2. A lot of people are asking me about my new school. It's (1) hard to explain, so I give them an example of one day.
It's Wednesday morning and it's time for the weekly school meeting. This week, one of the topics is "wheels". Kyle, one of the kids in my class, proposes a new (2) that students can bring skateboards, skates and bicycles to school. Our teacher, Mr. Jackson (3) that we do this one day a week and the whole school votes on a "wheels" day for next Friday.
If I wanted to change the rules at my old school, it wouldn't be that (4) ! But here at the Brown's Free School, things are different. Here, we make the (5) ! We can decide to go to class, watch TV or play a computer game, but most students (6) to go to class — it's more interesting!When we don't like a class, we just (7) ! In my old school, if I didn't stay until the end of a class, I'd be in detention (课后留校)!
At the Free School, the teachers don't give detention, and no one writes lines. There's no uniform and there are no (8) . We don't need to worry about the scores. We choose what we want to study and how. We can work in (9) or study on our own. If you wanted to start a new school magazine, you would suggest it to the teachers. Then, they would find a way to help you do it.
This is how the Free School works. The ideas (10) the students and everyone works together to make them happen. It's a great experience and I love going to the Free School!