By Nate Feldman
1. SEC Intermediate
Objective: Learn new vocabulary and correct pronunciation.
2. MLS Sociology
I am starting the ELS Students Movement. We will fight
for justice and equality for students here. And we will fight for fair treatment by the authorities.
After George Floyd was killed by a police officer in
2020, it sparked riots
throughout the United States.
Vocabulary:
Non-violence = resisting without using physical force.
The acts of non-violence
Disobedience = not following orders
Grassroots campaigns = a movement that is led or
organized by ordinary people in society
Unjust = unfair
Dig deeper = go into more details
Unconstitutional = goes against the American
constitution
Emerge = to appear out of nowhere
Resist = to fight back
Unconventional = not normal; not typical
Deprive = to take something necessary away from
someone
Legitimate =something correct or fair
*When the students said Mr. Nate talks too much
sometimes, he admitted that this complaint was kind of legitimate.
Legit
“Nate talks too much!”
“Yeah, that’s legit!”
Distrust = to not trust or be suspicious of someone
Commonality = something similar between people or
things
3. RW Pyramids of Giza
Should
ELS Have Longer School Days?
ELS is a language
center that offers classes to international students. A typical day at ELS for intensive students
takes place from 8:30 AM until 3:45 PM.
Although this seems like more than enough time for people to improve
their language skills, some people are arguing that we should have longer days
and study until 5:30 PM. However, is this a good idea?
Should we really study for nine hours daily? In my opinion, we should make students study until 5:30 (Thesis
Statement).
The first reason we
should have longer school days is because the student’s English will get so
much better. If you make someone stay in
class for nine hours, their language skills will improve dramatically. It will make them think and interact in
English for most of their day. Students
came here to improve English, not to have fun, so we will make their English
better.
Another reason we
should have longer school days is that the students don’t do useful things
outside of the class. For example, many
students return to their rooms and play video games or chat with their families
in their native language. They are
forgetting the whole reason they came to the USA in the first place: to learn
English! If you want to get good at
English, you have to speak it almost all of the time.
Some people say that if we stay in class all day, we will be so
tired and can’t focus in the class. It is true that some students will be tired if we are in class
longer. However,
if the schedule is too hard for them, then maybe they should not be in an
intensive language program. There is a
reason it is called intensive. It’s a
lot of work and time. To be the best,
you must train like the best. A longer
day trains you to be the best.
