My daily life 5

Here comes my story for today.
Last year I attended an English class at university. The English teacher is a Canadian who has (if your teacher no longer lives in Japan, then it is "have lived" If your University is in Japan and that's where he is now "has lived" is correct) lived in Japan for many years. In one of the classes, we talked about the issue of compulsory education. I think most countries in the world would (would is also ok here, but do you mean "should" like it is something they must do? Because "would" suggests you think it's something that they all were probably doing, but maybe were not) provide compulsory education for children. China offers nine years of compulsory education for children now, which means that every Chinese person can complete at least a through junior high school course (this is just more natural.) Japan also has a nine-year compulsory education. And Canada provides 12 years of compulsory education until high school graduation. 

Students in China have many choices after completing compulsory education, but now more and more people will choose to continue their studies especially in the city. There is such a saying in China that knowledge changes fate.
Does your country provide compulsory education and how many years?

Very well done, very minor mistakes and just clarification on meaning - my comments may be are wrong!  
I'm from the US and we do have compulsory education through high school, but it is possible for students to "drop out" of high school.  But it is near impossible to get a job with a wage that you can live on without a high school diploma or at least some sort of additional trade training (which may require a high school diploma.) 

He actually says, "I can speak english" And the other one says, "So can I" They were just lying to her. The joke (I think) is making fun of unhelpful French people / unhelpful people in another country. They can speak English but just don't want to help, but are speaking perfect English. Then speaking in German. It was funny! An old Simon Pegg skit.

Could you check my sentences, please ? -34

Could you please check the sentences stated below?

If there are mistakes, please correct them.

1. They hauled the full monty out of the warehouse.

They hauled "a lot" "a ton" would be more natural. 

2. I know a smattering of jurisprudence.

This is an awkward sentence, but grammatically correct.  I think "I know a bit about the legal system" or "I know a bit about the law" makes more sense. Depends on context. 

3. Please note that your use of the phone is intrinsically confined to business calls.

"Please note that the use of the phone is only for business calls" is more natural

4. Reports of anorexia and bulimic bulimia are on the increase.

Difference is, "she has bulimia" and "she is bulimic"  Bulimia is a noun, bulimic is an adjective. 

5. The painter's depictions of the horror of war is surreal.

This is okay

6. He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure but actually was very suave and sophisticated.

okay 

7. He took a vow to abstain from his lustful hunger for young women.

Okay, but what is the context of these sentences??

8. Yeah, we could leave later - I'm cool with that.

Okay! 

I really appreciate your help.

Etsuko

Well done overall :D 

TGIF!!!!

Today is Friday! My favorite day of the week! I don't have any classes for today so I have lots and lots of time. So how would should I spend the time? After writing this English diary, I'll have breakfast in the school cafeteria. Then I'll go see a doctor. I have a chin pain. It really hurt me yesterday. After that I'll study for the class, "Nursing and Profession" in the school library.

Oh! Although I don't have any classes, I've got piles of assignments. I'm just procrastinating (on) all (of) the things - however, a more natural sentence would be, "I'm just procrastinating on everything." They aren't something that should (I'd suggest "needs" instead.  They "should" be done now since it would be better for you in the future)  to be done right now, but it's better to do them when I'm not that super busy with other things. I don't know if I'd (I'll - I will - future tense.  I "would" I think is the past subjunctive of "were") do them today. But, when I am so bored with "Nursing and Profession" studies, I'll start doing the assignments just a little bit!

Oh! And I have a club meeting this afternoon. I decided to join town medical volunteer clubs and I have a meeting for one of them. Well.... I said 'club meeting', but it's more close to just 'eating and having fun with club members.' The meeting place is a chicken restaurant! I think I have been eat(ing) lots of meat, especially chicken these days! Hehe! :)

Good job!  It makes sense and is easy to understand without my corrections too~

Diary #7　The public transportation in the United States

I lived (if you're still living there - "I have been living") in southern California for a few months. I grew up in an urban part of Japan, so I noticed that the public transportation in The U.S. is terrible. If I go to downtown by public transportation, it will take one and half hours to two hours. If I take ("drive" or "ride in" is more natural) a car, it will take only 30 minutes. This circumstance ("situation" is more natural but "circumstance" does still make sense) is uncomfortable for me and many people who don't have a car. Moreover, I think this is not good for the environment. Many people live in the U.S. ride a car by with only one person.  However, if they have useful transportation, they can decrease the amount of oil consumption and air pollution. Anyway, I wanna (want to - "wanna" is very colloquial and the rest of your writing is very formal. This is a stylistic choice) have a car and am missing flexibility.

Side note: If you're in Los Angeles we are still working on better public transportation.  We actually used to have a train system a long time ago but it was destroyed in favor of highways. Here's an article about it: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/25/story-cities-los-angeles-great-american-streetcar-scandal

When my grandfather was a kid he used to take the train!  

Here's an excerpt from the article, "At the peak of their combined coverage and accessibility, they made Los Angeles’ public transportation the best in the country, if not the world." 

I understand the meaning but here are some corrections to consider! It was (a) second-hand good (no "s" since it is one thing) It was (a) good purchase. - Meaning it was a good product, something you're glad you bought. Also the book, "Inspirations Madonna" was ship(ped) - shipment is a noun. "Shipped" is the verb form in the past tense of "to ship" However, the soundtrack of the movie "Evita" by Madonna (that) I bought at the same time has not been shipped yet. I am very worried because there is no contact from the seller. (perfect sentence) It is good if (the goods) arrive safely. But to say "It is good if it arrives safely" is a more natural. Sounds like you're a big Madonna fan but your pic is of Bowie!

I don't know what "NC" means in this sentence - no communication?? "proving too painful" means that they were trying but it was too difficult, or actually physically hurt, so they stopped doing it.