I'd like to talk about the school system in Australia today. The school system in Australia does depend on 1.________ 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 2._______ (mix). All of the private high schools insist that you should wear their school uniforms, 3.____that might mean4. (wear) a school tie and a school jacket. However, the public high schools often give you a 5. ______(choose) of whether you want to wear a uniform or not. The school classes generally start anywhere6. ____ 8:30 and 9 o’clock in the morning and run 7. _____ 3:30 in the afternoon, and they’re followed by after-school 8._____ (active) like sports and music theater. The school year generally starts in the9. ____ (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 remains10. ___(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.

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