Pick up or Drop off ? (tricky phrasal verbs)

 "Of course we can go there together.  What time should I _______   you  ___ ?"

"Yes, I can take those letters to the post office.  I'll  _______ them  ___  as I go home from work."

"You don't have to take a taxi.  I'll be happy to ____  you  __ at the airport."


 I'll be glad to _____  ___  your kids from soccer practice."
(Fill in the blanks with "pick up" or "drop off" and see how you do.  Look at Word Tsunami!   Answers coming soon. )

Bad News about Education in the US

Educating your children in the US is a challenge for many parents. Georgia isn't on this list, but I know that it is not at the top of  list.
What are your thoughts?
Check out the comments under "Food for Thought".  Kelly had some ideas.

Kudos to Catalina! Chong! Connie! Daisy! Kelly! Mayumi! Pei! Shellsea!

These people have all bravely posted a comment!!!!  A great way to practice their English and have a lot of fun!
I look forward to seeing more comments!!!

We Had Bunches of Fun

Sadly, we had our last session of summer ESL conversation time on August 5th. We had a great time practicing our English and making new friends. We talked about everything "under the sun" (watch out for those idioms!)
Notice the slideshow. Thanks to the photographers -Mayumi!
Krist and I plan to stay in touch with all of you through email and this blog. Have a super last few weeks of summer!

Quick lesson on sentence diagraming

See, it really is simple!! 

The sentence diagram at the top of the page is from the United States Constitution. It is called The Preamble of the United States Constitution.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more

perfect Union,establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,

provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare,

and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States

of America.

I have always loved dolphins! Amazing!

 Watch this video. The dolphins are blowing bubbles. They are doing this naturally. They have not been trained!

http://wimp.com/dolphinbubbles/

Food for Thought

Look at these 2 sayings.  What do they mean?

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.