There is much virtue in If

The name of this blog is Ancaro Imparo. It's an old Italian phrase allegedly attributed to Michaelangelo that means "I am still learning." I stumbled across it in high school when I was firmly entrenched on the education career path and thought it was quite stellar. I've meant to get a tattoo of it ever since, but I'm taking my time.

Anyway. I couldn't decide what to do with this new blog after I discontinued my livejournal after repeated parental interference. But since the name is about learning, and I am learning, and want to help other people learn, I'm going to tell you what I learned today so you can learn something too and together we will all forget what the word learn even means because that's what happens when you repeat a word a lot like I just did.

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PAY ATTENTION CLASS

TODAY'S LESSON COMES TO US COURTESY OF PROFESSOR SKURA, ENGLISH 321:

Do you know where the word "hymen" comes from? Nowadays its largely a flap of skin that has one short-lived but painful purpose. However, Hymen used to be the Greek god of marriage. Thus somewhere between Paganism and Christianity the term was appropriated to mean that thing you must have if you are a good girl.