Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Good Morning Class,

Here are a few more examples:

Important to only me
I want to feel as though I am growing through my work
To prioritize my tasks my self

Important only to my clients
Want to feel as though they have gotten above average cost-performance
Want to get more out of the training than they pay for
They want to squeeze every last thing they can get out of the training

Important to both
Want to see that the training positively influences sales/revenue for the company

Here are some additional English concepts that we learned:

Roman Numerals
Roman numerals can be seen on many clocks, in documents, and are even used for writing the year.

I = 1
II = 2
III = 3
IV = 4
V = 5
VI = 6

As you can see from the pattern, smaller numbers on the left are subtracted while ones on the right are added.

X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M =1000

For example XLII would be 42.
Ten is subtracted from fifty plus 2.

Try a few examples yourself and write your answers as a comment!

1. LXX
2. MCM
3. CDXLIV
4. MCMLXXIII (Hint: My year of birth)
5. XCIX

Shapes
Also we talked about shapes as well:

A shape with three sides is a triangle (tri = 3 thus 3 angles)
A shape with four sides is a square or a rectangle
*All sides of a square are equal lengths
*Opposite sides of a rectangle are equal lengths
A shape with 5 sides is a pentagon (The US Military building is called the Pentagon and has five sides!)
A shape with 6 sides is called a hexagon
A shape with 7 sides is called a heptagon
A shape with 8 sides is called an octogon (Octopus, eight legs!)
A shape with 9 sides is called a nonagon
A shape with 10 sides is called a decagon

Homework:

Finish up list:
1. Areas that are important to both you and your client
2. Areas that are important to you, but not to your client
3. Areas that are important to your client, but not to you

AND

One-on-One Focus Group #3*Talk to 2-5 people from your field (colleague, client, boss, superior)*Talk to them about what you've written about your industry and job*Is it correct?

Idiom of the day:
"Give them an inch and they'll take a mile"

See you soon!

Matthew

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