Students refuse going to school

 
Pre-reading questions:

  1. Do you like going to school? / Did you like going to school?
  2. Why should children go to school?

 
A number of students nowadays are not interested to go to school anymore. A lot of reasons are being considered by teachers and administrators. Some students just want to go to school once or twice a week. The principal have known a clear cause and it’s the mother who always says OK when the student doesn’t want to go. Schools said that it is difficult for them to deal with the situation.
 
Vocabulary:
consider – [verb] to think about carefully
twice – [abverb] two times
difficult – [adjective] hard to do
deal with – to do something about
cause – [noun] a reason for an action
 
True or False:

  1. A number of students nowadays are not interested to go to school anymore.
  2. One reason is being considered by teachers and administrators.
  3. Some students just want to go to school once or twice a week.
  4. It’s the mother who always says NO when the student doesn’t want to go.
  5. Schools said that it is easy for them to deal with the situation.