Leaving school at 15 - what about brain development?
Before you watch the video, discuss the following questions:
- What is better for a 15-year-old, to continue studying at school, or to move on to find a job?
- What is an unskilled job?
- What can people do to develop their brains?
Watch the video and answer the questions below:
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
- According to Dr. Martha Burns, why is school very good for the brain?
- Why does Burns say that at this particular moment finding a job is not a good stimulus for the brain of an adolescent?
- What are the examples that Burns gives of unskilled jobs?
- What, according to Burns, are good alternatives for teenagers leaving school?
- What are the two things, according to Burns, that brains benefit from?
QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE
- Do you agree with Dr Burns?
- What is a good alternative to school, in your opinion? Do you think teenagers should finish compulsory education before leaving school? Why/Why not?
its not a good idea to leave school at 15.because if you stop studying your brain cant devlope.otherwise if you leave school at 15 you can find only the unskilled jobs.nowdays it verry difficult to find a unskilled job.so if you not leave school at 15 it will be good for you and your brain.and in the future you can find a skilled job.
ResponderEliminarmayan akter isfa ibrahim.
Leaving school in the age of 15 is bad because you have no scope of what will you do in your future and you don't know that you could find a job , nowadays in this world of crisis ,it's very difficult to find a job , but if you are educated it's easy to find a job and from my point of view kids who stay at school longer have better future prospects.
ResponderEliminarFary aka Firal Nasir