آموزش زبان انگلیسی

At School

A school is a place to learn, but there are many different kinds of school for learning many different things:

•  Elementary School, for children from about 6 to 10 or 11 years old;

• Middle School, usually grades 4, 5, 6 or 5, 6, 7 ;

• Junior High School, grades 6, 7, 8 OR 7, 8, 9; 

• High School or Senior High School, covering grades 8 or 9 sometimes, but always 10, 11 and 12;

• Junior or Community College, offering 2-year Associate degrees as well as many individual courses;

• College, offering 4-year degree programs leading to a Bachelor"s degree;

• University, offering programs leading to a Bachelor"s, a Master"s or a Doctoral degree);

• Vocational or Technical school, teaching specific trades or professions such as plumbing, diesel mechanics, x-ray technician or cosmetology;

• Business school, teaching secretarial or office skills, advertising and marketing, and retail management;

• Driving schools, to teach people how to drive large trucks or small cars;

• Flying school, to teach one how to fly a small airplane;

• And many other types of school for learning anything you can imagine.

This student is wearing a cap and gown, garments which are symbols of graduating from a school.	This young man is working on his homework - school work which is meant to be done at home.	Sometimes students put their heads down on their desks because they are bored or tired.	Many schools allow students to store their books and supplies in metal lockers like this one.

   This lesson will be dealing mainly with what we call public schools, those open to the public and paid for by the government through taxes received from the public.  Some colleges and universities are also considered to be public because they receive much of their financial support from the government.

This young woman is looking for information in one of her textbooks.	Many students ride to school in a yellow school bus like this one.	Alfred is too large for his desk	You might see a map of the United States in a History or a Geography class.