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प्रश्न
Discuss with your partners
The manner you adopt when you talk about a teacher to other teachers.
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उत्तर
To answer this question, you may talk about the following points.
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Is it so that a student might be friendlier with one teacher than another one?
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What are the qualities that make teachers a friend of a student?
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Are students afraid of talking about a teacher to another teacher, knowing that they are colleagues?
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Do students take the problems they face with one teacher to another teacher in the hope of a solution?
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Does a student try to be respectful of his/her teacher while talking about him to another teacher?
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