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I learned a lot about politics as the result of my run for City
Treasurer. This blog is my way of staying in touch with those who supported me and reaching out to those who did not.
The primary focus of this blog is Norfolk politics. Of course, you can't talk about Norfolk in a vacuum, so sprinkled in are some regional, state, and national politics. And sometimes, no politics at all.
The inspiration for this blog comes from one of Virginia's most respected forefathers:
"I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."
Thomas Jefferson, 1820
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I got a B!
I got an A. However, the definition of “peruse” is changing, so two of the answers could be considered correct.
(Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition, copyright 1970)
A for me. I think that we’ll see plenty of them.
I didn’t particularly like the question for “lithe”. It asked for a subjective opinion about use of the word rather than the definition itself. Not that that stopped me from getting it. A+.
A- here, and I agree with Randy.
Back to work ere the boss catches me perusing the interwebs.
Speaking of vocabulary….
I have read that children who grow up in a bilingual household start behind their peers in language skills. Well, when tested in English only, sure. But overall language skill, and the ability to pick up even more languages, is greater. Here is a good website to start with.
At first glance, it may seem contradictory that I support bilingualism in the home but not native-language teaching in schools. On the one hand, I think children should be exposed to as many languages as possible as young as possible. On the other hand, English is necessary in the United States, and if English is not spoken in the home, the children might be better off staying back a year in elementary school to get a firm grasp of English, rather than being taught in the language they use at home.
The flip side of this is Fairfax County’s Language Immersion Program. Kids who speak only English at home can go to school and be taught in French, German, Spanish, or Japanese. Talk about an amazing opportunity!
B+!
And I just took the GREs and did really well! Especially on the verbal.
Go figure.
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