Facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education.
Origin: 1250-1300
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Situation (noun):
A set of circumstances in which one finds oneself.
Origin: 1480-90
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People of the Week:
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was was an American Inventor who used past knowledge to develop many devices such as the long lasting light bulb.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes for Physics and Chemistry for her pioneering work in radioactivity. She continued to use past knowledge to advance her understanding of radiation.
Movie of the Week: October Sky
October Sky is about a teenager named Homer Hickman who, with the help of his friends, learns how to build a rocket and use that knowledge to create a great rocket.
Song of the Week: "Ave Maria" by Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod
Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/situation
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/knowledge
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