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[astroNikon]

I won my 4th grade spelling bee, on the word "autumn"

maybe it was 5th grade .. or 3rd .. I don't remember.

 

[limr10]

ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH

 

[sm4him]

As Gary said, it's from pigments.
Pigments called anthocyanins
which are pigments found in plants that make them turn red in the fall
and are found in other plants as flavenoids which gives them a multitude of colors.

And speaking of cyanins, which really has nothing to do with anything, but it's the same root as cyanosis--

My oldest son won his school's spelling bee when he was in the 5th grade. At the Regional Spelling Bee, he came in 8th place, out of about 200 kids, from 4th graders through high school seniors.

The word he got out on was "acrocyanosis."
When they gave him that word, my father leaned over and said to me, "Now they're just making stuff up."

But now, for the rest of our lives, should anyone have have need for it, my son and I will be able to spell acrocyanosis for them.

Acrocyanosis is blueness or pallor of the extremities usually associated with pain and numbness and caused by vasomotor disturbances.

what is a vasomotor disturbance ??

Vasomotor: of, relating to, affecting, or being those nerves or the centers (as in the medulla and spinal cord) from which they arise that supply the muscle fibers of the walls of blood vessels, include sympathetic vasoconstrictors and parasympathetic vasodilators, and by their effect on vascular diameter regulate the amount of blood passing to a particular body part or organ

Clears that right up, don't it?

Perhaps interestingly (or, more likely, NOT): My son could easily have spelled vasomotor in the fifth grade. But not acrocyanosis.
I think he only missed by a letter though. I think he may have spelled it acracyanosis. Which, I'm sure was the fault of the person pronouncing the words.

 

[limr10]

I can't...I just can't...I don't even... I can't even...I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO EVEN!

 

[sm4him]

ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH

Yes, lovely afternoon here as well, Lenny.

 

[limr10]

I'm not asking for jamming rocket science here. These are simple things to do:

STOP saying, "I agree with X."
STOP using texting abbreviations in papers.
Capitalize your own damn name.
Double space.

HOW JAMMING HARD IS IT TO DO THESE THINGS?

 

[limr10]

I've been at this for 7 weeks so far. I don't expect them to be writing masterpieces. But I DO expect them to start paying attention to the stupid little things that can be so easily corrected if they just paid even one iota of attention to them.

 

[limr10]

On Monday, I ran into a student I had a couple of years ago in an Intro to Literature class. We had a nice chat and he told me that he still remembers the class and he thanked me for making it so fun and interesting.

It felt really nice.

 

[limr10]

Today, I feel like I'm wasting my jamming time because they can't even be bothered to follow the easiest of instructions.

 

[limr10]

And it's not fair to grade when I'm this annoyed and grumpy but I still have six to go

 

[sm4him]

I can't...I just can't...I don't even... I can't even...I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO EVEN!

Here you go:

 

[limr10]

Okay, rant over.

Sorry!

 

[limr10]

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I can't...I just can't...I don't even... I can't even...I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO EVEN!

Here you go:

LOVE IT!!!

 

[astroNikon]

But I DO expect them to start paying attention to the stupid little things that can be so easily corrected if they just paid even one iota of attention to them.

Is this a run-on sentence ?

 

[astroNikon]

As Gary said, it's from pigments.
Pigments called anthocyanins
which are pigments found in plants that make them turn red in the fall
and are found in other plants as flavenoids which gives them a multitude of colors.

And speaking of cyanins, which really has nothing to do with anything, but it's the same root as cyanosis--

My oldest son won his school's spelling bee when he was in the 5th grade. At the Regional Spelling Bee, he came in 8th place, out of about 200 kids, from 4th graders through high school seniors.

The word he got out on was "acrocyanosis."
When they gave him that word, my father leaned over and said to me, "Now they're just making stuff up."

But now, for the rest of our lives, should anyone have have need for it, my son and I will be able to spell acrocyanosis for them.

Acrocyanosis is blueness or pallor of the extremities usually associated with pain and numbness and caused by vasomotor disturbances.

what is a vasomotor disturbance ??

Vasomotor: of, relating to, affecting, or being those nerves or the centers (as in the medulla and spinal cord) from which they arise that supply the muscle fibers of the walls of blood vessels, include sympathetic vasoconstrictors and parasympathetic vasodilators, and by their effect on vascular diameter regulate the amount of blood passing to a particular body part or organ

Clears that right up, don't it?

Perhaps interestingly (or, more likely, NOT): My son could easily have spelled vasomotor in the fifth grade. But not acrocyanosis.
I think he only missed by a letter though. I think he may have spelled it acracyanosis. Which, I'm sure was the fault of the person pronouncing the words.

Actually, that does clear it right up.

I can even spell it ... vasectomy
oh wait, that's something else isn't it ?!?!