Newt Gingrich

 Man of big ideas  by R.M
9th December 2011

 

Summary: This article is about Mr. Gingrich former house speaker from the Republican Party is a candidate for the nomination. And his thinking ability makes him different than other political leaders is what this whole article is about. Mr. Gingrich has come up with ideas that ordinary leaders would not come up with. And the thing is that the author of this article thinks that his ideas are nonsense. Mr. Gingrich has some great ideas for America to use the resources that is available. Although, Mr. Gingrich’s ideas are very interesting, his ideas and plans seem to fail according to R.M (author) as Mr. Gingrich’s idea include lunar colony that is for the moon to keep the earth bright even at night so that the street lamps or lights are not needed.

           

Response: I think that this article was really good not because the author of the article has criticized Mr. Gingrich, but for whom Mr. Gingrich is. I personally can relate him to my English class because, in our English class, we are meant to be critical thinkers which means that we think something that the rest of the world has not though about yet. And Mr. Gingrich also seem like a man who is a skeptical thinker and that makes me respect him more. Although, I am not really interested in political stuff around the world, the ideas of Mr. Gingrich has successfully made me like him as a person not as a political leader.

Words: 1) Aggrandizer

             2) Armageddon

             3) Predicament

1) Original sentence: Not only is Mr Gingrich not a problem-solver, he is a problem-aggrandizer.

Meaning: A) To increase power

B)   Enhance the reputation of someone beyond what is justified by the fact

    Origin: late 17^th century from French aggrendis

Sentence: Mr. Plonka not only was teacher till he became a aggrandizer and became the head of High school

2) Original sentence: Reading the Gingrich catalog, you get used to intimations—or are they threats? —of Armageddon

Meaning: last battle between Good and the evil before the Day of Judgment according to the new testament of the Bible.

Origin: from Hebrew “hill of Megiddo”

Sentence: In the RE class. Mr. Wilkins and the class talked about if the good or evil won the Armageddon.

3) Original sentence: he phrased our predicament like this: “America is the most energetic, resourceful and innovative nation in the history of mankind.

Meaning: Difficult, embarrassing and unpleasant situation.

Origin: From Late Latin and the Middle English.

Sentence: Pauline was predicament after the Facebook posting that she posted on people’s wall.

30-300-30 no.30!!!

You are about to write your future college roommate a letter. Please provide the roommate with a personal story that will give him/her some insight into your personality. (St. Mary's College, MD)

Dear Roomie,

I am Yamima Sharma and I am from Nepal. I study at Woodstock school in India and I am graduating from here. You may be wondering about why I study at Woodstock. Well, it is because it is an International Boarding school and I feel home here at Woodstock. I have been staying at dorms for four full years already although; I have had the same roommate even when we do have the choice to choose a roommate.

            I am sure that you want to know more about me. Well, I am a cheerful person and it is very hard for other people to be sad when I am around. Sometimes, when I am with my roomie and she misses her home, I always make her laugh and well she gets distracted easily. I am a devout Christian girl and I love playing the guitar when I am at dorms. And everyday, for at least about fifteen minutes, I do play my guitar to get over all the stress that I had at school. And then again, I am lively and jumpy. I love talking, but if someone needs some time alone, then I do let that person to have his or her time to them self. I am fond of cooking and baking especially; I love experimenting while I am cooking or baking.

            I am really looking forward to be rooming with you and also to have fun with you. I am sure that you also will have a fun time with me and who knows, maybe we might just room together for the whole time we both are at the college. Hope you are excited about this upcoming adventure that we are going to go through together. Have a great time preparing to join our new college.