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. . . in the Winter of My Life
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MY MISSION IS TO SINGLD-MINDEDLY AND STEADFASTLY LOVE AND LEARN WITH YOU!
Renewal
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
~Christopher Morley
Every Day a New Beginning
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Linda-Dale Jennings
English Language Acquisition Instructor
Adams County School District 14
Adams City High School
4625 East 68th Avenue
Commerce City, CO 80022-2380
Office: 303-273-5750
Fax: 303-288-6113
E-mail: ljenning@adams14.org
Adams County School District 14
Adams City High School
4625 East 68th Avenue
Commerce City, CO 80022-2380
Office: 303-273-5750
Fax: 303-288-6113
E-mail: ljenning@adams14.org
Teaching . . .
. . . in the Winter of My Life
As I remember it . . .
Mentoring
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Syllabic Delight
- anachronistic - obsolescent
- euphemism - 'a rose by any other name'
- lugubrious - mournful, depressing, cheerless, dismal
- nefarious - reprehensible
- obstreperous - willfully stubborn
- oxymoron - contradiction in terms
- psychometrician - designs testing
- sarcastic - contemptuous, ironic statement
- sardonic - mockingly derisive
Graduation
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Amusing Regs . . .
- also stands alone; also too is redundant
- anyways is not a word; use anyway
- Asian for people, oriental for objects
- boats are moored; horses are tethered
- children are reared; chickens are raised
- eyebrows are tweezed; chickens plucked
- forte (fort) is a strength; forte (for-té) is a musical term
- good is an adjective, well an adverb
- home is abstract; house is concrete
- I, he, she are subject pronouns. Me, him, her are object pronouns. Myself is not a synonym for I.
- irregardless, a double negative, isn't a word
- people are finished; projects are done
- people are hanged; gates are hung
- per stands alone; as per is redundant
- prayer is asking, meditation is listening
- two prepositions are not used together; i.e. because of is redundant
- whether stands alone; or not is implied
Truisms
- Death and taxes . . .
- I'm dancing as fast as I can . . .
- It is what it is . . .
- It takes as long as it takes . . .
- Pretty is as pretty does . . .
- Things have a way of working out . . .
- Tomorrow is another day . . .
- When you're right, you're right . . .
- You never get a second chance to make a first impression . . .
- You see what you want to see . . .
- You'll be there when you get there . . .
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