VOCABULARY WORD NO. 18

Dear Students and Blog Readers,
It is that time of the year that i dislike the most in the education system in which I work. Graduation and farewell are on the way. Next week my Third Years will be finish with school and after that they will be back for only a few days and then, if they don't pursue their tertiaru level education at night, seeing them will be minimal.

I have grown to love and care for this group because above all they became a special class of students with the programme I implemented to motivate them into being better youths, husbands, wives, adults and Belizeans. It was the easiest thing to have done and they respnded to YO PUEDO with an energy and a happiness that has left me complete. If my world were to end tomorrow, I would be happy with the knowledge that the 22 students in the class grew to love themselves, each other and the people around them with honesty and a sincere desire to be more than just an averge person. Indeed, they have proven to me that there is the possibility of good to come from programmes that are not scholastically based but which can teach us to be more than we are, to be better than average, to be willing to help others and to yearn for more.

Thrid Years, remember that you can be all you want to be,. You can achieve anyhing you set your mind to. You just have to remember the two little words that can take you to the heights of your success - YO PUEDO -- I CAN. Once you realize that YOU CAN do anything you set your heart to, you will be able to attain your goals and achieve all that you set out to achieve.

Before I close don't forget to look at the word below. It's just another word to add to those you are learning.

Best Wishes and Love always,
Brenda A. Ysaguirre
Director/Teacher



Today's Word "halcyon"
halcyon \HAL-see-uhn\ (noun) - 1 : A kingfisher. 2 : A mythical bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was fable
d to nest at sea about the time of the winter solstice and to calm the waves during incubation. (adjective) - 1 : Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy; as, "deep, halcyon repose." 2 : Marked by peace and prosperity; as, "halcyon years." "West foreshadowed the end of Los Angeles's halcyon moment. He saw the city of angels becoming a city of despair, a place where hopes get crushed..." -- Michael Connelly, 'The Concrete Blonde' Halcyon derives from Latin (h)alcyon, from Greek halkuon, a mythical bird, kingfisher. This bird was fabled by the Greeks to nest at sea, about the time of the winter solstice, and, during incubation, to calm the waves.