Monthly Archives: December 2008

Motivation + Imagination = A Five-year Guarantee!!!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 13, 2008

I am always fascinated by resourceful people!… Why? Simply because they use imagination to achieve their goals. I can name one person who is exactly like that: Alice!!!… This woman never gives up! She really wants to get her C level, not only for the paper that will secure her job position for the next [...]

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Orthographe d’usage et… Accord!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 11, 2008

It is now officially winter here!… No more denial! There is enough white stuff on the ground to remind me that I cannot pretend otherwise any longer… no more wishful thinking! I do not know about you, but personally I try and spend as much time as possible inside during winter months… I love cocooning sitting in [...]

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Do I Hate Banging on my Students’ Heads!!!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: December 9, 2008

Today was a wasted day!!! Meteorology is probably the most inaccurate science that I know!… Well… at least on a daily basis… When they are calling for a storm watch, most of the time we only get a couple of centimetres of snow. On the other hand, when they are calling for only a few [...]

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