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I think the worst white page syndrome I ever had was when I started writing the college essay. I just didn’t want to sound like everybody else! It turned myself into knots for weeks to find the right way to get started.

In the end, I think I compared me gaining knowledge like the rising sun. Yep, I went that way. Man, I have no idea how I got into the college of my choice. Like that hasn’t been written ten thousand and two times before. What would have helped is if I would have known what some of

Life is unpredictable. At times it plays with us, exactly like it played with me today in the morning. I guess some of you know I have two kids (7 years old boy and 4 years old girl), so our mornings are usually pretty hectic. If I am not too tired, I prepare as much as I can in the evening to avoid stress or some unexpected moments in the morning as we all are in a hurry. Today we woke up, kid's clothes were prepared, I made breakfast etc., to sum it up... everything went smoothly. However, yea

Yes, I mean you could try guessing the meaning of a word that is unfamiliar to you. In fact, that is one of the reading skills. That is, you can try to understand what a sentence or paragraph means without looking up the unfamiliar words in the dictionary. 

Try guessing the meaning of the words highlighted in bold:

1. 'The patient's care may be jeopardized, and the patient may be harmed.'

2. 'The health professional has a right to financial remuneration from the patient.'

3. 'No one at that time cou

My friends, I see that one of the sentences on my last test turned out to be a true toughie! What a great sentence! It has already made me write my “nightmare blog” and makes me write one more blog as we all buy some clothes/footwear from time to time and should know the appropriate vocabulary. Some EC members may think I went nuts, such things are well-known! Yes, they are, but if you read what I did, you will agree it is time to tell learners what words and expressions to use speaking about sh

The old man was having lunch after his work at his farm when a car stopped in front of the front door of his farmhouse. He wondered because no one from the village would use the small street because they knew it as an one ways street. Its end is only few metres far from the house. "Maybe a stranger who got lost", thought the old man. He did not pay any further attention. He took a second portion soup from the sauce pan and wanted to continue eating.

A laughter of a child as bright as a bell made

My friends, the idea of this blog is not mine. One of our learners, our dear Bet, asked me why not to write a story based on the mistakes you all make in your comments, blogs, my tests and so on.  I liked the idea at once as I usually joke about your mistakes trying to show what you say.

Well, for you to understand my humor, I am writing the wrong sentences together with my explanations.

1. “I tried my pants”. This mistake hadn’t been corrected until I said the correct answer. To TRY may mean to TAST

Since I lived in the countryside when I was young, I remembered very well about the rooster’s crowing. Especially when I had to start out early, my diligent and kind mother would judge the time of day by rooster’s crowing, prepare breakfast and solid food in advance, and then wake me up.

LIFE and death—a phenomenon puzzling mortals and laities
Xuefeng
August 16, 2002

This earth sees the birth and death of a huge amount of animals and plants every day and every moment. Life and death is a universal phenomenon in nature. Everyone has embarked upon the journey to death since the moment of his birth.

The happiness of LIFE and the sadness of death are the basic emotions of mortals and laities.

A family will be bursting with happiness at the birth of a baby and a family suffering loss of

The language of the universe, or perhaps, the language of God? What I am talking about here is Mathematics, the smallest element of the universe. I would say that if  there is a God somewhere, his legacy would be mathematics. I do not deny God’s existence, but relations and patterns that mathematics can describe so well makes we wonder, Where does mathematics come from and how was it created? I am not a believer of the God described in the Quran nor in the Bible, and I am not a Atheist since I d

Whenever love was not love to start with,

when the love became toxic and unhealthy,

when it became unbalanced and pain,

when it became a living agony, a place not to be,

where do you stand?

where do you want to be?

when love is not love to begin with,

what you will do?

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When  it comes to self-confidence,

you are happy you are never alone,

someone who continue criticising you and making you feel unhappy, complaining,

bullying you, comparing you continuously, not able to communicate or c

My friends, I hope you have had some rest from my grammar tests. So, I am back with my next grammar task for you not to relax completely. This time I have decided to add some Subjunctive and inversion. Please, be attentive as this test is not a piece of cake. You know my mistakes are unpredictable and there are a lot of them in each sentence. I have to admit using some of the sentences from your blogs as well as some your ideas. But we are a perfect team as you give me your ideas and inspire me

Two friends, Ramu & Raju lived in a village. They were born in a poor family. They together worked hard and made a lot of money. They were inspiration for others to work hard. They became richest people in the village.

They were lived in a small hut. After made a lot of money also, they continued to stay that small hut. They started searching girls for marriage one they reached marriage age. All rich parents wanted Raju or Ramu become their bridge groom for their daughters.

As per the wish from ri

Pythogenesis is a natural phenomenon. It is the transformation of putrefaction, corruption, and decomposition. Putrefaction, corruption, and decomposition are bad, but pythogenesis is a conversion of energy and a transition of life. 

You can observe a fallen apple from the tree. It rots at the beginning, but after a period of time only an empty shell is left. Then after sometime, even the empty shell vanished. Where has the entire apple

My involvement in the educational field often has me communicating with students. I’ve been asked questions about a million things related to college admissions, campuses, college selection, accommodation, you name it. One of the recent questions that I have received on Twitter came from a student who lives in Spain. She intended to apply to a university in Boston (home to the second largest concentration of foreign students in the U.S.) and asked me about his chances to be accepted.

Given that s

The tension has risen recently between the U.S and North Korea. The U.S government sent an aircraft carrier  near North Korea, and in turn North Korea declared that they will continue to develop nuclear weapons. They fired some missiles into Japan sea, although they failed. The U.S President Donald Trump said that he has all options including war, so it seems more likely that war would break out between the two nations.

In this situation, I am interested in Hashimoto's opinion. Hashimoto is a o

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Let’s first look at the following cases. 

Case 1: Huiyan reported in Four Flowers and Four Dragons—the Story of Two Quadruplets, “if one of the quadruplets catches a cold, the other three will surely have a fever.” “Three brothers yawned in step with each other, with three little mouths opening simultaneously. They uttered “Ah…” sonorously, as if proclaiming their manliness.” 

Case

Professor Caroline Black just had finished one of her lectures when the young man entered the lecture hall. She looked at him and said, "I am sorry but the lecture is completed for today. Are you a new student? I never have seen you in my lectures." "No, professor Black, I am not one of your students. I am here in a very private matter or mission, however you want to call it", said the young man.

Carolin Black looked up. She was very surprised and said a little annoyed, "I am sorry but I have to