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Episode 27 – Life Lessons from the Civil War (Part II-George McClellan)
Episode Description: An old English saying that comes from Proverbs 16:18 in the Bible says, “Pride goeth before a fall.” And that was certainly true in the case of Union General George McClellan. McClellan was brilliant and successful in some ways, which probably led...

Small World!
As a child, I remember riding the popular "It's a Small World" ride at Disney World in Florida. A common English saying is "It's a small world," when we hear a story about people far away having some chance encounter or seeming coincidence. The words...

Battle of Midway (Student Writing)
Recently while teaching a DreyerCoaching.com advanced writing class, the students read my blog post about Pearl Harbor. I had asked the students to read it and pay particular attention to how I'd chosen to organize the post. (Primarily Q&A format with a...

Get
I'd like to dedicate this blog post to my outstanding student, Joy Li, in Shenzhen, China, who has visited us in Virginia before for a summer and recently asked this great question! While teaching a basic Step 1 English class just now, we were practicing the...
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