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Tip of the Week #279: Three Things Magazine
I recently finished writing a book about working online. In it, I hope to show other teachers how to make a living online. While writing the book, I researched dozens of paths. I have been earning my living online since 2011. After all this time, I believe one of the...
Word of the Day #95: Pram
Pram: a stroller, a baby carriage, a small vehicle with four wheels designed for a baby to lie in while you push it around. I was born in England. I remember stories of my mom pushing me around Bicester, England in a pram. Back then, says my mom, the British moms...
Word of the Day #94: Derange
My local French students and I (I am not fluent. We are learning together.) have been watching the language learning series Extra. In Episode three, one of the characters uses the phrase ça ne me dérange pas, meaning, it doesn't bother me....
Don’t think and grow rich. Do and grow rich.
The other day, I ran across my new favorite French proverb. Not that I had a favorite French proverb before. But, that's not the point. Qui s'instruit sans agir laboure sans semer. Whoever learns without action, plows without sowing. For a while, I have had a...
Word of the Day #93: Cheesparing
Cheeseparing - Saving via extreme frugality If someone cuts for you a rather thin piece of cheese, they are cheeseparing. Perhaps because they are frugal. Cheeseparing comes from the Old English word for cheese (case) and the Old French word for trimming, parer. Not...
Word of the Day #92: Karmageddon
Karmageddon Karmageddon is like, when everybody is sending off all these totally bad vibes. And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer for all. Karmageddon comes from Sanskrit Karma, the sum of a person’s actions. This sum determines a persons...
Tip of the Week #278: Write it By Hand
I teach and work online. I am also easily distracted. Not a good combination. To combat distraction, I write everything by hand. I have notebooks filled with tests, books, blogs, and tips I have written. I find I am much less distracted when I write by hand. Once...
Word of the Day #91: Triskaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobia - Irrational fear of the number thirteen Triskaidekaphobia is a combination of multiple Greek words. Τρεῖς (tres) three, χαί (kai), δέχα (deka) ten and, or course φόβος (phobos) fear. This word came up in a Greek class this morning, as we were...
Tip of the Week #277: How to Find the Word You Can’t Remember
Not long ago, a friend asked me if I knew of any tools to find a word to describe something that you have in mind. He went on to say, “There’s countless scenarios in my life where there’s something that I’d love to express - but I cannot think of the right word to...
Word of the Day #90: Disremember
Disremember: to forget. I ran across this word in The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough. A book I enjoyed immensely, by the way. If you are looking for a book capable of inspiring you to work incredibly hard, this may be the book for you. While testing their...