Compare And Contrast Taiwan Education Vs American Education

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Taiwan Education V.S. USA Education

When I came to the United State in 1995, I got surprised after my children entered to their public schools. Why? It is not only because we didn’t pay their tuitions, textbooks fees, breakfast and lunch fee, but also the school schedule, students/teachers relationship, and a lot of things are different with my country in Taiwan. Even both of countries’ education is compulsory now, parents in Taiwan still have to pay some fees such as registration fee and supplements fee (including textbooks) for their child to use in school.
Education in the United State
The United State education is provided by public schools and private schools. It is including Pre-School, Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle …show more content…

It is often divided into two phases, middle/junior high school and high school. Students are usually given more independence, moving to different classrooms for different subjects, and being allowed to choose some of their class subjects. "Middle school" usually includes seventh and eighth grade (and occasionally fifth and sixth grade as well); “Junior high” may include any range from sixth through ninth grades. “High school” (occasionally senior high school) usually runs from 9 or 10 through 12. Students in these grades are commonly referred to as freshmen (grade 9), sophomores (grade 10), juniors (grade 11) and seniors (grade 12). At the high school level, students generally take a broad variety of classes without specializing in any particular subject, with the exception of vocational schools. Students are generally required to take a broad range of mandatory subjects, but may choose additional subjects ("electives") to fill out their required hours of learning. High school grades normally are included in a student's official transcript, e.g. for college admission. The curriculum they have to learn including Science, Mathematics, English, Social sciences, Physical education; some years of a foreign language and some form of art education are often also required, as is a health curriculum in which students learn about anatomy, nutrition, first aid, sexuality, drug awareness, and birth control. Many high schools provide Honors, Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. These are special forms of honors classes where the curriculum is more challenging and lessons

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