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Episode 29 – Life Lessons from the Civil War (Part IV-Jefferson Davis)
Episode Description: This podcast covers the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, and his poor leadership skills. Word for the Day: dignified (adjective) full of dignity, desires respect, attention, mannerly carriage Listen to Episode 29 below. Listen Here...
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is on February 2 and it is a minor holiday. The main idea of the holiday is, if February 2 is a sunny day and a groundhog sees his shadow, then there will be six more weeks of winter. However, if he does NOT see his shadow that day, then it means spring...
Episode 28 – Life Lessons from the Civil War (Part III-Joseph Hooker)
Episode Description: In Episode 27 we learned there is an old English saying from the Bible (Proverbs 16:18), “Pride goes before a fall.” That was certainly the case with Union General George McClellan, but also with General Joseph Hooker. Many times in 1862, the...
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 "small world"...
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 personal...
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