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This fifth grader, whom we caught dozing off in class, told us his parents punish him for low attention scores and that kind of data adds a new kind of pressure for students.
Key Vocabulary
1. dozing off start to sleep, especially during the day.
[doʊz] (phr.) start to sleep, especially during the day.
[næp] (n.) a short sleep, especially during the day
[ˈmɪd.naɪt] (idiom.) to stay up all night
2. punish to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.
[ˈpʌn.ɪʃ] (v.) to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.
[ˊfizikl, ˊpʌniʃmәnt ] (n.) the physical punishment of people, especially of children, by hitting them
[ˌkɔːr.pɚ.əl, ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt] (n.) the physical punishment of people, especially of children, by hitting them
3. data information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer
[ˈdeɪ.t̬ə] (n.) information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer
4. pressure a difficult situation that makes you feel worried or unhappy
[ˈpreʃ.ɚ] (n.) a difficult situation that makes you feel worried or unhappy
[pɪr] (n.) the strong influence of a group, especially of children, on members of that group to behave as everyone else does
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