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🇬🇧 English · C2

How to talk about school pressure with proportion in English

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Teacher

Student

1. 

   Teacher

   Is the pressure sharpening your work, or shrinking your world?
2. 

   Student

   The pressure is sharpening my work, though it is also shrinking my world.
3. 

   Student

   Can we aim for excellence without treating every mark as a verdict?
4. 

   Teacher

   Yes, we can aim for excellence without treating every mark as a verdict.
5. 

   Teacher

   Would fewer tasks done well beat a full plate done thinly?
6. 

   Student

   Yes, fewer tasks done well would beat a full plate done thinly.
7. 

   Student

   If I ease off for a week, will you still take me seriously?
8. 

   Teacher

   Yes, if you ease off for a week, I will still take you seriously.
9. 

   Teacher

   Shall we recalibrate the load before ambition starts sounding like panic?
10. 

    Student

    Yes, let's recalibrate the load before ambition starts sounding like panic.