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Communication

Why Bother To Notice What’s Right?

Why Bother to Notice What’s Right? I have the tendency to see the flaws in someone before I notice the good in them. In my students, I can’t help but see their spelling errors the moment they hand in a paper. In other situations, such as swimming laps in the pool, I espy a defect…
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Communication

Why Bother to Allow Some Idioms to Die?

Why Bother To Allow Some Idioms to Die? Idioms are expressions that have a meaning different from the literal pattern of the language. These figures of speech are peculiar to a particular people, country, class or community. For instance, the Germans add a little color to the equivalent of our idiom, “The early bird catches…
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Mental Health

Why Bother With an Analogy?

Why Bother With an Analogy? An analogy, according to The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language, states that it is the relationship between two things which are similar in many, though not all respects. I am usually a black and white thinker, that is, I think in literal terms. Sometimes though, when given…
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Truthfulness

Why Bother Not Being an Impostor?

Why Bother Not Being an Impostor? Years ago there was a game show on television called, To Tell the Truth. The object of the game was to stump four celebrity panelists. There were three contestants, one who was the “real” central character known for some notable experience, while the other two were impostors. The better…
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