--- title: Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Feeling angry or scared is normal. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… # Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom Lesson 319 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/0/) — Feeling angry or scared is normal. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/1/) — What matters is what you do with the feeling: anger can be said calmly in words, and fear grows smaller when you talk about it, learn the facts and have a plan. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/2/) — Many fears shrink when you know the truth: a scary film is made up with special effects, a vaccine needle stings for about a second, and counting between a lightning flash and the thunder shows if a storm is moving away. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/3/) — Courage grows by small steps. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/4/) — Nobody jumps into the deep end on day one: you learn with a teacher, a little at a time, with an adult watching. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/5/) — Even boredom is useful. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/6/) — A rainy afternoon with no screen can become a den, a story, a drawing or a cake. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/7/) — When you are in a rage, close the door gently and use your words once you are calm; slamming can trap fingers, break things and frighten others. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/8/) — If something is truly unfair, say calmly what is unfair and what you would like to happen instead, because people listen to a calm, clear reason more than to a shout. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/9/) — After a frightening film, talk about it with a parent and do something calm and cheerful before bed; films are made up with special effects. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/10/) — If you are scared of a vaccination needle, tell the nurse, look away, breathe out slowly and hold a hand; the sting lasts a second and the vaccine protects you from serious illnesses. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/11/) — In a thunderstorm, stay indoors away from windows and keep busy with something cosy; inside a house you are safe. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/12/) — Counting the seconds between the flash and the bang shows how far away the storm is; if the count gets longer, it is moving away. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/13/) — If you are afraid of spiders or insects, keep your distance, ask an adult to move it outside and learn which local ones are harmless. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/14/) — Most spiders and insects are harmless, but in Australia some spiders are dangerous, so leave them to an adult. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/15/) — Learn to swim in the deep end with a teacher, step by step, and only swim where an adult is watching. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/16/) — If the news about wars, fires or disasters scares you, ask an adult to explain and watch less news; the news shows the worst things and often not the helpers. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/17/) — Agree a meeting place with your family in a crowd; if you get lost, ask a staff member or a parent with children for help. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/18/) — When you are bored with no screen, build a den, read, draw, write a story, do a puzzle or help cook; boredom is the start of creativity. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/19/) — A boy in Ireland swam in a deep lake to show he was not scared; the cold water tired him fast, and a man in a boat had to pull him out. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/20/) — A girl in Texas got lost at a fair and hid because she was frightened; it took much longer to find her than if she had asked a staff member. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/21/) — Fear of deep water is helpful: deep and cold water is truly dangerous, even for good swimmers. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/22/) — A lost child who asks a staff member or a parent with children is usually found quickly. - ← previous: [Drinking water, cuts, bruises, head bumps, burns, growing and needing glasses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/318-water-cuts-bruises-bumps-burns-growing-and-seeing/) - next →: [Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)