The key answer of exercise 1
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7 - Making a difference for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in groups. What do you think the following people worry or complain about when discussing schools and the education system?
Answer
parents
- quality of school
- not enough homework
- children’s grades
- long summer holidays and lack of childcare
teachers
- pay
- support and resources
- kids’ (lack of) discipline
- class sizes
students
- too much homework
- bad grades
- unfair rules
- uniform
politicians
- exam results
- comparison with other countries (PISA, etc.)
- teacher unions being too strong
- teachers teaching the wrong things
business people
- lack of skills or the wrong skills for their business