Презентация на тему: Be cool - stay at school
BE COOL – STAY AT SCHOOLMinnebaeva Sophia8 form, MPLMurmansk
Contents. Introduction.What is truancy?The origin of the word “ truant.”Truancy in the UK.Truancy in Russian schools.Conclusion.Literature.
Definition. TRUANTA lazy, idle person.A pupil who stays away from school without permission.A person who neglects his or her work or duties. TO PLAY TRUANT – stay away from school, be absent.
The origin of the word “truant.” A truant was originally a “beggar” or a “vagrant.” It was borrowed from Old French “truand” (a vagabond) in 13th century.
William Shakespeare Love’s Labour’s Lost Rosaline. Another of these students at that time 550Was there with him, if I have heard a truth. Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal: His eye begets occasion for his wit; 555For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales 560And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Truancy in the UK. More than a million children a year play truant from school.66,000 pupils play truant every day.
Michelle Boorman did not miss one of 2,660 school days.
Why do students play truant?Truancy is an educational, social and law enforcement problem. Child.Low self- esteem.Low academics.Socially isolated.Childhood depression.To escape bulling at school.Fear of school, teachers and administrators.The truant has no interest at school. Family.Ineffective parenting.Familial instability.Financial difficulties.Alcoholic parent.School.Poor pupil- teacher relationships.Lack of parents- school communication.Community.Lack of support for school.Negative peer influences.
The consequences of truancy.Truancy is a gateway to serious violent and nonviolent crime.
Combating Truancy.Electronic registration.
Regular sweeps of town centres by police and education welfare staff.
Parents can be fined up to 2,500 and /or be put in prison to three months.
Truancy in Russian schools.Officially, truancy is not a problem in Russia.
Truancy in MPL. 15% of students think that truancy hasn’t led to more serious problems.85% think truancy is bad.Never skip school 40% of the students.
Electronic Diary.The Russian government promises until 2012 to introduce electronic diaries in all Russian schools.
Conclusion.Spring comes. Are you going to play truant?
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