31 School days

“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of
government in the next.”
​― A
​ braham Lincoln

Mixed up vocabulary
h​dae ​t​rahece - (n) the manager of a school
c​miucrrulu - (n) a detailed list of what is taught in school
s​ooclh ​r​luse - (n) no chatting, don’t chew gum, no mobile phones, wear grey trousers ...
b​ulyl - (n) a person who physically or verbally abuses another person
s​jbtceu - (n) English, Maths, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies
… ​e​rexcise ​b​oko - (n) what students write in at school
s​etsreem - (n) the school year is usually divided up into two or three of these

Idioms and collocations

I was ​teacher’s ​
_________ at school, I always had my hand up first, always got a gold star.
At school there was a prize for the students who got ​top ​
_________ in Maths and English.
If she’s late again, we’ll go without her. That will ​teach her a ​
_________​.
English was so boring! We had to learn all these old poems ​off by ​
_________ , I hated it.
The worst thing you could do at school was ​tell ​
_________ on the other students.

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 31 School days

What were your favourite Who was your favourite

subjects at school? teacher?

Were any of your teachers a bit

How did you get to school?
strange?

Do you agree that “school days What did you use to do at

are the best days of your life”? break time?

Were you a good school pupil Did you have to wear a school
or a bit naughty? uniform? What was it?

What should children be taught

Was there any bullying at your
at school to help prepare them
school?
for “the real world”?