As the hour hand reaches 10 at night, Paul Lee, a 12th grade student in Beijing, is getting ready to leave school and start his homework. He is not 1：many high school students throughout the country 2 exactly the same routine.
Most American students are 3 when they hear about this busy 4. This is not surprising when you consider the different attitudes towards5 in the two countries.6Chinese universities accept students7mainly on one examination score, American universities take applicants who are not just academically 8 ， but also good at social activities.
American students are9 to become allrounders, and it can be stressful, but they don't lose their fun, while some Chinese students have no10 in going out and having fun.
In fact, the efforts required to improve academic11 make some Chinese students very unhappy.12competition between students also causes problems. “I feel pressured to do well in exams 13 the class ranking，” said James Zhang, an 11th grade Chinese student. “It would be embarrassing if I came 14of my class.”
Some teachers agree that the ranking system can 15more harm than good. “It means schools put pressure on their students rather than16 their skills，” said Chang Xueying, a teacher in Beijing.
17the pressure, there are ways in which students can 18their lives. “I always run when I don't feel like doing homework. It 19to reduce the stress，” said Tracy Yuan, a Chinese student. But in America, community service, art and music are also 20among American students besides sports. They think they learn more out of school than they do in school.
