Tag: french

To Overachieving Eagles: How to Inflate Your GPA

Dear Overachieving Eagles,

Being a natural overachiever, many of you will seek to become the cream of the crop of American society by obtaining a degree that's even higher than the Bachelor of Arts, like M.A., M.D., J.D., M.B.A. or Ph.D.

As an overeducated double Eagle myself, I have some experience with knowing what it takes to

Oh French

"Nothing is lower than the human race---except the French."  --Mark Twain

A couple months ago, a Chinese person shared how she's struggling with the Japanese counting system because it had different units for different things.  Counting two pencils is "ni-hon," for example, but two books is "ni-satsu."  Boats are counted "ni-sou" yet larger ships are "ni-seki."
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