2 жовтня. День працівників освіти в Україні

Професійне свято в Україні вчителі відмічають у першу неділю жовтня. За статистикою, у 2021 році у школах працювали майже 435 тисяч освітян. Сподіваємося, що цей показник буде зростати. В багатьох українських школах, щоб відзначити це свято, влаштовують “День самоврядування”. В цей день учні міняються місцями з вчителями. Вести уроки не так просто, як може здатися, на перший погляд.

Let’s learn some idioms related to school and education

Your MINI-TASK:
1. Read the idioms
2. Choose 2 favourites
3. Make sentences with them
4. Share in the group

• To put your thinking cap on
  Meaning: to engage your mind and think in a serious manner.

  Example: Right, we need to figure out how we’re going to solve this problem before mum and dad get back, so let’s put our thinking caps on!

• As easy as ABC
  Meaning: something that is very simple or easy.

  Example: That jigsaw puzzle is as easy as ABC, I don’t understand why you’ve been struggling with it for so long.

• Drop out of school
  Meaning: to stop attending school completely

  Example: She dropped out of school at the age of 14 to help her sick grandmother at home, but now she runs her own successful nursing home for the elderly!

• You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
  Meaning: this means it is difficult to make someone change the way they do something when they have been doing it the same way for a very long time.

  Example: Jeremy tries so hard to show me how the computer works, but he doesn’t understand that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!

• Crack a book Meaning: to open a book to study (usually used in a negative sense).

  Example: I kept telling my mum I didn’t need to study too hard for this exam because it’s easy, she wouldn’t listen to me though. She insisted I crack a book every evening!