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How to teach kids household skills
dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, when you were ______, did you learn about how to _______?
Mark: Of course. My mother_______ to make sure I could__________, and do _____. She thought my dad knew _____that stuff, even though he was _______.
Jingjing: I just saw an ______ about ______ being added to ________. What do you think about that?
Mark: At schools I _____, one or two ______ every day were for _______ like health or _______, or something like _____,______.
Jingjing: What do you remember learning _________?
Mark: One of my __________ is when _______was handed ______, a piece of _______, and a small light ______. Whoever first ______ would win.
Jingjing: How old _______?
Mark: _______. It took us _______.
Jingjing: That's_______!
Mark: It was. Even though I learned more _____, it was good to see my _______ try to ________. We each _______, and were surprised ________ others got ____ done.
Jingjing: What else did you_____ in school? Anything_______?
Mark: Well, I took_______ in ___ school. One of the ______ that took us the longest was ______. Two weeks after _______, we finally had them all ready to________ the ______.
Jingjing: That's pretty cool. Did you build everything _______?
Mark: Everything except ______, which were______.
Jingjing: _______ did you use?
Mark: Paper, ______—common stuff. Later, I went to a _____ and saw kits that would take just an _______ or two to _______. Our school wasted______ just to save a ______of materials, and didn't really teach us much in the process.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, did you________ when you were a kid?
Mark: I went to ________, and we got to make _____. I learned more about ____ from that.
Jingjing: Was TAG ________?
Mark: It was something________, at ______ in my city.
Jingjing: I think it's great for kids to learn how to do all sorts of __________. It's _______ for someone to grow up with _______ and_______.
Mark: I agree, but think most of those skills come from _______, rather than _________.
Jingjing: Did you learn _______?
Mark: In middle school and _______, we had _______. So, yes. But, again, I ________ at home.
Jingjing: It was________, though, wasn't it?
Mark: It was. Actually, the ________ I remember is that our teacher _______.
Jingjing: Have you gotten _________?
Mark: Actually, yes. I've________ while cooking. Luckily, I could ________ quickly, before they________.
Jingjing: So, what do you think about _______to ________ school _______?
Mark: Just like you said, it'd be great for young people to _______. It'd ________ to have schools _______ that.
Jingjing: No one thinks schools should________. Schools should_________, and ________
Mark: _______. I still remember ______.
Jingjing: Is that something you learned_______? Oh, wait—you told me. It was to learn how to _______.
Mark: Yeah: it helped us________, when we were_______.
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