A child miseducated is a child lost.
-------John F. Kennedy
| children and youth/adolescent/teenager | cn. 青少年 |
| students appraise/evaluate their teachers' performance | 学生评价老师教学 |
| appraise | vt. [formal] to form an opinion about how successful, effective etc someone or something is |
| well-rounded/versatile | adj. 多功能的，多才多艺的 |
| self-discipline | un.自律 |
| parenting | n.家庭教育 |
| be proficient in doing sth./ at sth. | 对...很熟练 |
| have proficiency in doing sth./with sth. | 对...很熟练 |
| mastery of sth. | 对...掌握 |
| litercy | un. the ability to read and write |
| numeracy | un. basic skills in mathematics <br />eg. Teachers have been asked to concentrate on literacy and numeracy. |
| uplifting | adj. making you feel happier or more hopeful |
| spoil | vt.溺爱，宠爱;vi.（食物）变质 |
| juvenile delinquency = youth crime | un.青少年犯罪 |
| juvenile delinquent | cn.少年犯 |
| truancy = cutclass = skip/drop out of school | un.（正）逃课；玩忽职守 |
| imaprt/inculcate knowledge | 传授知识 |
| impart | impart something to something: Cooking on charcoal imparts a distinctive smoky flavour to your meat. |
| inculcate | to fix an idea or belief firmly in someone’s mind, especially by repeating it often |
| instill | Parents work hard to develop, or instill, positive beliefs and values in their children. |
| give the studnets inspiration | 启发学生灵感 |
| students'grasp/command of what has been taught | 学生对老师所教知识的掌握 |
| force-feed the students | 填鸭式教育 |
| extinguish/stifle/constrain creativity | 限制创造力的发展 |
| dampen/sap the students' enthusiasm | 打击学生积极性 |
| dampen |
vt.to make something such as a feeling or hope less strong eg. Not even defeat could dampen the enthusiasm of his supporters. |
| sap |
vt.to make someone feel weak eg. Both teams were sapped by the heat. |
| beget/creat undue pressure | 产生不必要的压力 |
| beget | vt. [formal] to cause something to happen or be created |
| undue | adj.[pre-noun] not necessary or reasonable |
| indiscipline/misbehavior/mischief | n.不守规矩 |
| maintain/impose discipline | 守规矩 |
| be up to/get up to mischief | (=do something bad): The boys are always up to some mischief or other. |
| get into mischief | (=start behaving badly): He got into mischief the moment he left school. |
| disruptive/unruly students | 不守规矩的学生 |
| unruly | very difficult to control unruly children |
| stimulating |
adj. making you feel interested She found her new job challenging and stimulating. |
| stumulate |
vt.to encourage something to happen, develop, or improve eg. The government should do more to stimulate investment in the north |
| autonomy |
un.the power to make your own decisions eg.New regulations have severely restricted the autonomy of doctors. |
| edify | To edify is to help someone understand, whether it is books that edify those who want to learn a new language, or the explanations that hang beside paintings at a museum that edify visitors who aren't familiar with the artist. |
