Word: boredness
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Beneath the ferocious jostling there is the brutal fact that outside of Lake Wobegon, not all children are above average. Teachers must choose their words carefully. They can't just say, "I'm sorry your child's not as smart as X," and no parent wants to hear that there...
When I was in 9th grade, Geometry was my favorite subject. I was bored in English and History (my perennial faves), but Mr. Refkin, brought out of retirement to fill a gap in the math department, inspired me. I was proving theorems like Pythagoras himself, I thought. I was fascinated...
After a while, though, Rocky gets bored, and implores Pip to send him to “the Other Place.” Pip cackles in return, “This is the Other Place!”
The evidence, however, is against her. For one thing, Gemma is as dull, pretentious and hopelessly middle class as her literary doppelganger, though, as a modern woman, she makes a living as an illustrator living in London. Rebounding off of a failed relationship with someone even more narcissistic than herself...
Green Day singer-guitarist, Billie Joe Armstrong, once proclaimed in song, "I'm a smart-ass, but I'm playing dumb," and for many years his performance was seamless. Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool met in their late teens and displayed natural gifts for propulsive, funny, disposable...