All parents want their children to do well in school and get high marks. Parents sometimes do two or more jobs to be able to afford to send their children to private schools. They sometimes spend a lot of money for the children to have private lessons with teachers. Those teachers come to the student’s home and in this way the student gets special attention. Those parents do so because they want their children to get the best education. They think that getting good education will help children get good jobs in the future.
When students do well in school, they enjoy learning. They get high marks in their tests. They also feel that they are smart. They enjoy learning different subjects such as English, science, maths, history and geography.
Many parents also spend a lot of time helping their children learn at home. They sometimes spend hours reading books with them. When their children do well in exams, parents sometimes buy them presents or send them to watch a movie with friends or other family members.
Some parents get themselves involved in school activities. They go on excursions with their children’s classes. They go and help the teacher inside the classroom. They go on certain days to work in the yard at school or fix broken chairs.
One mother says that the best thing to do is to provide a quiet place for her children to study at home. She makes sure the students don’t watch too much TV at home or go on the internet for a long time. This mother thinks that spending too much time on the internet can make her children neglect their studies. She doesn’t want them to do so. She wants them to focus on their homework after they finish their school day.
Listen to your classmate and fill in the gaps:
All parents want their children to ………….. well in school and get high marks. Parents ………………. do two or more jobs to be able to afford to send their children to private schools. They sometimes ……………… a lot of money for the children to have private lessons with teachers. Those teachers ……………. to the student’s home and in this way the student gets special attention. Those parents do so because …………….. want their children to get the best education. They think that getting good education ………….. help children get good jobs in ………………….. future.
When students do well in school, …………….. enjoy learning. They get high marks in their tests. They ……………….. feel that they are smart. They enjoy learning …………………. subjects such as English, science, maths, history and geography.
Many parents also spend a lot of time helping their ………………. learn at home. They sometimes spend hours reading books with them. When their children do well in …………….., parents sometimes buy them presents or send them to ……………. a movie with friends or other …………………… members.
Some parents …………….. themselves involved in school activities. They …………….. on excursions with their children’s classes. They go and help the teacher inside the classroom. They …….. on certain days to work in the yard at school or fix broken chairs.
One mother says that the best thing to do is to ………………. a quiet place for her children to study at home. She makes sure the students don’t watch too much TV at …………….. or go on the internet for a long time. This mother thinks that spending ………….. much time on the internet can …………….. her children neglect their studies. She doesn’t want them to do so. She wants ……….. to focus on their homework after they finish their school ………...
