Tag: education
member name: Ann Weaver Hart
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August 21, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
Here's the first of some drills for simple Spanish. Speak each sentence aloud, until they become easy. They should come out like this:
Estoy contenta.
Estoy cansada.
Estoy ocupada. etc. . . .
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August 22, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
Last time, we described how we were feeling. This is a wonderful skill, but in English, we sometimes say, "I am" for things that Spanish-speaking people say, "I have." A few of these . . .
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September 23, 2007 09:32 PM EDT --
I've written a short story in Spanish that I would like to submit for publication. Does anyone know of any Spanish-Language literary publications I might try?
Thanks in advance.
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August 24, 2007 09:52 AM EDT --
You're deep in Mexico, Spain or South America. You need the restroom. You'd better be able to ask where it is.
1. ¿Dónde estâ _________? (Where is _______?)
—el . . .
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September 07, 2009 05:35 PM EDT --
The president of the United States, that duly-elected antichrist, has chosen to address the school children of this country on Wednesday. This is the last perversion of a school system that has systematically . . .
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October 05, 2009 06:53 PM EDT --
The perky lady with the video camera made her way around the tables at the high school reunion. She explained that she was making a YouTube video.
“What would you like to say to the kids in . . .
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August 18, 2008 06:07 PM EDT --
On Saturday night, Rick Warren, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life , sat down with Barak Obama and John McCain at his megachurch in California and asked them some tough questions. . . .
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November 24, 2008 05:46 PM EST --
Kudos this week go to Texas A&M professor John Fike. Fike parted company with the Texas A&M chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), citing his shame over the group's . . .
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April 28, 2007 07:34 PM EDT --
Having bragged that I can name 20 English cognates of the Latin verb that means "to send" (i.e. mitteo, mittere, missi, missum) I feel obligated to do so. If you know any I missed, transmit me . . .
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April 29, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Okay, word geeks and logophiles, let's see how many words we can come up with that descended to us from the Latin verb "venio, venire, veni, ventum," to come. I'll give mine first, . . .
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April 27, 2007 02:08 AM EDT --
There's smart and then there's me. I'm smart--sort of.
I don't know the right thing to say at a party. I don't do social situations. I couldn't read a social cue to save my life, . . .
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May 05, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
Lots of articles on Gather this week have to do with politics. A lot of them seem to display a basic ignorance of American national government. Many commentarians seem to have gotten their ideas about . . .
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May 19, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
Geez. I'm tempted to give you five qualities about which I am positive, but here goes.
1. I'm loyal. It's pretty simple, I don't turn my back on people, friends, neighbors, family. Couldn't . . .
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July 07, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
I'm reading the paper this morning, and a help-wanted ad catches my eye. It seems that we have a new charter school in town, and they need teachers. It might be nice to have a real, steady income, . . .
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August 02, 2007 03:57 PM EDT --
The first time I traveled very far into Mexico, I did it for the sole purpose of demonstrating to my children that "poor" is in the eye of the beholder. What I discovered is that it is also largely . . .
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May 21, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
If you are wondering what a Word Geek is, it's a person with an obscene amount of verbal intelligence. For an idea about the kinds of things they think about and know, see my article, Confessions of . . .
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April 28, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
Employees of the Texas A&M University System were alarmed last week to discover a new regulation that allows them to be fired after an arrest, whether it results in a conviction or not. The rule requires . . .
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March 30, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
When did ignorance become an American value?
During the presidential campaign, Sarah Palin's supporters blasted Katie Kouric for exposing her ignorance of foreign affairs. English-only . . .
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May 22, 2007 08:43 AM EDT --
School's almost out and it's about to be summer. What are your plans for summer reading?
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August 20, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
Being a life-long learner and lover of knowledge, it always amazes me the way people approach the opening of school. The days grow hot, the cicadas sing in the trees, ads for school clothes start turning . . .
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