Education is a long process that not only provides us with basic skills such as literacy and numeracy, but is also essential in shaping our future lives. From the moment we enter --1-- as small children, and as we progress through primary and secondary education, we are laying the foundation for the life ahead of us. We must --2-- ourselves to work hard so that we can pass exams and gain the qualifications we will need to --3-- a good job. We must also acquire --4-- life skills so that we can fit in and work with those around us. And of course health education helps us to understand how we can stay --5-- and healthy. 

  For most people, this process ends when they are in their mid-to-late teens. For others, however, it is the beginning of a(n) --6-- of learning. After they finish school, many progress to --7-- education where they will learn more useful skills such as computer literacy or basic business management. Others will enroll in a program of --8-- education at a university where, with hard work, they will have the opportunity to graduate after three or four years with a well-earned degree. After that, they may work for a while before --9-- to study for a higher degree—an M.A., for example, or a PhD. And if they live a long way from a college or university, they might follow a correspondence course using mail and the Internet. In fact, it is --10-- due to the proliferation of computers that many people, who have not been near a school for many years, have started to study again and can proudly class themselves as mature students.

 

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