V6C - 25-11-2021 - Les 28

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

WELCOME

Today is the 25th of November

The Word of the Day is prerogative
noun | prih-RAH-guh-tiv

"an exclusive or speciale right, power, or privilege"

I have the prerogative to change my mind.

TODAY

After this lesson you will

... have tested your knowledge of text 2

... have read text 3 & 4

... have worked on eindexamensite.nl

TEXT 2

READ PARAGRAPH 1-5

Forcing parents to COMPENSATE THE VICTIMS of their children's crimes ...

... would RESTORE DISCIPLINE and save a fortune ...

He was also EVERY PARENT'S LURKING NIGHTMARE, a teenage criminal.

... it was the beginning of YEARS OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL THAT WRENCHED APART A FAMILY ...

FEARFUL OF WHERE BROOK'S PETTY CRIME MIGHT LEAD ...

In his family's eyes, HE HAD GONE BEYOND FORGIVENESS by the time he was imprisoned at 18

HIS MOTHER HAD DISOWNED HIM.

UNDER CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN A LEAKED OFFICIAL REPORT ...

... Andrea and her husband would be HELD RESPONSIBLE for their son ...

... REGARDLESS OF THE ESTRANGEMENT FROM HIM.

TEXT 2

READ PARAGRAPH 6-15

TEENAGE TEARAWAYS WOULD REMAIN THEIR RESPONSILIBITY until the age of 18.

... a DISTURBING TREND IN CRIMINALITY HAS BEEN OBSCURED by official figures ...

He was CAUTIONED FOR ARSON when he was 10 ...

When he FIRST WENT ASTRAY, SHE TOOK HIM FOR ASSESSMENT to the social services.

But SOME MISCREANTS [...] BELIEVE IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TEXT 2

READ PARAGRAPH 16-23

For a start, MOST PERPETRATORS ARE NOT CAUGHT, so how could their parents be identified?

IT PROPOSES THAT THEY SHOULD ATTEND COURSES ON HOW TO BE GOOD MOTHERS AND FATHERS

The concept HOLDS LITTLE APPEAL for the Upshalls ...

... who see it as POLITICALLY CORRECT MEDDLING IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

... courts have already begun TO STRIKE HARD AT PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN OFFEND PERSISTLY

... THAT IT IS NO LONGER WILLING TO LET THEM CUT THE UMBILICAL CORD SO EASILY.

TEXT 3

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