Schools

Choose the correct variant. Mary is terrible at Math but she has scrapped __________ the test.

Choose the correct variant. If he doesn't study hard he will _________ his exams.

Choose the correct variant. Alison needs to pass all her exams to get __________ university.

Choose the correct variant. Our teacher doesn’t let us sit too close together to avoid _________ .

Choose the correct variant. Johnny will ________ from Leeds University next summer.

Choose the correct variant. Keith is studying for a _________ in Geography.

Choose the correct variants. Secondary students usuallydo lots of homework and lots of exams. This can be stressful. That’s one of the reasons why some schools in the UK now teach a thing called “mindfulness”. The idea is that the studentspay attention to what is happening right now. Theythink about the past or the future, just the present. One activity that is part of mindfulness is “beditation”. This is like meditation but youdo it lying down to get the full benefits. The idea of mindfulness originally came from Buddhist thinking and meditation, but, of course, yoube a Buddhist to practise mindfulness. Many experts think that theyto teach mindfulness in all schools. There are certainly lots of good reasons to try it. But youbetter find a clean floor to practise!

Read the texts below. Match the sentences on the right to the names of the schools they are describing. School on the railway platform, India In 1985, Inderjit Khurana, a school teacher from the Indian city of Orissa, decided that it was time to fight illiteracy and set up the RuchikaSchool Social Service Organization (RSSO). This organization was built the world’s first school on the railway platform. Thanks to this school, more than 4,000 Indian children were educated. The system works very simply – homeless children and children from low-income families are picked up at stations, and then taught to read and write. The most inaccessible elementary school, China Gulu is a little-known village located in the mountainous area of Hanyuanin the Chinese province of Sichuan. The only way to get to the village is “Luom’s way” – a road with numerous zigzag turns, narrow aisles between stone walls and skewed bridges. On one of the mountains surrounding the village, there is an elementary school of the village. Brooklyn Free School The Brooklyn Free School is divided into two parts: a high school for children aged 11 to 18 and an elementary school for students aged 4 to 11. There is no curriculum, students can choose any class they like, they are also allowed to skip classes if they wish. Some students may decide to stay alone, study, others can decide to play, take a walk or just sleep. There are classes in which students watch and discuss TV shows. In others, students compare prices in city restaurants. There are no tests, homework, and exams at school.