In other elementary and secondary North American schools, the parents want the traditional curroculum: they want thir children to study each skill separately, the way they themselves did in school. So the students have separate classes in mathematics, history, science, English, and maybe another language, Music, physical education, and art are part of the curriculum, but they are in separate classes. In all of the classes the children read and write. This is the back-to-basics curriculum. Some parents like this kind of school. They say that back-to basics helps students prepare for university work.