Monday, February 29, 2016

Intelligence is equally distributed; opportunity is not

BREAD offers one free book each week, but some kids need an hourly allotment.
Austin reader Olavion once listened gravely to the word of the day, pugnacious, and used it correctly. We added that the pugnacious person starts fights, while the truculent person seethes silently with the same feelings. "Oh," said Olavion, "pugnacious means the instigator."
Olavion was in the first grade.

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