Listening: education

1	Comprehension questions

What is Tomas' surname?

What sort of primary school did he go to?

What are the main goals of Summerhill school?

What does Clare think of the teachers at her school?

What is her opinion of more 'conventional' schools?

What is Chris' opinion of the teachers he had at school?

Why didn't he find geometry appealing?

What does he do now?

Who went to a co-educational school?

Who seems most bitter about their schooldays?

Listening: education

1	Comprehension questions

What is Tomas' surname?

What sort of primary school did he go to?

What are the main goals of Summerhill school?

What does Clare think of the teachers at her school?

What is her opinion of more 'conventional' schools?

What is Chris' opinion of the teachers he had at school?

Why didn't he find geometry appealing?

What does he do now?

Who went to a co-educational school?

Who seems most bitter about their schooldays?

2	Extracts:

Thomas

...I'll never forget my first day at secondary school. It was quite a ___________ for me as I'd been at a little __________ _________ up until then in a class of ten kids, all nice and ________ really.

The teacher was very __________ and I soon found out I was no longer called Tommy...

I was in a ______ of __________, I suppose. I didn't really talk all day except to say, 'Yes, sir!'

Clare

As you know I went to Summerhill, which is like, totally different from any other school. 
The main idea is you go to school to __________ for ______, be responsible for yourself and find _________ __________, and not be _______around by small-_________ teachers who just want you to pass lots of exams so their school looks good.

Chris
I once asked a teacher what  ____________ was. He said it taught one how to solve problems.

If, instead, he told me the word came from the Greek 'ge', the earth, and 'metron' a measure, and that the _____________ triangles I was asked to _____________ with formed the basis geographical _____________, astronomy and ______________, the subject would have immediately become much more romantic, exciting and well, you know, appealing.

2	Extracts:

Thomas

...I'll never forget my first day at secondary school. It was quite a ___________ for me as I'd been at a little __________ _________ up until then in a class of ten kids, all nice and ________ really.

The teacher was very __________ and I soon found out I was no longer called Tommy...

I was in a ______ of __________, I suppose. I didn't really talk all day except to say, 'Yes, sir!'

Clare

As you know I went to Summerhill, which is like, totally different from any other school. 
The main idea is you go to school to __________ for ______, be responsible for yourself and find _________ __________, and not be _______around by small-_________ teachers who just want you to pass lots of exams so their school looks good.

Chris
I once asked a teacher what  ____________ was. He said it taught one how to solve problems.

If, instead, he told me the word came from the Greek 'ge', the earth, and 'metron' a measure, and that the _____________ triangles I was asked to _____________ with formed the basis geographical _____________, astronomy and ______________, the subject would have immediately become much more romantic, exciting and well, you know, appealing.