Category: Education
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Word Alert!
Guess what!! The words decimate, desecrate, and defecate are not the same. True dat! As you know, to decimate is to is to destroy in large numbers (i.e. “She totally decimated those crab legs at Golden Coral!”). To desecrate is to violate the sacredness of a person or object, or toilet (i.e. “She sure did…
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Word Alert!
Guess what!! The words prenatal, parental, paternal, and Paterno are in no way related…except for the first three. “Prenatal” refers to anything existing or occurring before birth, and regular medical/nursing care recommended for women during pregnancy. “Paternal” indicates someone fatherly or something appropriate to a father, which pregnancy would not generally be, as men do…
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Did You Know?
The Labia is shaped like Italy. Fire beetles are responsible for climate change. The Battle of the Network Stars was rigged. Space marines have landed on Jupiter.
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Math Skills in Los Angeles Still Need Improvement
Just as California math scores had begun to rise, the Democratic National Convention arrived and stamped its flat, fetid, government assisted foot on the festivities. While overseeing a vote among Democratic delegates, Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, mistook a 53% negative vote for a 2/3 positive vote, which allowed the words “God” and “Jerusalem” into…