US Politics: Blame Game

[slickquiz id=3] Transcript Box 1: 22% of Americans blame the Democrats for the sequester. Box 2: 28% blame the Republicans. Box 3: … and 37% blame both parties. Box 4: But, since American has a two-party system, both parties will keep getting voted in. Context and Vocabulary Political Parties in…

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Education in the USA seen by a Scandinavian

Transcript and Vocabulary Silhouette Man wonders WTF is wrong with Americans Silhouette /ˌsɪl.uˈet/ (n.) : a dark shape seen against a light surface. Here, we do not see the face of the person, we only see the shape of his body: that’s his silhouette. WTF (offensive, slang, written abbreviation) =…

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