Terra: The Eiffel Tower – Paris, France

Posted by on September 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment 

When I first traveled to Paris, France in 2012 with a group of fellow students, my friend Kira asked our tour guide a question that both humored me and got me thinking. “How much would it cost to buy the Eiffel tower?” Anne Marie, our tour guide, paused for a moment, slightly caught off guard, […]

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Spanish Reading Selections: My Plate (Mi Plato)

Posted by on February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

… A word about reading texts in their original language: This is freaking hard! Yup. Languages can be complicated! Can’t I just use Google translate on this stuff and read it in English? I guess you could… Then why should I read this? Because reading texts like this can accelerate your language learning. So, what […]

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Folium: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave … and Languages!

Posted by on February 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

… Folium: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave … and Languages! … This one requires some explanation… Please stick with us here. Read this first. Allegory of the Cave – http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/cave.htm So. How did that go? Here’s a YouTube video that may help clear things up! … … Here it is in a nutshell. We think that we […]

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