Classes July 15, 2025

 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.