September 2012 Newsletter

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What a summer it has been! The crisis certainly hasn’t kept the sun from shining…

Back to School Quotes

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

 John Dewey

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.”

 Robert Maynard Hutchins

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever." Mohandas Gandhi

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world"

Albert Einstein

Idioms

As the changing of the season approaches, our attention turns to the trees and gardens around us. Let’s hear it for the trees!

idiom (n): an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

To say that big or great things start very small.

“It’s a small business now, but mighty oaks from little acorns grow!”

Lead someone up the garden path

If someone leads you up the garden path, they deceive you, or give you false information that causes you to waste your time.

“I feel like you’re leading me up the garden path instead of just telling me the truth!”

Beat around the bush

If someone doesn't say clearly what they mean, making it hard to understand, they are beating about (around) the bush.

“Stop beating around the bush and answer the question”

Barking up the wrong tree

If you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong.

“Am I close to the right answer, or completely barking up the wrong tree?”

Can't see the wood for the trees

If someone can't see the forest for the trees, they are too focused on specific details to see the picture as a whole.

“I need a fresh perspective on this problem. I can’t see the wood for the trees here!”

As easy as falling off a log

Something very easy or simple to do is as easy as falling off a log.

“Learning English is as easy as falling off a log!”

To (not) be out of the woods

If you are out of the woods, you have emerged safely from a dangerous situation, though the idiom is oftenused in the negative.

“The doctor says she’s getting better, but that she’s not out of the woods yet.”

Get the wrong end of the stick

If you have the wrong end of the stick you have misunderstood something.

“I thought she had said that she was married, but itturned out that I’d got the wrong end of the stick”

Song:

Carly Rae Jespen - Call me, Maybe?

As you listen, complete the lyrics

I threw a wish in the well,

Don't ask me, I'll never tell

I looked to you as it fell,

And now you're in my way

I'd trade my soul for a wish,

Pennies and dimes for a kiss

I wasn't looking for this,

But now you're in my way

Chorus

You took your time with the call,

I took no time with the fall

You gave me nothing at all,

But still, you're in my way

I beg, and borrow and steal

Have foresight and it's real

I didn't know I would feel it,

But it's in my way

Chorus

Before you came into my life

I missed you so bad

I missed you so bad

I missed you so, so bad

Before you came into my life

I missed you so bad

And you should know that

I missed you so, so bad

part chorus

Before you came into my life

I missed you so bad

I missed you so bad

I missed you so, so bad

Before you came into my life

I missed you so bad

And you should know that

So call me, maybe?

chorus

Your stare was___________

Ripped jeans, skin was_____

Hot night, wind was________

Where you think you're ______, baby?

Hey, I just met you,

And this is_______________

But here's my____________

So call me, _____________?

It's hard to look___________

At you_____________

But here's my______________

So call me, ___________?

Hey, I just met you,

And this is crazy,

But here's my number,

So call me, maybe?

And all the__________

Try to____________

But here's my_____________

So call me,___________ ?

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