Can you believe this? This is my KMart receipt for purchasing one can of Alpo and one ink cartridge for my printer. What a waste.
Now How Ridiculous Is This?
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Learn French, or any language, to promote diversity
Can you imagine how life would be if we all spoke the same language? You may have heard the story of the Tower of Babel. According to the Book of Genesis, it was a huge tower built in the plain of Shinar, and up to that moment, the whole 
world spoke only one language. The tower was built for the purposes of reaching heaven, but God knew that this would only lead the people away from him. As a result, God confused their language causing them to speak different tongues so that they would not understand each other.
The story of Babel depicts language diversity as some kind of “punishment” for the greed and arrogance of mankind. However, we believe that language diversity is something good, as variety and cultural richness are good. Why? Let’s see some of the consequences of losing our language diversity.
Since language builds up the world that surround us, and not the other way around, having only one language would do away with diversity. All cultures would be lost and we would all be the same. We wouldn’t have so much to learn from other countries and cultures, since we would be virtually all the same. We would lose our creativity, since we would be limited to the constraints of one language, of one word. We wouldn’t be so tolerant and open minded, which would lead to more wars. The powerful groups would take advantage of the people’s numbness, and tyrannies would take control. If you think in a long term, having only one tongue would lead to disaster.
Luckily, it doesn’t seem that the many languages we have will be done away with. However, it is important to protect them and promote cultural diversity by learning languages. When taking English classes Philadelphia visitors know that this language will give them access to most of the world, since
English is not only in the top 3 most spoken languages in the world, but also the favorite second tongue. Knowledge of English allows you to communicate with native English speakers and natives of other languages whose second tongue is
English. While taking French classes Chicago students know that the formal study of such language is the only way to get real immerse into the French culture.
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Would You Order Eyeglasses off the Net?
I WOULD! Awhile back I did a post on GlassesUSA.com where my daughter got glasses. I was extremely skeptical because let’s face it… ordering glasses over the internet? Really? Isn’t that risky? Apparently not because they were really nice and great quality.
Well, it was shortly before she had to go off to college and realized she needed a new supply of contacts. I called her eye doctor locally and was informed she needed a new script. Which of course meant a new exam. There was no way that we’d get in before she left. Ughhhh. So we found a new eye doctor who took her in a flash. Not only did her glasses prescription change dramatically, so did her contacts.
When we were shopping in that store to buy eyeglasses I was shocked at the price. (and, they were cheaper than the former place we went to!) We were looking at the pairs they had that were complete pairs for $99. and wow, what a bunch of crap. That price didn’t include the scratch coating or the better lens (these had pop bottle lenses!)
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