This document asks a series of questions about education systems in different countries. It asks about favorite subjects in school, public vs charter schools, and opinions on topics like whether parents or governments should decide curriculums, if arts are as important as sciences, and if higher education should be free. Listeners are prompted to click on pictures to hear responses to questions about different countries' education systems and opinions on making college education free.

2. What were your favourite subjects at school?
Which didn't you like?Why?

3. Does your country have
a good education system?

4. Click on the pictures
and listen to people
answer the question:
“Does your country
have a good
education system?”
What do they say?
Did anything
surprise you?

5. What do you know about
the American and British education system?

6. What is a PUBLIC school?

7. What is a CHARTER school?

8. Listen and decide which of these is about US and which about UK:
(1)Kids get 6 weeks of summer holiday.
(2)You can improve your grades by participating in class discussion.
(3)For safety reasons you cannot wear a backpack in the hallway.
(4)School sport teams are not really a thing.
(5)You can choose some of the subjects you study in secondary school.
(6)At university you study one main subject.
(7)Preparing for final exams is very difficult.
(8)You can take a gap year before going to university.
(9)Most elementary and secondary students wear uniforms.

11. Do you agree or disagree
with the following opinions:

12. “Parents should decide
what the kids learn about,
not the government”

13. “Tests and grades are unnecessary”

14. “Arts programs should be
as important
as science programs”

15. “Every kid should learn
how to write code”

16. “Higher education
shouldn't be free”

17. Click on the picture below and listen to 6 people
answer the question “Should college education be free?”
Complete the table with their answers.