Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts

Friday, August 24, 2007

Room for Error? Or Room for Air?

Greetings Listers!

Let’s play the word association game! No. 2 pencils… book bags… lunchbox… recess… pop quiz. Yep, it is that time of the year again. The first day of school has crept up on summer like a bully from the back of the bus. And whether you are jumping on your first yellow bus, attending a new school, or driving to night classes after work, the first day of class can always be a little unnerving. Do you have enough pens? Pencils? Paper? Did you buy the right books? What are you going to wear? Is your teacher going to be cool? Who will you sit next to? But don’t worry, because there are always those cute icebreaker games - that tend to make you more uncomfortable instead of less.

“Hi, my name is Ryan. I am from Canton, Ohio. I am 23 years old and I visited the world’s largest ball of string for the 17th straight year again this summer.”

The crazy thing is – once you are done, you start to miss those annoying little things. All those people were right; school days are honestly the best days of your life. Back then, there was plenty of room for error – now, there is barely room for air. Grade school, childhood, high school and even college is a breeze compared to being an adult. But with the responsibilities of being a working adult, come the freedoms and adventures of life. So whether you are lugging your backpack or shoulder-saddling your briefcase out the door in the morning, remember this: “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” So, what do you see in that glass?

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Lists Hidden in this Newsletter

Help Continue the World's Longest Word Association Game

Bare Essentials School Supply List

Coolest Movie Quotes of All-Time

School Bus Safety Tips

Back-to-School Facts and Figures

Are Homeschoolers Prepared for College?

Back to School Must-Haves in 2007

Funniest Professor Ratings (from RateMyProfessors.com)

Who would you like to sit next to in class?

Great Icebreakers besides the boring "hi, my name is..."

Over 100 Ways to Annoy People

School Days Quotes

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Absolute Must-Haves for Back-to-School Days

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- Jansport Trinity Live Wire-iPod Backpack (bookbag) - $79.92

- Crayola 54ct Trayola Colored Pencils (crayons) - $17.58

- Cross Tech3 Multi-Function Black Pen, Red Pen, Pencil (writing utensil) - $29.99

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Cho Seung-Hui: What does "ISMAIL AX" mean?

Cho Seung-Hui: What does "ISMAIL AX" mean?

STRANGE

Cho Seung-Hui was the shooter on the campus of Virgina Tech. He killed 33 people. The words "ISMAIL AX" were found written in red ink on the inside of one of Cho's arms. Here is what that phrase might mean:

The reference may be to the Biblical sacrifice of Abraham, in which God commands the patriarch to sacrifice his own son. Abraham begins to comply, but God intervenes at the last moment to save the boy.

In the Jewish and Christian traditions, the son is Isaac, father of the Jewish people; in Islam, it is his older half-brother, Ismail (Ishmael in Hebrew). Abraham uses a knife in most versions of the story, but some accounts have him wielding an ax.

A more obscure reference may be to a passage in the Koran referring to Abraham's destruction of pagan idols; in some accounts, he uses an ax to do so.

Those who believe that Isma'il was the rightful successor to Jafar are known as Ismailis."

The whole sentence is this "ismail ax au milieu" - which translates to "Ismail is the one in the center."

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