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A Case for an Indominable Mind in Martial Arts
On April 13, 1612, a famed swordsman slept past the agreed upon time for his duel to the death. This match, one of the most famous in Japanese history, was fought on a small island in the southwest of Japan. On one side was Ganryu Sasaki Kojiro, the sword instructor…
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How I teach grammar: Pt 2 Using Commas
In the first part, we covered the basics of complex sentences: Independent and Dependent clauses. We learned that dependent clauses cannot stand on their own and must be attached to an independent clause to form a grammatically correct sentence. In this section, we will begin covering the use of punctuation…
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How I teach Algebra: Pt1 Introduction
Until now, your math class has been working with numbers. These numbers have taken many different forms: In math, we call these numbers “constants.” Algebra introduces a new concept called “variables” that we use letters and names to represent: x, y, z, a, b, c, k, etc). These variables are…
