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"Children have to be made to understand by being pulled up scoring low marks, reprimanding for a certain behaviour or being criticised in front of the class something that happen to anyone - a regular part of school life because most of the time they begin to think 'why me'?
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answered Feb 05 '12 at 14:10
Lindsey York
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Thank you, Lindsey, for the clarification. I understand some British expressions without an explanation, but obviously, not this one.
Sometimes I think we Brits just like to be as confusing as possible!
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answered Feb 04 '12 at 16:59
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"Children have to be made to understand, being pulled up for scoring low marks, reprimanded for a certain behaviour or being criticised in front of the class - something that can happen to anyone - is a regular part of school life, because most of the time they begin to think 'why me'?
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answered Feb 04 '12 at 23:08
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Rahul,
I'm not sure what you mean by being pulled up scoring low marks. Even with Sue's suggestion of changing it to being pulled up for scoring low marks, it doesn't make sense to me. Why are the students being pulled? Are they being removed from the class? Or is someone actually pulling them out of their seats?
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answered Feb 05 '12 at 01:16
Jody M.
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Jody, "to be pulled up" for something is a British English expression meaning "to be chastised or corrected for".
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