2xF2F Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

IELTS and education

They didn’t give me any wise choice about that.
Even though they researched that it is because of our mind perhaps. Lack of reading or thinking.
I’d had enough with the pressure in high school.

if you enrich your mind and you get more knowledge it is a virtual investment but investment could also be you want a return on money.
I think either way it is ok because you live on this world you don’t have to chase money all the way you have to chase your dreams . Education is a way to invest in yourself.
You cannot persuade an adult but you can teach a child to work hard and study hard.
When you grow up your life is your own, other people cannot define if your way of living is right.

people born between 1980 and 1990 they can afford a house after they graduate because at that time the house price was low. 10 years later after we graduated we couldn’t afford a house that easily anymore.

and then after the 2000s a new generation is born and their parents are the 80s they probably have 2 or more houses so they don’t worry. we are the lost generation.

I can just adjust myself and I won’t buy a house and I will live happily ever after but at the same time another me is saying if you don’t buy a house will you live happily ever after.

today we talked with my colleagues about buying a house she has decided she would not buy a house and she would buy in Shanxi.

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They didn’t give me any wise choice about that. / they were not able to advise me on where to go
Even though they researched that it is because of our mind perhaps. Lack of reading or thinking. / they didn’t know much about the college situation in China / they didn’t see the value different universities had.
I’d had enough with the pressure in high school.

if you enrich your mind and you get more knowledge it is a knowledge investment but investment could also be you want a return on money. / it depends on what you expect this investment to give to you, If it is to broaden your vision or if it is to increase your income.
I think either way it is ok because you live on this world you don’t have to chase money all the way you have to chase your dreams . Education is a way to invest in yourself.
You cannot persuade an adult but you can teach a child to work hard and study hard.
When you grow up your life is your own, other people cannot define if your way of living is right. / no one is able to judge you.

people born between the 1980s and the 1990s could afford a house after they graduated because at that time the house price was low. 10 years later after we graduated we couldn’t afford a house that easily anymore.

and then after the 2000s a new generation was born and their parents were born in the 80s they probably had 2 or more houses so they didn’t have to worry. we are the lost generation.

I can just adjust myself and I won’t buy a house and I will live happily ever after but at the same time another me/ my inner voice is saying if you don’t buy a house will you live happily ever after.

today we talked with my colleagues about buying a house she has decided she would not buy a house in SH / she has decided against buying in SH and will buy back home instead and she would buy in Shanxi.

they will rent all their lives, we give birth to them and have had enough pressure so we might say buy it on your own.

The government is trying to keep the cost down.
The wife thought the education resources in that school are better. I admit sometimes the environment is important but compared with the environment in your home and a loving family a school is not that important.

if you want to sacrifice for your kids you will try your best to do that even if you don’t live together with the other half.

We shouldn’t look at it all from a very sad point of view / negative perspective  if your parents can’t live harmoniously with each other kids can feel that.
so if the kids grow older they may think it is better if you just divorce.

If your kids are too young and you know it is bad if you divorce at least you have to consider your negative opinion about the other half for your children. / you may delay the divorce for the sake of your kids
Sometimes the kids have issues and parents should be blamed too.

if the kid wants any help from the parents the parents will say it is your business why do you ask us. Even when she was going to sit the gaokao the next day her parents were watching TV and influenced her and nowadays she blames her parents. She said if they had cared I would probably have entered a better university. (3rd conditional )

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Vocabulary

satisfying (adj)
it is satisfying to see them grow

satisfaction (n)
It gives me a lot of satisfaction to see my students grow

median (n)  value at midpoint in the frequency distribution
some paid 5 k , some paid 10k so the median is 7.5k

average (n) expressing the central of a set of data
2 people paid 10k , 3 people paid 20k so the average is 15k