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I often wonder…
As my brain has died from over-stuffing it with Japanese today I find myself wondering things that I often wonder but that I do not know if other people wonder. So, I suppose I’m wondering if you wonder about the same things. (Which sounds almost like a Pinky & the Brain moment). Why is beauty all around us and we miss it because we get all mixed up in the ugly? Why do people over analyze EVERYTHING Obama does? If people realize that historically, all great nations and empires fall. That’s not a prediction or a threat, it’s a simple statement of fact. We, America, the current “greatest nation in…
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Accomplishments and goals
So, one thing that I try to impress upon my students and my tutees is that their education is up to them. That their goals are their responsibility to accomplish. I make the kids I tutor write a goals assignment and even make a poster and put it up in their room to remind them every day of what they need to do. It seems to be helping. My goals this week were to learn my name in Japanese and to complete the content writing I was doing for a website. I managed to accomplish both. My next goal is another 1000+ words for NaNoWriMo tonight. We’ll see how I…