Sunday, March 18, 2007

Definitions of words

All definitions are from Dictionary dot com Unabridged (v 1.1)

A, a [ey]
–noun, plural A's or As, a's or as.
1. the first letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter A or a, as in bake, hat, father, or small.
3. something having the shape of an A.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter A or a.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter A or a.
—Idioms
6. from A to Z, from beginning to end; thoroughly; completely: He knows the Bible from A to Z.
7. not know from A to B, to know nothing...

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A
Symbol.
1. the first in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the
quality of a student's work as excellent or superior.
3. (sometimes lowercase) (in some school systems) a symbol designating the first semester of a school year.
4. Music.
a. the sixth tone in the scale of C major or the first tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
b. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
c. a written or printed note representing this tone.
d. (in the fixed system of solmization) the sixth tone of the scale of C major, called la.
e. the tonality having A as the tonic note.
5. Physiology. a major blood group, usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to
persons of group A or AB and to receive blood from persons of O or A. Compare ABO system.
6. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 50 or 500. Compare Roman numerals.
7. Chemistry. (formerly) argon.
8. Chemistry, Physics. mass number.
9. Biochemistry.
a. adenine.
b. alanine.
10. Logic. universal affirmative.
11. British. a designation for a motion picture recommended as suitable for adults. Compare AA (def. 5), U (def.
5), X (def. 9).
12. a proportional shoe width size, narrower than B and wider than AA.
13. a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than B and larger than AA.
14. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than AA and higher than BBB.


Mon·tan·a [mon-tan-uh]
–noun
a state in the NW United States. 786,690; 147,138 sq. mi. (381,085 sq. km). Capital: Helena. Abbreviation: MT (for use with zip code), Mont... bordering on Canada. It was admitted as the 41st state in 1889. Most of the area passed to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and was explored by Lewis and Clark in 1805 and 1806. Split for many years among other western territories, the region was organized as the Montana Territory in 1864. Population: 935,000.


Unschooling
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a homeschool education with the child taking the primary responsibility instead of a parent or
teacher; also called [child-directed learning], [self-learning]
Example: Under unschooling education, parents may act as "facilitators" and may provide a wide-range of
resources to their children.
Usage: also [unschooler] (n.)

Mom (mŏm)
n. Informal
Mother. 1894, Amer.Eng., see mamma. Adjectival phrase mom and pop dates from 1951.

Mus·ing (myōō'zĭng)
adj. Deep in thought; contemplative.
n.
Contemplation; meditation.
A product of contemplation; a thought. "an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections" (James Atlas).

4 comments:

Julieanne van Zyl said...

Hi Barda, what does "unschooling" mean? Is it the same as "home schooling"?

bye for now,
Julieanne

Barda said...

Hi Julieanne,
Unschooling is and is not the same as home schooling. Home schooling is usually more structured and most of us, before we became unschoolers were home schoolers, meaning we patterned our homeschooling after the way we were taught in public schools. A teacher, students sitting at school desks with books and a chalkboard in a room designated as a classroom for a set number of hours each day.

Really, unschooling is a way of life, we don't compartmentalize learning from living.

Did I answer your question?

Barda

Tammy said...

Homeschooling has different meanings depending on who you ask, but from my experience, "homeschooling" is a general term for getting one's education at home, and "unschooling" is one of the many ways to homeschool.

Long ago, "homeschool" and "unschool" were used interchangeably. Now, since there are so many ways to teach at home, the meanings have changed a bit, and homeschooling has become more generalized, while unschooling has become more specific.

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Barda said...

Thanks Tammy, I appreciate your comments in this conversation:-)

And I like your website, there seems to be loads of good hs info on it!