Today more than 56 million Americans are attending a wide variety of schools and universities across the nation．One half of all the people in the country between the   of 18 and 25 attend a university．Schools are expected to  the needs of every child regardless of his ability and also of society  （本身）．This means that tax-supported free education  ．（包括）courses in such subjects as sewing, typing, radio and automobile repairs as  as in the customary school subjects such as history and language．Students can choose among a. great variety of subjects   （取决于）on their interests，future plans and level of ability．There are，  ，some basic courses that everyone is required to study，such as reading，writing，mathematics and English．During the 1800’s and early 1900’s，when millions of people   many countries around the  w____ came to the United States to settle，schools were an i_  part in“Americanizing”the children，and through them the parents，too．