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Chapter 1 Reading
Term | Definition |
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curriculum | noun - the courses that are taught by a school, college, etc. |
discipline | noun - control gained by requiring that rules or orders be obeyed |
drawback | noun - something that causes problems, a disadvantage |
effort | noun - a serious attempt to do something |
exhaustion | noun - being very tired |
rankings | noun - a list of people or things that are ordered according to their quality, ability, size, etc. |
secondary school | noun - high school |
status | noun - the position or rank of someone or something when compared to others |
values | noun - strongly held beliefs about what is valuable, important, or acceptable |
achieve | verb - to get or reach (something) by working hard |
compare | verb - to look at (two or more things) closely in order to see what is similar or different about them |
determines | verb - creates / makes / decides upon |
reflects | verb - shows (something) |
separate | verb - placed or kept apart |
track | verb - to watch or follow the progress of (someone or something) |
competitive | adj - a situation in which people or groups are trying to win a contest or be more successful than other |
entire | adj - complete or full |
global | adj - relating to the whole world |
identical | adj - the same |
isolated | adj - separate from others |
universal | adj - done or experienced by everyone |
in contrast to | different from |
one-size-fits-all | something that is good for everyone |
on the one hand | used to introduce the first statement that describes two different or opposite ideas, people, etc. |
on the other hand | used to introduce the second statement that describes two different or opposite ideas, people, etc. |
the best and brightest | people who are the best at their jobs |