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Verve, vivaciousness, vehemence, veracity, varied, vigilant, v, v, v.....which word, or concept today?

Vigilance (n) - the quality or state of being vigilant (helpful, right?)
Vigilant (adj) - from Middle English for to keep watch; alertly watchful, especially to avoid danger.

What does this have to do with anything? Well, perhaps we need a bit more vigilance in the school system in finding those students who are at risk of dropping out due to overwhelming circumstances. True, often those circumstances are of the student's own doing, but maybe we need to change the rules of No Child Left Behind to something along the lines of "no child should be left behind who has attempted to understand the work, but struggles with the concepts. The students struggling will be allowed to pass on to the next grade but will complete the difficult class(es) concurrently in the following grade. Those students who opt to not attempt the required work, nor attempt to understand the concepts will be held back to clearly define responsibility and consequences."

Varied - having numerous forms or types

This kind of ties back to what I discussed yesterday, with the unusual and unexpected post. Variety is the spice of life, right?

What about veracity? (n) devotion to the truth; power of conveying or perceiving truth; conformity with the truth or fact; something true.

Hmm...I like this word. I believe in veracity. Accuracy and specificity are wonderful. I like honesty and truth, and being specifically accurate. Although, I do ramble.

So now for vivaciousness. Oh yeah, I'm there! I just got the news that our family grows by one in late July or early August, and NO!!! I'm not pregnant. Dad will get to come home then! This has been a long time coming and now, you all get to put up with me being perky and happy for the next 3 months...and then, we will see. A whole lot of changes have happened in the last 8 years. Could be interesting!

I feel like I'm right at the top of the world right now, and hopefully nothing will bring me smashing back down to earth to soon. I would like to enjoy this happiness for a bit.

Thanks all for your continued viewing and hopefully future viewing as well!

Keep reading, and let's see some posts!! I am thinking about a chance for you readers to do a "pet brag board" on here, and am working on those details right now. I will be putting my doggie doo on the board if there is interest. Anyway....have an excellent day, and don't forget the comment contest ends next week! Still time to make me laugh or cry!

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The definitions above came from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (c) 1977.