Anything very wrong with that? Check out this quote by William Martin: "Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes,… Continue reading What About Just Living an Ordinary Life?
Category: Education
The Importance of Punctuation
Why do We Say Tick-Tock and not Tock-Tick?
As a follow up to my previous post last year on the order of adjectives, here's another one relating to sounds. So if you are saying 3 words, the order of the sounds should go I, A, O. If there are 2 words, then the first is I and the second is either A or… Continue reading Why do We Say Tick-Tock and not Tock-Tick?
A University Degree vs a Skill
Came across this funny picture. But that got me thinking... isn't this so true in our education system nowadays? I'm a mechanical engineer by training but in terms of skills, for example machining and carpentry, I'm probably years of experience behind my father, who doesn't even have a college certificate. Yes, I can probably do… Continue reading A University Degree vs a Skill
What’s the Difference?
What's the difference between a literalist and a kleptomaniac? The literalist takes things literally. The kleptomaniac takes things, literally. Here's a bonus one I felt was quite funny. What's the difference between a politician and a flying pig? The letter "F" Lol!