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hey everybody welcome to this a1

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english listening practice video you can

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use this video

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to practice your listening and

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comprehension

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as i speak before we start

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so today i'm gonna talk about education

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this is an essential topic because

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education is an important part of our

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lives

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most people get some kind of education

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education is different in different

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countries

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but today we'll talk about education

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in the u.s so first let's talk about the

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different

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levels of education in the u.s

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the first level of education is

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preschool

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in the u.s kids go to preschool

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when they're four years old but not

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everyone goes to preschool some people

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don't go i went to preschool when i was

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four

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i didn't like it because i was very shy

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i didn't like playing with other kids

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when i was young in preschool children

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play a lot but they also learn

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after preschool children go to

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kindergarten

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usually kids start kindergarten when

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they're

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5 years old in kindergarten children

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start learning more things for example

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they learn to read write and make art

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they also learn how to be good students

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i remember that when i was in

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kindergarten

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we had discipline if we did something

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bad

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we got in trouble i never got in trouble

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because i was a good student so

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after kindergarten you go to elementary

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school

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in the u.s most elementary schools

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include 1st second third

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fourth fifth and sixth grade

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but some elementary schools don't

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include

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sixth grade in each year of elementary

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school

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you only have one teacher you have

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the same teacher all year in my opinion

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elementary school isn't that difficult

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in the us of course you get homework

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but it's not too much in elementary

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school

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you learn many things like math

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science history and english

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at this level you spend about 6 hours

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at school then after elementary school

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you go to middle school or junior high

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i say middle school but both of these

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names

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are correct middle school usually

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includes

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7th and 8th grade at this level

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students have many teachers like six

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or seven i had six different classes

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each year in middle school each class

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was one hour long i didn't like middle

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school

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it's much harder than elementary school

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you get more homework and you have more

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tests

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then after middle school you go to high

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school

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in the u.s high school includes 9th

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10th 11th and 12th grade

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this is the most important time for

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students

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in the u.s if you want to go to college

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then it's important to do well in high

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school

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high school can be difficult but it

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depends on your teachers

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some teachers give a lot of homework and

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some teachers

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don't and some teachers are good at

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teaching

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and some teachers aren't i had some good

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teachers in high school

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but i also had some bad teachers

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so after high school some people go to

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college

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and some people don't of course there

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are

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different levels of university and you

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can

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earn different degrees there okay

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so lastly let's look at a few important

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vocabulary words

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related to education first let's talk

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about the word

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grades we use the word grades

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to talk about how well you did in a

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class

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or on a test in the us

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these grades are a b

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c d and f an a

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grade is the best and an f

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grade is the worst okay the next word

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is recess in the u.s

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recess is the short break that

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elementary school students have during

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their school day

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during recess students play

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talk or eat a snack this break

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is usually 20 or 30 minutes

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okay the last phrase you should learn is

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bachelor's degree a bachelor's degree

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is the degree you get after four years

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of university it's lower than a master's

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degree

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alright that's all for today leave a

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comment

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