The schools I went to

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I started _____ when I was five, but before then I went to a _____ for a couple of years. I only stayed there from nine in the morning until twelve, but at primary school we stayed until three in the afternoon. I really enjoyed primary school. I made lots of friends there. We didn’t have much homework and we played a lot. When I was eleven, I started _____ and things became more difficult. We studied from nine until four every day. I went to a ____ . I studied there for free and my parents didn't have to pay anything for it. The government paid for everything. It was OK. It was OK, but my parents wanted me to go to a ____. It was a very expensive school and students' parents had to pay a lot of money themselves. This school was so expensive because it was a … and students there not only studied but lived during the school year. However, the school was better and the students could get better exam results and get a better job in future. However, my parents didn't have so much money and I left school when I was sixteen. I want my children to study at ____

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I started _____ when I was five,

but before then I went to a _____ for a couple of years. I only stayed there from nine in the morning until twelve, but at primary school we stayed until three in the afternoon. I really enjoyed primary school. I made lots of friends there. We didn’t have much homework and we played a lot.

When I was eleven, I started _____ and things became more difficult. We studied from nine until four every day.

I went to a ____ . I studied there for free and my parents didn't have to pay anything for it. The government paid for everything. It was OK.

It was OK, but my parents wanted me to go to a ____. It was a very expensive school and students' parents had to pay a lot of money themselves.

This school was so expensive because it was a … and students there not only studied but lived during the school year. However, the school was better and the students could get better exam results and get a better job in future.

However, my parents didn't have so much money and I left school when I was sixteen. I want my children to study at ____!

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