Tina was going back to school for her third master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, but she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she had quit. The kids were out of control. There were too many of them in one classroom for her to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her pleas to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints that some of the kids were simply little monsters. They were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted off to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond to her complaint that one oversized young student had pushed her down one day onto the floor. Tina wanted to call the police, but the school principal talked her out of it with promises to improve things. Two weeks later, not one promise had been fulfilled.
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her that if she didn’t have the patience to wait for things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out to be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue is not whether I’m cut out to be a teacher,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and a damn good one. But no teacher can get along forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with students who are dumped into her class, and with students who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with idiots like you in charge who continually ignore the needs of Special Education students and teachers.”
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas?
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters?
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education?
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*Fill in the blanks:
Tina was going back to school for her _____ master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, _____ she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she _____ quit. The kids were out of control. There _____ too many of them in one classroom for _____ to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her _____ to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints _____ some of the kids were simply little monsters. _____ were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted _____ to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond _____ her complaint that one oversized young student had _____ her down one day onto the floor. Tina _____ to call the police, but the school principal _____ her out of it with promises to improve _____ . Two weeks later, not one promise had been _____ .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her _____ if she didn’t have the patience to wait _____ things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out _____ be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue _____ not whether I’m cut out to be a _____ ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and _____ damn good one. But no teacher can get _____ forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with _____ who are dumped into her class, and with _____ who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with _____ like you in charge who continually ignore the _____ of Special Education students and teachers.”
• administration(n): ban điều hành • assistant(n): phụ tá, trợ lý • complaint(n): sự than phiền • discipline(n): sự thi hành kỉ luật • dump(v): đổ rác • effectively(adv): một cách hiệu quả • fulfill(v): thực hiện • growl(v): rống • idiot(n): thằng ngốc • ignore(v): phớt lờ • inadequate(a): không thỏa đáng • issue(n): vấn đề • monster(n): con quỷ • oversize(v): quá cỡ • patience(n): sự kiên nhẫn • principal(n): hiệu trưởng • promise(n): lời hứa • shunt(v): chuyển hướng • supply(n): sự cung cấp, cung ứng
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*Yes/No Questions:
1.Was Tina going back to school?Yes
2.Did she already have two master's degrees?No
3.Was she a special teacher?No
4.Had she quit her teaching job?Yes
5.Were the kids under control?No
6.Were there too few kids in one classroom?No
7.Could she manage her classroom effectively?No
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas?No
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters?Yes
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education?Yes
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*Fill in the blanks:
Tina was going back to school for her _third____ master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, __but___ she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she __had___ quit. The kids were out of control. There ___were__ too many of them in one classroom for ___her__ to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her _pleas____ to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints __that___ some of the kids were simply little monsters. ___They__ were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted __off___ to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond __to___ her complaint that one oversized young student had ___pushed__ her down one day onto the floor. Tina __wanted___ to call the police, but the school principal __talked___ her out of it with promises to improve __things___ . Two weeks later, not one promise had been _fulfilled____ .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her _about____ if she didn’t have the patience to wait _for____ things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out __to___ be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue __is___ not whether I’m cut out to be a _teacher____ ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and ___a__ damn good one. But no teacher can get _along____ forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with _students____ who are dumped into her class, and with __students___ who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with __idiots___ like you in charge who continually ignore the _needs____ of Special Education students and teachers.”
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*Translate into Vietnamese:
Có lẽ anh không phải là một hiệu trưởng tốt
Tina vừa trở lại trường để học bằng thạc sĩ thứ ba của mình. Cô là một giáo viên Giáo Dục Đặc Biệt, nhưng cô không thể chịu đựng công việc của mình thêm chút nào nữa, vì vậy cô thôi việc. Những đứa trẻ thì vượt khỏi tầm kiểm soát. Có quá nhiều học sinh trong một lớp học với cô để có thể quản lý hiệu quả được. Ban điều hành nhà trường phớt lờ lời kêu gọi giúp đỡ của cô là thêm phụ tá. Họ phớt lờ những lời than phiền rằng có vài đứa trẻ tuyệt đối là những con quỷ nhỏ. Chúng có những vần đề kỉ luật nên những giáo viên khác chuyển chúng đến trường Giáo Dục Đặc Biệt.
Ban điều hành thậm chí không phản hồi việc cô bị một học sinh quá cỡ đẩy nằm xuống sàn ngày nọ. Tina muốn gọi cảnh sát, nhưng hiệu trưởng nhà trường nói cô bỏ qua vời lời hứa sẽ cải thiện tình hình. Hai tuần sau, không có một lời hứa nào được thực hiện.
Tina giận dữ tới gặp hiệu trưởng, anh ta nói nếu cô không có kiên nhẫn để chờ những trục trặc được cải thiện, có lẽ cô sẽ bị đuổi việc.
"Anh dám làm! Vấn đề không phải là tôi có bị đuổi việc hay không," cô giận dữ trả lời. "Tôi là một giáo viên, một giáo viên tốt chết tiệt. Nhưng không giáo viên nào có thể kéo dài mãi với những cung ứng không tương xứng, với lớp học quá đông, với những đức trẻ xả rác bừa bãi trong lớp, và với những đứa học trò tấn công cô ta. Và đặc biệt," cô rống lên, "với những thằng ngốc chịu trách nhiệm như anh lại tiếp tục phớt lờ những nhu cầu của học sinh và giáo viên Giáo Dục Đặc Biệt."
Nộp bài ESL 53: Maybe You’re Not a Good Principal *Vocabulary:
• administration: Ban điều hành • assistant: Trợ lí • complaint: Sự than phiền • discipline: Kỉ luật • dump: Đổ rác • effectively: Có kết quả • fulfill: Thực hiện • growl: Rống • idiot: Thằng ngốc • ignore: Phớt lờ • inadequate: Không thỏa đáng • issue: Vấn đề • monster: Con quỷ • oversize: Quá cỡ • patience: Sự kiên nhẫn • principal: Hiệu trưởng • promise: Lời hứa • shunt: Chuyển hướng • supply: Sự cung cấp
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*Yes/No Questions:
1.Was Tina going back to school? Yes
2.Did she already have two master's degrees? No
3.Was she a special teacher? No
4.Had she quit her teaching job? Yes
5.Were the kids under control? No
6.Were there too few kids in one classroom? No
7.Could she manage her classroom effectively? No
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas? No
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters? Yes
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education? Yes
=================
*Fill in the blanks:
Tina was going back to school for her _third_ master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, _but_ she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she _had_ quit. The kids were out of control. There_were_ too many of them in one classroom for _her_ to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her _pleas_ to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints _that_ some of the kids were simply little monsters. _They_ were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted _off_ to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond _to_ her complaint that one oversized young student had _pushed_ her down one day onto the floor. Tina _wanted_ to call the police, but the school principal _talked_ her out of it with promises to improve _things_ . Two weeks later, not one promise had been _fulfilled_ .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her _about_ if she didn’t have the patience to wait _for_ things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out _to_ be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue _is_ not whether I’m cut out to be a _teacher_ ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and _a_ damn good one. But no teacher can get _along_ forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with _students_ who are dumped into her class, and with _students_ who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with _idiots_ like you in charge who continually ignore the _needs_ of Special Education students and teachers.”
• administration: sự trông nom, cai quản • assistant (n,adj)người phụ tá, phụ, phó • complaint (n) lời phàn nàn • discipline: kỷ luật, kỷ cương • dump: • effectively (adv) có hiệu quả • fulfill (v) thực hiện, đáp ứng, đủ (điều kiện) • growl (v) gầm gừ, làu bàu (at) • idiot (adj,n) ngu, đần • ignore (v) lờ • inadequate (adj) ko đầy đủ, ko thỏa đáng, chưa thích nghi. • issue (n) vấn đề • monster:quái vật • oversize (adj) quá cỡ • patience (n) sự kiên nhẫn, chịu đựng • principal: hiệu trưởng, người đứng đầu • promise (v) hứa • shunt (n,v) chuyển hướng • supply: sự cung cấp
=================
*Yes/No Questions:
1.Was Tina going back to school?yes
2.Did she already have two master's degrees?yes
3.Was she a special teacher? no, she was a special education teacher
4.Had she quit her teaching job?yes
5.Were the kids under control?no
6.Were there too few kids in one classroom?no
7.Could she manage her classroom effectively?no
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas?no
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters?yes
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education?yes
=================
*Fill in the blanks:
Tina was going back to school for her ______third__ master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, ___but__ she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she __had___ quit. The kids were out of control. There ______were__ too many of them in one classroom for _her____ to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her ________pleas_ to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints __that___ some of the kids were simply little monsters. _____ were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted ______off__ to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond __to___ her complaint that one oversized young student had ____pushed___ her down one day onto the floor. Tina ____wanted___ to call the police, but the school principal ______talked__ her out of it with promises to improve ______things__ . Two weeks later, not one promise had been ______fulfilled__ .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her __that___ if she didn’t have the patience to wait __for___ things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out __to___ be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue __is___ not whether I’m cut out to be a ____teacher___ ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and ___a__ damn good one. But no teacher can get ____along___ forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with ____students___ who are dumped into her class, and with ____students___ who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with _____ like you in charge who continually ignore the ____needs___ of Special Education students and teachers.”
• administration: ban điều hành • assistant: phụ tá, trợ lý • complaint: sự than phiền • discipline: sự thi hành kỉ luật • dump: đổ rác • effectively: một cách hiệu quả • fulfill: thực hiện • growl: rống • idiot: thằng ngốc • ignore: phớt lờ • inadequate: không thỏa đáng • issue: vấn đề • monster: con quỷ • oversize: quá cỡ • patience: sự kiên nhẫn • principal: hiệu trưởng • promise: lời hứa • shunt: chuyển hướng • supply: sự cung cấp, cung ứng
=================
*Yes/No Questions:
1.Was Tina going back to school?Yes
2.Did she already have two master's degrees?No
3.Was she a special teacher?No
4.Had she quit her teaching job?Yes
5.Were the kids under control?No
6.Were there too few kids in one classroom?No
7.Could she manage her classroom effectively?No
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas?No
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters?Yes
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education?Yes
=================
*Fill in the blanks:
Tina was going back to school for her _third____ master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, __but___ she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she __had___ quit. The kids were out of control. There ___were__ too many of them in one classroom for ___her__ to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her _pleas____ to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints __that___ some of the kids were simply little monsters. ___They__ were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted __off___ to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond __to___ her complaint that one oversized young student had ___pushed__ her down one day onto the floor. Tina __wanted___ to call the police, but the school principal __talked___ her out of it with promises to improve __things___ . Two weeks later, not one promise had been _fulfilled____ .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her _about____ if she didn’t have the patience to wait _for____ things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out __to___ be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue __is___ not whether I’m cut out to be a _teacher____ ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and ___a__ damn good one. But no teacher can get _along____ forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with _students____ who are dumped into her class, and with __students___ who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with __idiots___ like you in charge who continually ignore the _needs____ of Special Education students and teachers.”
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*Translate into Vietnamese:
Có lẽ anh không phải là một hiệu trưởng tốt
Tina vừa trở lại trường để học bằng thạc sĩ thứ ba của mình. Cô là một giáo viên Giáo Dục Đặc Biệt, nhưng cô không thể chịu đựng công việc của mình thêm chút nào nữa, vì vậy cô thôi việc. Những đứa trẻ thì vượt khỏi tầm kiểm soát. Có quá nhiều học sinh trong một lớp học với cô để có thể quản lý hiệu quả được. Ban điều hành nhà trường phớt lờ lời kêu gọi giúp đỡ của cô là thêm phụ tá. Họ phớt lờ những lời than phiền rằng có vài đứa trẻ tuyệt đối là những con quỷ nhỏ. Chúng có những vần đề kỉ luật nên những giáo viên khác chuyển chúng đến trường Giáo Dục Đặc Biệt.
Ban điều hành thậm chí không phản hồi việc cô bị một học sinh quá cỡ đẩy nằm xuống sàn ngày nọ. Tina muốn gọi cảnh sát, nhưng hiệu trưởng nhà trường nói cô bỏ qua vời lời hứa sẽ cải thiện tình hình. Hai tuần sau, không có một lời hứa nào được thực hiện.
Tina giận dữ tới gặp hiệu trưởng, anh ta nói nếu cô không có kiên nhẫn để chờ những trục trặc được cải thiện, có lẽ cô sẽ bị đuổi việc.
"Anh dám làm! Vấn đề không phải là tôi có bị đuổi việc hay không," cô giận dữ trả lời. "Tôi là một giáo viên, một giáo viên tốt chết tiệt. Nhưng không giáo viên nào có thể kéo dài mãi với những cung ứng không tương xứng, với lớp học quá đông, với những đức trẻ xả rác bừa bãi trong lớp, và với những đứa học trò tấn công cô ta. Và đặc biệt," cô rống lên, "với những thằng ngốc chịu trách nhiệm như anh lại tiếp tục phớt lờ những nhu cầu của học sinh và giáo viên Giáo Dục Đặc Biệt."
*Yes/No Questions: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Was Tina going back to school? - Yes, she was. She was going back to school.
2.Did she already have two master's degrees? -No, she didn't. She didn't have two master's degrees.
3.Was she a special teacher? - No, she wasn't. She wasn't a special teacher.
4.Had she quit her teaching job? - Yes, she had. She had quit her teaching job.
5.Were the kids under control? - No, they weren't. They weren't under control.
6.Were there too few kids in one classroom? - No, there weren't. There weren't too few kids in one classroom.
7.Could she manage her classroom effectively? - No, she couldn't. She couldn't manage her classroom effectively.
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas? - No, he didn't. He didn't respond to her pleas.
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters? - Yes, she did. She complained that some of the kids were little monsters.
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education? - Yes, they had. Other teachers had sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education.
*Fill in the blanks: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tina was going back to school for her third master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, but she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she had quit. The kids were out of control. There were too many of them in one classroom for her to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her pleas to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints that some of the kids were simply little monsters. They were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted off to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond to her complaint that one oversized young student had pushed her down one day onto the floor. Tina wanted to call the police, but the school principal talked her out of it with promises to improve things . Two weeks later, not one promise had been fulfilled .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her that if she didn’t have the patience to wait for things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out to be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue is not whether I’m cut out to be a teacher ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and a damn good one. But no teacher can get along forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with students who are dumped into her class, and with students who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with idiots like you in charge who continually ignore the needsof Special Education students and teachers.”
*Translate into Vietnamese: -------------------------------------------------------------------
Tina sẽ trở lại trường học để lấy bằng thạc sỉ thứ ba của cô. Cô là một giáo viên giáo dục đặc biệt, nhưng cô không thể đảm nhận công việc đó được nữa, vì thế cô đã xin thôi việc. Lũ trẻ đã vượt khỏi tầm kiểm soát. Có quá nhiều học trò trong một lớp học để cô có thể dạy bảo một cách hiệu quả. Ban quản lý trường học cố tình không để ý đến yêu cầu khẩn thiết của cô về việc bổ sung thêm một trợ giáo. Họ đã phớt lờ những than phiền của cô rằng một vài đứa trẻ thật sự là một lũ tiểu yêu. Chúng có những vấn đề về kỷ luật nên các giáo viên khác đã chuyển đến trường giáo dục đặc biệt.
Ban quản lý thậm chí không trả lời than phiền của cô về một học trò quá khổ đã đẩy cô ngã xuống sàn trong một ngày nọ. Tina muốn gọi cảnh sát, nhưng hiệu trưởng thuyết phục cô từ bỏ ý định đó với lời hứa sẽ cải thiện mọi thứ. Hai tuần sau đó, không một lời hứa nào được thực hiện.
Tina bực mình đến gặp hiệu trưởng, người đã nói với cô rằng nếu cô không kiên nhẫn chờ đợi mọi thứ cải tiến, có thể cô sẽ không được làm giáo viên nữa.
"Ông dám làm chuyện đó sao! Vấn đề không phải tôi có còn là một giáo viên hay không," Cô trả lời một cách giận dữ." Tôi là một giáo viên, một giáo viên giỏi chết tiệt. Nhưng không một giáo viên nào có thể xoay sở mãi với chế độ trợ cấp không thích đáng, với những lớp học đông nghẹt, với lũ học trò luôn xả rác bừa bãi trong lớp học, và với lũ học trò đã tấn công cô giáo. Và đâc biệt,"cô gào lên,"với những thằng ngốc như ông phụ trách, là người liên tục phớt lờ những nhu cầu của học sinh và giáo viên Giáo dục Đặc biệt."
• administration:n = sự quản lý,ban điều hành • assistant:n = người phụ tá • complaint:n = lời phàn nàn • discipline:n = kỷ luật, sự trừng phạt • dump:v = đỗ đi, vứt đi • effectively:adv = một cách công hiệu, hữu hiệu • fulfill:v = làm tròn, thực hiện • growl:v = gầm lên • idiot:n = thằng ngu • ignore:v = không chú ý đến ai, lờ đi • inadequate:adj = không đủ, không thỏa đáng • issue:n = vấn đề • monster:n = quái vật • oversize:v = quá cỡ • patience:n = lòng kiên nhẫn • principal:n = hiệu trưởng • promise:n = lời hứa • shunt:v = làm trệch hướng • supply:n = sự cung cấp
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*Yes/No Questions:
1.Was Tina going back to school? yes
2.Did she already have two master's degrees? yes
3.Was she a special teacher? no
4.Had she quit her teaching job? yes
5.Were the kids under control? no
6.Were there too few kids in one classroom? no
7.Could she manage her classroom effectively? no
8.Did the school administration respond to her pleas? no
9.Did she complain that some of the kids were little monsters? yes
10.Had other teachers sent kids with discipline problems to Special Education? yes
=================
*Fill in the blanks:
Tina was going back to school for her _third____ master’s degree. She was a Special Education teacher, __but___ she couldn’t take her job anymore, so she _had____ quit. The kids were out of control. There __were___ too many of them in one classroom for __her___ to manage effectively. The school administration ignored her __pleas___ to add teacher assistants. They ignored her complaints _that____ some of the kids were simply little monsters. __They___ were discipline problems that other teachers had shunted ___off__ to Special Education.
The administration didn’t even respond _to____ her complaint that one oversized young student had _pushed____ her down one day onto the floor. Tina __wanted___ to call the police, but the school principal __talked___ her out of it with promises to improve __things___ . Two weeks later, not one promise had been _____ .
Tina angrily visited the principal, who told her __about___ if she didn’t have the patience to wait _for____ things to improve, maybe she wasn’t cut out ___to__ be a teacher.
“How dare you! The issue _is____ not whether I’m cut out to be a __teacher___ ,” she angrily replied. “I am a teacher, and __a___ damn good one. But no teacher can get __along___ forever with inadequate supplies, with overcrowded classrooms, with _students____ who are dumped into her class, and with __students___ who attack her. And especially,” she growled, “with __idiots___ like you in charge who continually ignore the _needs____ of Special Education students and teachers.”
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