Spanish+Education7

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==== ﻿space space space space In Spain, school is free up to the age of sixteen when you are able to begin working. Many kids start school at the age of six and leave at the age of sixteen. In Spain, the kids have a choice of either going to a mixed, private (more expensive), or public school (less expensive). One thing that I found interesting was that instead of giving letters to the students when they grade their papers they are given a number from one to ten. Ten being the highest and one being the lowest. This is only found in colleges in Spain, but is an efficient way to grade the papers. ==== ==== ====

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 It's hard to believe but Spain used to be a dictatorship from 1936-1975. During this time, education was not valued amongst children and you only had to attend school until the age of thirteen. Since Spanish children didn't have to attend ======

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school after this age many didn't continue on.This caused Spain to fall behind other states in education. But after this time period people started to think more freely and discovered the way to unlock kids' minds is through early education. So they had kids start preschool earlier and they are now a leading country in education.