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Shares Telling time in English
sedgehead 2012-8-28 09:46
There are many ways to tell time in English. One Chinese friend asked, "How can say, 2012年8月25日8时25分30秒, in English? Thank you." I told him, several methods work. Typically, the US is slightly different from Europe. I would say, . . . August 25, 2012 at 8:25:30. Aug. 25, 20 ...
Individual Classification: English|502 views|6 replies
Shares Learning to spell OR learning a foreign language the easy way
sedgehead 2012-8-23 08:07
Learning to spell OR learning a foreign language the easy way
In the fall of 1959, my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Stuckenbruck, told our class, "We will have a spelling test every week. Every week you will be tested on the spelling of the names of the months. You're big fo ...
Individual Classification: English|544 views|2 replies
Shares Why governments fail.
sedgehead 2012-8-16 03:11
All governments fail. Not immediately. Eventually. Why? Because no humans are perfect, life changes and conditions change, and no one person is immortal. Life changes. In 1970 Alvin Toffler wrote a book titled "Future Shock." In brief, he said we got through our ...
Individual Classification: Phil-o-sophy|479 views|4 replies
Shares An Arizona Adventure
sedgehead 2012-8-13 03:39
An Arizona Adventure
Chapter 26 Windsong: 54 Arizona Trip Revised August 12, 2012 Introduction This chapter comes from a letter written to my brother, Mark, during a business trip I made to Arizon ...
Individual Classification: Windsong|484 views|0 replies
Shares A Quick Primer on the Use of "And"
sedgehead 2012-8-7 08:06
How do you use the word "and?" New users of English use "And" to start sentences and connect many things together. Here's a quick primer (lesson) on how to use this word. You can use "and" to combine sentences. And I want to say you should avoid starting sentence with "and" like I did ...
Individual Classification: English|462 views|1 replies
Shares March 1976
sedgehead 2012-8-6 05:41
March 1976
This is an excerpt from my book, Windsong. Today I was looking through some old papers and found some "letters" I'd written to my son, Simon, when he was less than a year old. Enjoy! Windsong: to be added somewhere in my book. Chapter ? ...
Individual Classification: Windsong|499 views|4 replies
Shares Wind Power Letter
sedgehead 2012-8-1 03:09
I sent the following letter to my two US Senators from Arkansas and to the one member of the US House of Representatives who represents my part of that state. Arkansas has two US senators who represent the entire state and five representatives who represent five geographic areas of the state ...
Individual Classification: Phil-o-sophy|470 views|0 replies
Shares Writing Style
sedgehead 2012-7-15 03:42
This blog is actually a series of comments written to a Chinese friend. He is taking the TOEFL test in the near future and wanted me to edit his essay. Since he is a student, I offered him the usual "non-money" option for the cost of the editing. I either give students a ...
Individual Classification: English|804 views|8 replies
Shares Windsong: Why Chinese?
sedgehead 2012-6-24 02:24
Why Chinese? Doing the impossible My Chinese friends often asked me, "Why are you studying Chinese?" Or perhaps "Why do you like China?" I've answered these questions by referri ...
Individual Classification: English|1472 views|14 replies
Shares Job Interviews
sedgehead 2012-6-18 03:21
Often, my Chinese friends asked me for advice. As an American I am sometimes asked questions about American culture, business, life in college, or a variety of other topics. In this blog I would like to provide advice about job interviews and applying for a job as well as help y ...
Individual Classification: Phil-o-sophy|537 views|4 replies

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