Задание

Read the text and match the headings with the paragraphs

  • Boring teaching
  • Homework assignment
  • Students' assessment
  • Unnecessary grades
  • Bullying and trolling

Why don't children like going to school? Here are 5 main reasons for this which were read out by highschoolers at the teen conference "Tomorrow by Name".
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There are different subjects at school each of which is extremely interesting in its own way.

But not in case it is taught with the help of old-school teaching methods like learning by heart, reading long texts and answering questions on the given topic. Still, some teachers continue teaching this way despite the numerous possibilities which modern technologies provide.
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There is no evidence that homework has a great impact on pupils' academic achievement. Sometimes children get so much homework that they have to hit the books day and night. And when pupils don't know how to do this or that assignment, they have nobody to ask for help as their parents are either busy or tired after work.
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There are numerous ways to check students' knowledge: tests, exams, oral questioning, essays. Each of them makes pupils feel anxious and nervous. As a result, schoolers revise and cram a lot of information which doesn't stay in their heads for a long time.

So can such checks really show what each student is capable of?
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Can knowledge be fairly assessed with the help of grades? Can a student who has cheated in the test get the same mark as the one who has revised hard? Children are not always confident in their answers or suggestions because they're afraid to get a bad mark. In this case, pupils learn to get good grades and not because they're eager to learn something new.
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Hurting or frightening someone who is weaker or smaller has always been a big problem at schools. And, in many cases, teachers can be responsible for this. They tease the children who are not doing as well as their classmates because the assessment is more important than a student and their feelings. As a result, teasing and taunting can continue even after the lessons.