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I'd like to talk about the school system in Australia today. The school system in Australia does depend on _______ you go to a private school or a public school. In the state I’m from, there are a lot of private schools, and generally they are single-sex high schools. The public high schools are generally
______ (mix). All of the private high schools insist that you should wear their school uniforms,
____that might mean
(wear) a school tie and a school jacket. However, the public high schools often give you a
______(choose) of whether you want to wear a uniform or not. The school classes generally start anywhere
____ 8:30 and 9 o’clock in the morning and run
_____ 3:30 in the afternoon, and they’re followed by after-school
____ (active) like sports and music theater. The school year generally starts in the
____ (begin) on February, after our summer vacation, which lasts about six weeks around the Christmas period.
The only thing I don't like about our school system is the idea of the difference in quality of education between the private and the public schools. It remains ___(see) whether you can get a better education, even if you are in a private high school. Most of our public high schools are quite good.