Friday, April 27, 2018

Spelling

Happy Friday, Fockers. Since I have nowhere to go after dumping the kids at school, I thought I would share. Lucky you.



My youngest kid is in second grade. He is one of six kids in his class who gets "advanced words" for spelling tests b/c he's good at it (watch out, Harvard!). He's following in his old man's footsteps. I swept the 3rd/4th/5th grade spelling bees at Allenwood School in the mid 80's. You probably saw Cronkite talk about it one night.

I thought the difficulty level of the tests peaked a month ago when he had a seven syllable word (INDIVIDUALITY) in a test. Turns out that is not the case.

These are among his words for today's test:

BUREAUCRACY
TECHNOCRAT
HIERARCHICAL
PLUTOCRACY
OLIGARCHY
BUREAUCRAT
MATRIARCHY

Kinda loco, right?

Posted by TR at 8:11 AM
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19 comments:

zman said...

I'm not sure I could spell hierarchical without autocorrect.

2:07 PM, April 27, 2018
Sizzle said...

"Rirruto?"

2:24 PM, April 27, 2018
rob said...

buncha rabid spelling-haters here, tr.

i was on a call with a group of folks from my industry earlier today - kind of a consortium of competitors talking about an issue of relevance to all of us. an older guy from our primary competitor went on a random tangent about how he's glad we've got a president who understands how to run a big business and get things done and that maybe now the federal government will start to address issues. i knew i hated that company, but now i have a name and a face to put on my disdain.

2:56 PM, April 27, 2018
Dave said...

direct him to my post today on sentence of dave.

my younger child is not getting advanced words. he had to do a last minute salvage in 7th grade math last week to raise his grade from a D+ to a C+, and he was grounded for his crappy study habits-- no friends after school and and he had to mulch the garden. Evaded this because of rain, then forget to hand in a bunch of science shit this week, so that grade went down-- Catherine sent him out to spread two bags of mulch yesterday, as he is still grounded and coming home after school. she went outside to check his progress and saw that he had rolled up his sweatshirt, used it as a pillow and was taking a nap in the sun. the grounding continues . . .

3:05 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

Am doing a new lease. At the part of the process where the sales guy does his first of 2-3 “I’ll see what i can do” walks to the sales manager.

He’s gonna be pissed when I leave and tell him to do better on Monday, the last day of the month.

3:39 PM, April 27, 2018
zman said...

Tell him you're cross-shopping the Stelvio.

4:17 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

I played the “need to check w/ wife” first. Monday is month-end and my guy is leaving on 5/2 to “go drink in Key West with a couple that likes to drink too.” I’m hoping be’s THIRSTY for a deal.

I was hoping he would start talking like Buck from Boogie Nights and tell me I needed all that bass in my car, but he didn’t.

4:47 PM, April 27, 2018
zman said...

It kicks and turns and curls up in your belly, makes you wanna freaky-deaky, right?

5:03 PM, April 27, 2018
Whitney said...

You guys had New Belgium’s The Hemperor? Have we talked about this? Yikes.

7:10 PM, April 27, 2018
Whitney said...

Not a fan of having random ex-players announcing these draft picks. Reeks of reality TV. A friggin former Philly kicker talking shit to Dallas fans before announcing the pick of a TE seems really, really weak. Just have the commissioner do his damn job.

8:22 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

I actually like the shit-talking. Justin Tuck got it going.

9:16 PM, April 27, 2018
Mark said...

I really, really need to get rich so I can go all in on hand tattoos.

9:20 PM, April 27, 2018
Whitney said...

And so ends the Wizards season. Came out tonight like gangbusters, finished like the new Ghostbusters

9:33 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

Jets have missed playoffs seven consecutive seasons. Did not realize it has been so long since the Sanchize beat the Pats in the playoffs.

9:37 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

Great job, Jets. Any time you can get a 2nd team Division II All-American early in the 3rd round, you have to go for it.

9:40 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

Jeff Green sucks so much. Cavs should roll over and rest LBJ at this point.

9:45 PM, April 27, 2018
Whitney said...

It’s so passé to crap on Mel Kipet. I wish it weren’t.

9:55 PM, April 27, 2018
Mark said...

Jeff Green is among my least favorite NBA players in recent memory. So much physical ability but no fire within him. He sucks and he’s always duping a new organization into thinking they can get something out of him.

Feels like the Wizards need to shake it up. That team does not like each other. Probably time to split up Wall and Beal.

10:02 PM, April 27, 2018
TR said...

Wiz are a mess. This Pacers/Cavs series is also a mess, but the winner can still win the next round b/c the Raptors lack testicular fortitude. Toronto was down at end of 3rd qtr in Game 6 to a very unimpressive Wiz team. Not what you want to see from a #1 seed.

I hated Jeff Green at Georgetown. His numbers sucked as a senior. Scouts looked at his intangibles too much and forgot about his tangibles (14/6/3 as a junior).

10:32 PM, April 27, 2018

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