Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading
from A—G for each paragraph. There are two extra headings which you
do not need.
A. New teachers' opinions of involving parents
B. An argument over an assignment
C. A conflict between assumption and reality
D. Difficulties in sharing goals
E. The best way to score high
F. Proper ways of parental involvement
G. According to research on Study
76. ___________________________
An Iowa
high school counselor gets a call from a parent protesting the “C”
her child received on an assignment. “The parent argued every point
in the essay,”recalls the counselor, who soon realized why the
mother was so disappointed about me grade. “It became apparent that
she’d written it.”
77. ___________________________
In a
survey, 90% of new teachers agreed that involving parents in their
children’s education is a priority at their school, but only
25%described their experience working with parents as “very
satisfying.” When asked to choose me biggest challenge they face,
31% of them quoted involving parents and communicating with them as
their top choice. 73% of new
teachers said too many parents treat schools and
teachers as enemies.
78. ___________________________
At a time
when competition is rising and resources are limited, when battles
over testing force schools to adjust their priorities, when cell
phones and e-mail speed up the information flow and all kinds of
private ghosts and public quarrels slip into the parent-teacher
conference, it’s harder for both sides to step back and breathe
deeply and look at the goals they share.
79. ___________________________
Everyone
says the parent-teacher conference should be pleasant, civilized, a
kind of dialogue where parents and teachers build partnership. But
what most teachers feel, and certainly what all parents feel, is
anxiety and panic.
80. ___________________________
When a
teacher asks parents to be partners, he or she doesn't necessarily
mean Mom or Dad should be camping in the classroom. Research shows
that though students benefit modestly from having parents involved
at school, what happens at home matters much more. According to
research based on the National Education Longitudinal Study, a
sample of nearly 25,000 eighth graders, among four main areas of
parental involvement (home discussion, home supervision. school
communication, and school participation), home discussion was the
most strongly related