Today more than 56 million Americans are attending a wide variety of schools and universities across the nation．One half of all the people in the country between the 小题1: of 18 and 25 attend a university．Schools are expected to小题2: the needs of every child regardless of his ability and also of society 小题3: （本身）．This means that tax-supported free education 小题4: ．（包括）courses in such subjects as sewing, typing, radio and automobile repairs as 小题5: as in the customary school subjects such as history and language．Students can choose among a. great variety of subjects 小题6: （取决于）on their interests，future plans and level of ability．There are， 小题7: ，some basic courses that everyone is required to study，such as reading，writing，mathematics and English．During the 1800’s and early 1900’s，when millions of people 小题8: many countries around the w小题9:____ came to the United States to settle，schools were an i_ 小题10: part in“Americanizing”the children，and through them the parents，too．