美国普通中小学的学生很少有空闲的时间。美国5到18岁的学生生活是极忙的。实际上,他们的生活与作息可能比这个国家的上班族还要复杂。他们的父母为他们在学校功课之外安排了过多的“课外”活动。有一些课外活动是与公立学校相联系的,例如:运动队,象棋俱乐部,剧团,爵士乐队,合唱队等五花八门。一般来说,艺术性的课外活动都安排在放学以后。因此,多数2到12年级的学生通 American elementary and middle school students rarely have free time. The life of students in the United States from 5 to 18 is very busy. In fact, their lives and work may be more complicated than the office workers in this country. Their parents arranged too many extra-curricular activities for them outside of their school work. There are a number of extra-curricular activities that are linked to public schools such as sports teams, chess clubs, troupes, jazz bands, and choirs. In general, artistic extracurricular activities are arranged after school. Therefore, most students in grades 2 to 12 pass