F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)

Pronunciation

can vs. cain = we pronounce it like KEN NOT CAIN

then vs. thain

Vocabulary

teenager / teen = this is someone ages 13-19.

e.g. Don’t give teens fast cars.

gender = the sex of a child or person, male or female.

e.g. Which gender do you prefer? Boy or girl.

proportion / percentage = what % or piece of the whole.

e.g. What proportion of the population do girls make up? 50%.

Grammar

The first thinking in my head in my brain / the first thought that came to mind

if i want to have a baby I can choose it’s a boy or girl sounds not bad…

I think it is not a good way to change portion of the different / proportion

It is not good for the development of the long term about the population / in the long run, it’s not good for the population

It is weird….the discipline of nature and people…I don’t think people should break it. We should follow nature’s rules.

i start to learning swimming / i started to learn swimming at age 7 years of age / i started to learn to swim

attractive by the phone / attracted by the phone

either is fine

Reading

The parents of a boy who died during a school swim lesson are suing for negligence, claiming the coach may have been distracted by his cellphone.

According to the Mercury News, on Tuesday, the parents of 15-year-old Benjamin Curry sued the San Ramon Valley Unified School District in Danville, Calif., and its varsity football coach, Aaron Becker, for negligence and willful misconduct for the May 8 death of their son.

“We had the school video enhanced and the coach appears to be looking at a cellphone when the children were in the pool,†attorney Andrew Schwartz, who is representing parents Karen and Thomas Curry, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “We’re claiming that the school was negligent by failing to provide proper supervision or any rules and regulations toward swim lessons. My clients are looking for answers and accountability. What that looks like has yet to be determined.â€

Danville teen’s drowning death ruled an accident by coroner. 15 yr old Benjamin Curry drowned during swim class at San Ramon Valley High School last month. Autopsy report says no indication he intended to drown himself. pic.twitter.com/p1pFdcOv9m

— Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandezTV) June 6, 2018

During the 57-person swim class in the school’s 12-foot-deep pool, Becker told the teens to tread water for 3 minutes, warning that if they touched the lane line, they’d have to tread for longer. Becker then had the kids tread water for an additional 30 seconds, and Ben slipped underwater, exhausted. At the time, Becker was reportedly standing 15 feet away, on a diving board, seemingly checking his phone.

The Mercury News obtained a copy of the lawsuit, which states that Becker didn’t have adequate water safety training or appropriate direction from the school, and possessed an outdated lifeguard certification.

“Defendant Becker, supervising these students without assistance, failed to notice that Benjamin Curry had slipped below the water surface well within his view, and recessed the class at the end of 4th period without checking to make sure that all of his students had safely left the pool,†reads the lawsuit, per the Mercury News. “He then left the pool area without taking roll at the end of class, with Benjamin under the water, and Benjamin’s clothing and cell phone alongside the pool. 56 students left the pool that day with Benjamin under water.â€

Schwartz tells Yahoo Lifestyle that the teen, who was a good swimmer, was discovered by a fifth-period teacher about an hour after class ended.

In October, according to the Danville San Ramone, Benjamin’s older sister Katrina Curry addressed the school board: “The pain of losing Ben has been indescribable, but these past months, knowing his death had been preventable, have been excruciating. Ben drowned in class in PE class in front of Aaron Becker and he was left at the bottom of the pool for over an hour. … Becker has been allowed to remain responsible for children’s lives while he is still employed and actively teaching PE at SRVHS.â€