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In the United States, children start school when they are five years old.In some states they must stay in school u they are sixteen.Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they l _high school.There are t kinds of school in the United States: public school and private school.M children go to public schools.Their parents do not have to p for their education because the schools receive money from the government.If a child goes to a private school, his parents h _ to pay enough money for his schooling.Some parents still choose private schools, though they are much more e .
Today about half of the high school students go to universities a they finish the high school.A student at a state university does not have to pay too m if his parents live in this state.
But many students work while they are studying at universities.In this way they can have good working habits and live by their own h .