Backup and Review: Draco

Something I had never heard of was the root of the word Draconian. I knew that the word "dragon" came from draco, however I didn't know that this word came from the Greek lawgiver Draco, who was pretty severe. Crazy to think that a single person could be the cause of the creation of so much more.

Draco, a Greek Lawgiver
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Back Up and Review: Lizards and Crocs

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This proverb really caught my eye. I'm not sure if it is referring to the fact that it still has a long way to grow, and thus could still turn out to be a crocodile, or if the smaller it was, the more it dreamed of becoming a croc. Either way, it really made me think.

Back Up and Review: Atlas

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While browsing through announcements that I may have missed this week, I came across this picture of Atlas. I'm also in a Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy class, and we learned that the bone at the top of the spine attaching to the head is named the atlas as well. I think it's really cool that we use the analogy of Atlas holding up the world to that bone holding up our world. 

Review: Grammar Humor

Comma vs. Apostrophe

This was posted a couple days ago and I found it pretty amusing. It's crazy how we can differentiate ourselves by our roles even if we look the exact same.

Back Up and Review: Week 7

Proofreading on FB vs. Essays      Source: Mythology and folklore

This week this meme was posted to the announcements page. I identified with it immediately. I'm not sure if it's because hundreds of eyes will be seeing and judging my posts, or because my social media posts are generally muuuuuuuch shorter than my essays, but I usually neglect to proofread essays.

Review: Edit Ruthlessly

In my opinion it is extremely easy to fall into the habit of using more words than needed just to try and hit a specific word count for the class. In retrospect, this probably does much more harm to our work than we think. As the old adage goes, "quality over quantity".

Doing away with unnecessary distractions is often a help.  Source: Online Course Announcements: October 2