WND!!!

J: Put down those flash cards, you sad sack, 'cause there's a neater way to learn words. Mnemonics! Yeah! The first "m" is silent! Yeah! "Supercilious" means arrogant and superior like a SUPER SILLY ASS! Who-hoo! You try one!

S: Uh...

J: All right! "Gregarious" means outgoing. I know a guy named GREG who's really outgoing! Awesome! Now you try one!

S: But I don't know anyone named Greg. How is that supposed to help me?

J: Do one!

S: Would you relax?

J: Words are fun!

S: Yeah, I get it. You're excited about words.

J: Join the fun!

S: Jesus, you look like you're about to hyperventilate. All those exclamation points.

J: Wheeeeee!!!

S: Okay. "Epistemological" concerns the theory of the nature of knowledge, especially with reference to its limits and validity. "Episteme" comes from the Greek for knowledge. Actually, I think it's "epistanai."

J: Boring!

S: Breaking it down even further, "epi" as a prefix means-

J: Boring!

S: Look, I'm just giving you the root.

J: Boring! Boring!! Boring!!!

S: Stop saying that!

J: Hey, you used an exclamation point! Nice going!

S: What is your problem? I thought roots were important. Why are you jumping up and down on the table?

J: Boing! Boing! Boing! "Epistemological" has "logical" in it, so you can think of logic or knowledge. Or how about "The Logical Song" by Supertramp?! (singing) "Feel you're acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!"

S: What the hell are you talking about? 

J: (hanging from the chandelier) Could we have kippers for Breakfast, Mommy dear, Mommy dear?!!

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Just giving you an update on how my tutoring sessions have been going. It's tough keeping up the kids' energy like that, but I'm a professional. 

Learn from the best this Wednesday after 8:30 at:

Boulevard Lounge

1114 N Crescent Heights Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Cross Street: Santa Monica

Jeremy
P.S. "J" of course stood for "Jeremy," and S stood for "Mohammed Soleimani, Iran's Minister of Communication & Information Technology," not "Student." Duh.)