来美国前,孩子正在国内读小学6年级。到美国后,走马观花地考察了几家学校之后,我们最终选择了一家天主教会学校———圣安妮。美国的学制是小学5年,初中3年,高中4年。不料,在上圣安妮学校时,孩子被安排到了6年级,也就是初一,又得多读一年书。开学后的第3天,学校发下一大堆教材, Before coming to the United States, the children were studying at grade 6 in primary schools in China. After coming to the United States, after visiting several schools on the fly, we finally chose a Catholic church, Saint Anne. The school system in the United States is 5 years in elementary school, 3 years in junior high school, and 4 years in high school. Unexpectedly, at the St. Anne’s school, the children were placed in sixth grade, that is, the first one, and they read one more year. On the third day after school, the school issued a large pile of teaching materials.