1. Is public education in the USA centralized?
2. Is there a unified system of education in the USA?
3. At what age do children begin to attend school in the USA?
4. What is a high school in the USA?
5. What is an elementary school in the USA?
6. If a person studies at a state university or college, does it mean that his education is absolutely free or does he still pay tuition fee?
7. Do private colleges and universities require an admission examination?
8. Do private colleges and universities have rigid scholastic requirements for entrance?
9. What is the duration of a school year in the USA?
10. What is the classification of the first-, second-, third- and fourth-year students in the USA?

I spent my holidays very well. At the beginning of June I passed all my examinations with excellent marks and my parents gave me a present. This present was a new powerful computer! But I did not only stay at home. I went for a walk with my friends, rode by bicycle. It is so interesting to visit new places in the city, by riding bicycle. My native city is Novosibirsk. I explored a lot of beautiful places, such as parks, monuments, fountains and other sightseeings. My favourite monument is a statue for Visotskiy. I think, Visotskiy is one of the greatest Russian poets and bards.

In July I went to a tourist camp for children Timurovets. I met many new friends there. We played many exciting games, sang different songs and took part in different competitions. It was very sad to leave the camp, but I didn’t feel bored at home.
I went to the river with my father. We swam, sunbathed and hunted for lizards there. I got a lot of energy by having a rest and I could do boring work. For example, read school literature and do other homework and hometasks. I studied radio electronics and programming. It was very interesting for me, and so I made my first robot-hedgehog. It is a very nice hedgehog.

Maybe, my summer holidays weren’t very unusual, but I will remember them and look forward to the next ones.

The main thing for me in the house of my dream is beauty and comfort. That’s what I imagine my future house to be. I dream to live in a private house somewhere in the quite suburb of the city. I will have an one-storey house with all the modern conveniences in it and a beautiful garden around it. There will be a kitchen, a bathroom, a living-room, a sitting-room, two bedrooms and a study where I will be able to work.

In the living-room of the house of my dream there will be a sofa, two armchairs, TV-set and a stereo-system. There will be a nice mild carpet of the light color on the floor. The walls will be covered with the light wallpaper to make you feel spaciously. A big standard -lamp will light the room.

In the study I would like to have a table with lots of drawers and a comfortable chair. There are going to be the shelves on the walls for books and different souvenirs. The notebook with Internet is necessary to complete the ideal workplace. And also I want to rest in my study, so I would like to have a little sofa in the corner. I like pictures very much, so I perhaps will put some with beautiful landscapes on the wall. To make my study cozy I will put some flowers on the windowsill.

I want my kitchen to have all necessary modern equipment such as stove, refrigerator, mixer. I like when the cupboards don’t take much space and are elegant of design.

Lots of beautiful plants and flowers will decorate the lawn in front of the house and many useful fruit-trees will grow an orchard behind it.