A trade school, sometimes also called a technical school, is one of the places you can go to after your graduation from your junior high. The purpose of this kind of school is to prepare the students for a good job in the future. The focus of learning is mainly on skills.

There are several advantages of going to a trade school. Firstly, it takes you less time to complete. The length（长度）of almost all trade school programs is about two years. That not only allows you to get more job experience and progress faster in your work, but also helps to save money. If you can get out of school earlier, you pay less for it.

Secondly, it is easier for you to find a job. Many four-year colleges spend more time teaching students knowledge than preparing them for jobs. But at a trade school, the focus is on learning the skills that you’ll be using in your job when you graduate. For example, if you graduate with a degree in history, you may have difficulty finding a job that really interests you. But once you complete a car repairing program, you can easily find a job to repair cars.

Thirdly, the jobs you can get with a trade school degree often pay well. According to trustful information, on the whole a trade school graduate makes much more money than a four-year college graduate.

Finally, it is easier for you to have a place in a trade school. You have to do really well in the test to go to a good university. But it requires much lower grades to go to a trade school. It saves you a lot of time, energy and trouble.

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There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to develop their interests in many subjects. Open education asks students to be responsible(对……负责) for their own education. The open classroom may help them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules.

But many students may not do well in an open classroom. For some students, if there are too few rules, they will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have difficulty getting used to making so many choices. For many students, it is important to have some rules in the classroom. A few rules will help them. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education.

You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. The writer thinks that open education is only a good idea. It may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want and need to have some rules. They will not study well if they do not have to.

In Florida in the US, primary school students have no homework now. The only thing they have to do is to read for 20 minutes each night.

This is called the “no homework” policy (政策). Around the US, many primary schools are trying out this policy. But there is some debate (争论) about it. Some people think this policy is good. With no homework, kids can have more time to play sports and be with their families. But others believe homework helps students remember what they have learned in class. It can also help kids make good daily habits.

In fact, the debate lasts(持续) for more than 100 years in the US. In the 1900s, many schools required no homework. But these days, parents ask for more homework, because competition from kids around the world is becoming greater. And now, people still question whether homework should be part of kids’ lives or not.

This is part of a long history of debate over homework and it may continue for years.