How can the US Educational Stucture be divided?

American students attend primary and secondary school for a combined total of 12 years. These years are referred to as the first through twelfth grades.

Around age six, U.S. children begin primary school, which is most commonly called “elementary school”. They attend five or six years and then go onto secondary school.

Secondary school consists of two programs, the first is “middle school” or “junior high school” and the second program is “high school”. A diploma or certificate is awarded upon graduation from high school. After graduating high school (12th grade), U.S. students may go on to college or university. College or university study known as “higher education”.

US Grading System includes “grades” and “grade point average” (GPA), which are measurements of your academic achievement. Courses are commonly graded using percentages, which are converted into letter grades. 

The grading system and GPA in the US can be confusing, especially for international students. The interpretation of grades has a lot of variation, according to each school different standards. 

Remember: The modal verb Can is used to express ability or possibility.

We use Question words to ask for specific information.

When using Can the verb is in the simple form.

We use Can for all the personal pronouns.

Look at the word order in the interrogative form:

Question Word	What	Where	How
Auxiliary Can	can	can	can
Subject	you	people	I
Verb (Simple form)	study	register	get
Complement?	in the US?	to study in the US?	more information about the school system?
Specific answers	From primary school to university.	You can apply for different places.	Write to the US government.