20 Lifelong learning 101 Initially, we … 5 to home educate for a year while we searched for a more creative, stimulating school for Matilda and her younger sister Verity. We created a schoolroom at home. We found a ready-made curriculum on the web and divided the day into a timetable. You can be relaxed about informing the authorities in the UK as, unlike in some other countries (e.g. Japan and Germany), there is no formal legal obligation to educate your children at a school or to follow the national … 6 . I led on science while my wife plunged into music, maths, history and English. We found a French tutor and a tennis coach, and the girls joined local dance and drama groups. I moved to a four-day working … 7 while my wife threw herself into home educating full time. After the initial novelty of not going to school wore … 8 (it took perhaps a week) everyone’s patience began to wear thin, frustration boiled over, attention spans shortened and, to cap it all, Matilda said she found it just like being at school but at home. In a word: boring. But we knew that for Matilda the world was a wonderland of curiosity and fascination. We were desperate to find a way back to that place. And so … 9 reading books written by people with similar experiences, and a great deal of discussion, we tried something totally different, sat Matilda down and asked her, “Matilda – what are you interested in?” It sounds crazy, but – think about it – our education system never asks that question. Rather it says that at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays you will do biology, and in term 2 of year 6 you will be doing photosynthesis. Why? Because it says so in the curriculum. There is no connection or relevance to the child’s life. And her … 10 to our question? “PENGUINS!” What?! “I want to learn all about penguins.” And so began our new educational adventure. (Christopher Lloyd, The Telegraph; adapted and abridged) 0 questions 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 d) Match the words taken from the text above with the correct definitions 1. cauldron F A sth. new or unusual 2. to brim with sth. B to be or become upset or worried 3. innate C courses that are taught by a school or college 4. mind-numbing D commitment to do sth. because of a law or rule 5. to fuss over sth. E very dull or boring 6. curriculum F large pot 7. obligation G to overflow, to bustle 8. novelty H determined by factors present in an individual from birth ✔ ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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