22-07-15 Philip thought occasionally of the Kings School at Tercanbury, and laughed to himself as he remembered what at some particular moment of the day they were doing. Now and then he dreamed that he was there still, and it gave him an extraordinary satis...

22-03-23 班门弄斧，意思是在鲁班门前舞弄斧子（show off ones proficiency with the axe before Lu Ban， the master carpenter）。比喻在行家面前卖弄本领，不自量力（show off in the presence of an expert；be conceited），与英文习语teach ones grandmother (how) to suc...

21-05-06 About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronets lady, with...

20-11-12 IVE won the wager, Tom. Did nt know there was one. Dont you remember you said Polly would be tired of her teaching and give it up in three months, and I said she would nt? Well, is nt she? Not a bit of it. I thought she was at one time, and expected...

15-09-06 Dear World: My son starts school today. It's going to be strange and new to him for a while, and I wish you would sort of treat him gently. You see, up to now, he's been king of the roost. He's been boss of the backyard. I have always been around to...

15-05-28 Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert and execute, and perhap...

14-09-04 Zen Sonnet Elizabeth Spires It was April and we were reading the book about Zen you were writing your Zen poems and we were talking about the moment we were in and I was thinking thoughts that were not Zen: how I know too much too little to teach yo...

12-05-10 Ear-Rings Rose's sprain proved to be a serious one, owing to neglect, and Dr. Alec ordered her to lie on the sofa for a fortnight at least; whereat she groaned dismally, but dared not openly complain, lest the boys turn upon her with some of the wis...

12-04-06 American students need a dramatically new approach to improve how they learn science, says a noted group of scientists and educators led by Michigan State University professor William Schmidt. After six years of work, the group has proposed a soluti...