I. Read the chapters and find the following words and word combinations

1. WORDS TO BE STUDIED: added hazard46, monitors 46, The old adage 46, to perturb smb. 47, jammed classrooms 48, a legacy from smb., smth. 48, commendable aplomb 50, vociferous complaints 50, to be flabbergasted 51, classroom work 51, probationary 51, out-of-school activities 51, in a perfunctory way 51, in smb’s mind’s eye 52, to vie (vying) 55, to say censoriously 55, self righteous silence 55
2. WORD COMBINATIONS TO BE FUNCTIONALIZED: to do smth. on one’s own 46, smth. is in the line with smth. 46, to manage children well 47, to quell noise 47, to remain at large 48, to be a fiend incarnate 48, to take smb. in tow 49, to wag a finger at smb. 49, to keep pace with smb., smth. 51, to be under surveillance 51, to be due to open 51, to ride one’s own hobby-horse 51, the adviser for arithmetic 52, I do feel most strongly that … 52, to warm to smb’s theme 52, hush fell 53, to be bedeviled 53, to be a standby for years 54, to vie with smb. 55, a family next door 55, to subside into self-righteous silence 55, to work like beavers 58, to set one’s heart on smth. 58, to bring (do) smb. credit 58, to give in 58, to get nowhere with smth. 59, (it will get you nowhere).

II. Answer the following questions:

1. What was one of great problems for Ann?

2. Was Ann able to make herself available to children in a private capacity? How did she feel about it?

3. Why did she have to use “do-as-I say-and-argue-afterwards” approach in her class?

4. What is meant by: “a legacy from the bad old days of ‘payment by results’ ”?

5. What kind of man was Mr. Andrews?

6. What was it that Mr. Andrews didn’t like about the arrangement of the desks?

7. What do you understand by a probationary year? Is it different from the period of apprenticeship? (Look up the definitions in the dictionary).

8. What was the reason for frequent visits on the part of school inspectors, the representatives of local authorities and salaried advisors?

9. What were the two fearsome foes that Anna faced daily?

10. What was the problem with the visiting advisors for different subjects?

11. What else do you come to know about Mrs. Flynn from chapter 8?

12. What do you come to know about Tom Drew’s landlady?

13. What was it that appealed to Ann in Tom?

14. What do you get to know about Tom’s family, his parents, his profession?

15. What did Tom mean by alluding to a saying: “all children need a little ‘healthy neglect’?

16. What was Tom’s viewpoint on the school system in England?

17. What feelings did Ann get from the conversation with Tom?