school such as primary school, mid school and high school. Primary school is for age 6-12 kids, which is the best place to go for them to learn basic knowledge. When they getting older their brain can able to absorb and digest more and more information. So it is the best choice for them to go to place like mid school and high school, and doing well on it. However School it's really important place for me. Everyday my academic ability, sociability are increasing every day which can give me best support when I step into real society. That the main reason why I chose to go to school.

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