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College Almost
A college or university two million
is where people over 18 children are
can study a subject in Graduation home-schooled
great detail for three or cap in the US.
four years. They are awarded
a degree when they
graduate.

Getting to school
Many students walk to
Degree certificate
school, others are taken there
in special school buses or by
car or train. In the US,
school buses are painted
bright yellow.

Home school
Some children stay at home
during the day and are given
lessons by their parents. They get
to study all the subjects they would
learn at school. Children that live
a long way from the nearest
school join in lessons over
the Internet.

Victorian
desktop
blackboard

Tools for school
In the past, children wrote out
their lessons using chalk on a
small blackboard. Today, some
schools use computers and
tablets, although tests and
homework usually have to
be written out on paper.

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