Schools- Childhood

Question 1

Rules and regulations

Answer 1

Discipline

Question 2

Subject matter

Answer 2

topic, content

Question 3

Curriculum

Answer 3

a course, especially of study at school or university: They are changing the curriculum.
برنامه آموزشی

Question 4

Tutor

Answer 4

[ˈtjuːtə]
♦ noun
1 a teacher of a group of students in a college or university.
استاد راهنما
2 a privately-employed teacher: His parents employed a tutor to teach him Greek.

Question 5

Cram

Answer 5

Remember a lot of information in a short time

If you are cramming for an examination, you are learning as much as possible in a short time just before you take the examination. She was cramming for her Economics exam.
cramming uncount noun It would take two or three months of cramming to prepare for Vermont’s bar exam.

Question 6

Punish

Reward

Answer 6

جریمه: penalty, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, surcharge, mulct

reward, remuneration, compensation, fee, gratuity, meed

Question 7

Assess

Answer 7

[as·sess || ə’ses]

estimate, appraise (an object’s value)

Question 8

monotonous

Answer 8

Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular, repeated pattern which never changes. It’s monotonous work, like most factory jobs.

Question 9

Thought-provoking

Answer 9

1. stimulating interest or thought; “a challenging hypothesis”; “a thought-provoking book”
   (synonym) challenging

Question 10

Authoritarian

Answer 10

[au·thor·i·tar·i·an || ɔː‚θɒrɪ’teərɪən]

despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian

Question 11

Easy-going

Answer 11

calm and relaxed; loving comfort and ease; inactive, lazy

Question 12

Off by heart

Answer 12

Remember 100%

We had to learn our lessons off by heart.

Question 13

Off the top of one’s head

Answer 13

Without any help

We had to recite famous stories off the top of our heads.

Question 14

Come down like a tone of bricks

Answer 14

Punish severely

My math teacher used to come down on us like a ton of bricks if we couldn’t work out some problems.

Question 15

Mandatory

Answer 15

اجباری: compulsory, compulsive, mandatory, coercive

Question 16

Pupil /ˈpjuː.pəl/

Answer 16

a person who is being taught by a teacher or tutor: The school has 2,000 pupils
pupil (STUDENT) /ˈpjuː.pəl/
noun [C]
1 a person, especially a child at primary school, who is being taught:
a second-year pupil
a primary-school pupil
The school has over 400 pupils.
There is a very relaxed atmosphere between staff and pupils at the school.
Her school report described her as a very promising pupil.

Question 17

Literacy

Answer 17

Literacy skills are the building blocks for every academic subject. So why not get a head start?

Literacy is the ability to read and write. Many adults have problems with literacy and numeracy.

Question 18

Numeracy

Answer 18

Numeracy is the ability to do arithmetic. Six months later John had developed literacy and numeracy skills, plus confidence.

Question 19

truant

Answer 19

truant /ˈtruː.ənt/
noun [C]
a child who is regularly absent from school without permission
A number of pupils have been truanting regularly.

Question 20

aversion

Answer 20

(to sb/sth) a strong feeling of not liking sb/sth:
a strong aversion @ He had an aversion to getting up early. * feelings of aversion and disgust
@I felt an instant aversion to his parents.
@She has a deep aversion to getting up in the morning.
@Greed is my pet aversion (= the thing I dislike most of all).

Question 21

to the best of my recollection

Answer 21

From what my memory tells me:

To the best of my recollection I have never seen her before.

Question 22

Critical thinking (N)

Answer 22

the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement.

Question 23

back-to-school “sales”

mark down

Answer 23

Many stores
have back-to-school “sales” (periods of time when things cost less than they
usually do) where they “mark down” (reduce the price on) clothing. Parents buy
new clothes for their children who have “outgrown” (become too bit to wear) their
old clothes

Question 24

pick out

Answer 24

choose

Question 25

elementary
Junior high= middle school
senior high

Answer 25

middle school
(United States)
we have most schools divided into “elementary,” which is grades
one, two, three, four, five, and usually six. We have “middle school,” which is
typically grades seven and eight, or six, seven, and eight. This used to be called,
when I was in school, “junior high,” and in some places it is. Some people call it
“middle school,” some people call it “junior high.” The grades after that – 9, 10,
11, and 12 – are called “senior high.” Every city in the United States is a little
different. It sounds strange, but every city – every local area has its own school
organization, but generally speaking, junior high is for those children who are
ages 12, 13, maybe 14.

Question 26

folder
index card
Ruled paper
 three-ring binder
crayon
construction paper

Answer 26

three-ring binder – a large piece of plastic that is folded like a large book and
has three metal rings in the middle to hold and protect pieces of paper that each
have three holes cut in them
* Kamisha has a very well-organized three-ring binder where she keeps all of the
papers that her teachers give her.
crayon – a small, long piece of colored wax, similar to a pen or pencil, that is
used to draw or make other marks on a piece of paper