best friend — лучший друг
close friend — близкий друг
countryside — сельская местность
share — делиться, разделять
chat online — общаться онлайн
an only child — единственный ребёнок
Объяснение:I want to ask how my child is doing in relation to her classmates. My question makes teachers look very uncomfortable.
I understand their discomfort. The sense of weighing and measuring one child against others, as opposed to against common standards, can seem like a betrayal of a group of young people whom we teachers also feel a duty of care towards. If I tell you that your child is doing better than Rachel, then I’m telling you how Rachel is doing as well, and you don’t really have a right or need to know that. When pushed, I’ve ventured that a child is in the top/middle/bottom third of the class. However, a better question (being top of a weak class is not necessarily a great achievement) – and the one I ask for my own children – is: “Are they where you’d want them to be at this point?” Teachers will happily tell you whether your child is doing better/similarly/worse than they’d expect, and what appropriate action can be taken.
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