Bathroom, Restroom, Lavatory, The Facilities, The John, The Loo, Little Girl’s Room, The Latrine, The Crapper. . . . Why are there so many euphemisms for this common place that all humans use regularly? At some time in the past a bathroom was just that – a room that contained a bathtub, which was the […]
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The Future? How do you defeat an enemy who looks into the barrel of your gun and sees his paradise? –Anonymous The Chechnya situation encompasses a centuries-old compilation of vastly intertwined conflicts, further perpetuated by extreme biased and outdated grudges. Conflicts steeped in a clash of ideals so old and compounding that realistically, finding an
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As a teacher, it’s hard to define what motivates kids to bully others, and what keeps bullied kids from standing up for themselves. Those who stand by and watch are probably the biggest problem, though, and sometimes its teachers as well as students who are the bystanders. As a bullied kid myself, I found it
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