VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Vocabulary

persistence / to be persistent / “keep working”

e.g. Many children have difficult persisting through difficult challenges. They need to learn to have more persistence.

independent 独立

e.g. Independent people require minimal direction.

athletic 运动

e.g. My son is very athletic. He is a great athlete.

hand-eye coordination

e.g. If you have poor hand-eye coordination, you won’t be good at sports.

explosive / someone who has a lot of power in sports

e..g He had an explosive temper off the court and he had explosive talent on the court.

to excel / to do very well in something – better the most

e..g My son really excels in the classroom and outside the classroom (life, sports).

insanity / to go crazy

e..g Listening to a teacher all day would drive me insane.

Linsanity / everyone was going crazy for Jeremy Lin

think for themselves / think critically

e.g. It’s important for me that my son thinks for himself. I want him to think critically about the world and about problems.

private / 私塾

e.g. Private classes are very expensive in China.

to abuse / ABU-ZZE / to hurt someone emotionally or physically very badly

e.g. Parents shouldn’t abuse their children.

child abuse / ABU-SS / when you discipline your child to severely (严重).

e.g. If a child wants to ends life, he has probably suffered from child abuse.

severe / 严重 / incredibly harsh and too hard

e.g. When the discipline from parents is too severe, children suffer.

institution / 机构

life management skills / stress management skills

e.g. I sent my son to an EQ College where he could learn all sorts of life management and stress management skills.

Grammar

they have good ability to move / they are very athletic 

the things in the classroom will let me feel boring / if I’m in a classroom all day, I’ll get bored

so he plays hockey in Shanghai

Russia Russian coach

but also I will feel tired for children have not enough time to keep the balance / thinking of what the children go through even makes me tired – they don’t have enough time to keep / [maintain] a balanced life

just playing the sports

well  good behavior / behave well

if my husband have has time

when I was choose choosing a school

let him to / allow him to

he is was a very good student

he never go to any outside school / he never went…