F2F Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Speaking exercise

My friend told me her son was upset these period, we asked the reason why her son was so upset, she told us because the teacher give a nickname to her son, and many students followed the teacher’s saying, and called her boy’s nickname. That frustrated the boy. We asked why the teacher gave the nickname to her student, because it’s not good. Maybe students will give some students to their classmates, but teacher wouldn’t do that. My friend said she told her teacher and that her son wasn’t happy about it. The teacher said she thought the boy was distracted on the class, the boy is very nozy, so she called him “lao tou”, her son was sad about it, she didn’t want to go to school because of it. My friend was very unhappy about it. She loves her son, and she thought her son is hurt about it. The most point is, that teacher doesn’t think it’s her fault. The point is, you are a teacher, you can’t give any student a nickname. If she wants her son study in that school, they need to keep relationship with that teacher. Teacher didn’t say sorry to her son.

My friend told me that her son was upset these days, we asked the reason why her son was so upset, she told us  it’s because the teacher give a nickname to her son, and many students imutated the teacher‘s saying, and called her boy’s nickname. The boy was very frustrated. We asked why the teacher gave the nickname to her student, because it’s not good. Maybe sometimes, students will give some nicknames to their classmates, but  a teacher shouldn’t do that. My friend said that she told her teacher and that her son wasn’t happy about it. The teacher said she believed the boy was being distracting in class, the boy likes to meddle in other people’s business, so she called him “lao tou”, her son was sad about it, he didn’t want to go to school anymore. My friend was very unhappy about it. She loves her son, and she believed her son was hurt. The most important/key point is, that teacher doesn’t think it’s her fault. In my opinion, if you are a teacher, you can’t give any student a nickname. Since my friend wants her son  to study in that school, they need to maintain a good relationship with that teacher. The teacher didn’t even say sorry/ apologize to her son.

Reading

Dog’s emotion

A study has found that dogs change their expression in direct response to human attention, i.e. producing far more expressions when they know that humans are watching them than when they are not.

One dog walker who was interviewed even said that he has noticed his dogs expressing true emotions such as ‘I’m scared’ and fake ones like ‘It wasn’t me’.

People previously thought that dog expressions were involuntary emotional displays rather than calculated attempts to communicate. The research, conducted by the University of Portsmouth, studied 24 dogs of various breeds, and the doctor who led the study believes the dog’s expressions are a result of domestication.

Read more at https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/emotions-of-dogs-level-3/#EPmHvuLgXCq8JOWl.99

Vocabulary

involuntary (reflexive, automatic)
ex: an involuntary gesture.
 drama: lie to me