The Right Word

THE RIGHT WORD

Wildflowers might be prevalent in the mountains during the spring months, but a particular type of wildflower might be the prevailing one. Prevalent, in other words, implies widespread occurrence or acceptance in a particular place or time (: a prevalent belief during the nineteenth century), while prevailing suggests that something exists in such quantity that it surpasses or leads all others in acceptance, usage, or belief (: the prevailing theory about the evolution of man).

Wildflowers might also be abundant in the valleys—a word that, unlike prevalent and prevailing, is largely restricted to observations about a place and may suggest oversupply (: an abundant harvest; indications of decay were abundant).

Another One Bites

Somebody come save me

Preparing the Next Generation

Preparing the next generation: Freedom or Discipline?

‘The world today is increasingly tough and competitive. It is useless to pretend that children know best. They do not. Parents and teachers need to make decisions for children and ensure – by all means possible – that children achieve the highest academic standards. This will benefit the child and, ultimately, the nation.’

Indifference or criticism? Pain in freedom, or happiness in captivity? Sometimes the path is not clear enough for us to take. Dealing with education and methods authority figures have in the lives of learners could be constituted to be part of the thought provoking.

Connected in this Electronic Information Age

The phrase 'modern day' goes hand-in-hand with technology. In developed countries and an increasing number of developing countries, most are in the technological age. It seems as if everyone, at the very least, has a mobile phone whether young or elderly. At this point, the issue that is being often discussed around the world is that people feel no closer to being happy in their lives even though communication through technology is increasingly easier. There are two ways to look at this issue.

Gravity is working against me.

Going to meet with Emily and hopefully the others today at FX, in FourFingers. Hopefully all will be great and I'll have a wonderful time. I miss them. I hope they don't think me lame and clingy and have lost my mind. I hope they accept me, it has been way too long.

Is it my fault, or is it that people easily drop me out of their lives?

13 March 2013 Wednesday

The fact that I feel crappy everytime I'm in school must have some meaning.

I lost my voice

HOLLA!

I've lost my voice completely. This sucks. I've once again re-discovered that being a mute is absolutely frustrating and tiresome. My brain feels like exploding! It's not about wishing to say something, it's that I'm so quiet and it's not possible to even make a peep of a sound. I currently have a very short temper due to losing my voice and feeling sick. It's so so so uncomfortable!