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Examiner: Do you agree w ith th e saying 'c h ild re n s ho uld be seen and not heard '? Candidate
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Do you agree w ith th e saying 'c h ild re n s ho uld be seen and not heard '? Candidate: I'm a s s u m in g th is m e a n s th a t c h ild re n s h o u ld re s p e c t th e ir e ld e rs and n o t c re a te havoc by be in g no is y and a n s w e rin g a d u lts ba ck. I have so m e s y m p a th y w ith th is view . H o w eve r, m o d e ra tio n is u s u a lly th e be st c o u rs e to ta k e in a ll th in g s , as w ith u p b rin g in g . C h ild re n s h o u ld re s p e c t t h e ir e ld e rs , w h ic h in vo lve s do in g as th e y 're to ld . Too m an y c h ild re n no w a days th in k th e y ru n th e h o u s e h o ld , m a k in g d e m a n d s , etc. H o w eve r, it is a ls o tr u e th a t a c h ild is p a rt of th e fa m ily , too and a ls o d e s e rv e s re s p e c t. I th in k th is m e a n s th e y s h o u ld be a llo w e d to e x p re s s t h e ir p o in ts o f v ie w and th e y s h o u ld be lis te n e d to and c o n s u lte d . It's a fin e b a la n c e , I s up po se. Examiner: Is it good fo r c h ild re n to be exposed to frig h te n in g and sad exp e rie n ce s o r s h o u ld the y be pro te cted fro m th e se as fa r as possible? Candidate: I d o n 't th in k they s h o u ld exp erience too m any sad o r te rrify in g experiences, if it can be helped. N e verthe less, w h a t is very u s e fu l fo r te a ch in g c h ild re n ab ou t th e se d a rk e r sides of life w ith o u t s c a rrin g th e m is s to rie s . In s to rie s they can le a rn ab ou t evil and the dangers in th e w o rld a ro un d th e m , b u t in a c o n tro lle d way w h e re th e 'bad dies' are pu nished aad everyone ends up happy. T his gives th e m a focu s fo r the fe a rs th a t a ll c h ild re n have but it is a fic tio n a l one so d o e s n 't up set th e ir peace of m ind. Examiner: A re c h ild re n in y o u r c o u n try g e n e ra lly w e ll b ro u g h t up? My in s tin c t is to say 'n o ' be cause you see m a n y m is b e h a v in g c h ild re n w h e n y o u 're o u t and a b o u t. In re a lity , th e re are p ro b a b ly m a n y m o re w e ll b ro u g h t up c h ild re n th a n ba dly b ro u g h t up ones, it's ju s t th a t th e good c h ild re n d o n ’ t a ttr a c t y o u r a tte n tio n as m uch . Download 3.38 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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