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Going to Marriage: How to Make it Work

  Although marriage has been belittled, deep down most people people’ still crave a working marriage. Who doesn’t like better things? This list addresses everything, from the children and the finances. To ensure that you and your future husband have a clear understanding of what each of you wants for the future, it is important to discuss these topics. Relationships from the Past One topic that should be brought up for discussion before getting married could make you feel awkward. Regrettably, it is something that must be done. It is preferable to air all of one’s concerns in advance as opposed to having them surface after the event in question. Secrets Another thing that needs to be let go of...

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My Favorite Worksheets on Inferences

My Favorite Worksheets on Inferences I can’t wait to share my FAVORITE worksheets on inferences with you! Making inferences is a challenging skill for students. Making inferences is an abstract concept because students will need to take a piece of information – then make a brand-new idea or concept from that. Although we make inferences every single day in our everyday lives, we rarely even notice that we are doing it! I created these reading comprehension color by numbers because I wanted students to have a chance to practice complicated reading skills while having fun at the same time. Because who isn’t engaged when coloring is involved?! Keep reading to learn all about these making inferences worksheets Make sure to download...

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The evolution of the U.S. citizenship test

The U.S. citizenship test has been a staple of the naturalization process, but are there changes to come? Here's everything you need to know: What is the citizenship test? The U.S. citizenship test is just one step in the process to become a U.S. citizen by naturalization. It is also one of the more iconic pieces, given its depiction in the media. It is composed of an English test, designed to test the applicant's ability to read, write, and speak English, and a civics test. The civics test is the more recognizable of the tests. It is a series of questions that prospective citizens need to answer in order officially become citizens. The questions test civic, constitutional, and historical knowledge and...

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How to Read a Bedtime Story

Reading to a child is a great way to spend time together. Reading has been shown to increase a child's vocabulary and build an emotional attachment between caregiver and child. You can start reading bedtime stories to your child as an infant, and keep reading together as long as they show an interest. [Edit]Steps [Edit]Reading Bedtime Stories to a Baby Start early. It might seem silly to read to your baby before they understand language or can focus on the pictures in a book. But reading to your baby at a young age will associate the warmth and comfort of your presence with the experience of reading, which might help to ensure that they grow into a book lover. Even...

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Of Pears and Kings

Honoré Daumier, The Past, the Present, the Future (detail), La Caricature, 9 January 1834, no. 349 — Source.   By Patricia Mainardi   Images have long provided a means of protesting political regimes bent on censoring language. In the 1830s a band of French caricaturists, led by Charles Philipon, weaponized the innocent image of a pear to criticize the corrupt and repressive policies of King Louis-Philippe. Patricia Mainardi investigates the history of this early 19th-century meme.   “Around this damnable tyrannical pear there gathered a great howling mob of patriots. There was such fury and incredible unity in their stubborn demand for justice that when we leaf through old humor journals today, we find it a subject of enormous astonishment that such unrelenting warfare could...

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