Found in Linh Dinh's All Around What Empties Out.
Title: A Peripatetic Purveyor of Nothing
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Words transport. Legs aside, it's important to study and look up new words. Let's make this fun. For two extra credit points, write three definitions of the word. For one extra credit point, write two sentences of that word after someone has posted the definition. Write your full name, period, and the date to obtain credit.
1. (adj) walking about or from place to place; traveling on foot,
ReplyDelete2. of, or relating to the philosophy or teaching methods of Aristotle, who conducted discussions while walking about in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
3. (noun) one who walks from place to place; an itinerant.
4. a follower of the philosophy of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
Jasmine Fujimoto, period 3, August 28
Due to the rising gas prices, peripatetics are becoming more and more common.
ReplyDeletePeripatetic trips to places take so much longer than if you just drove there.
1. We are now PERIPATETICS since the car broke and won't be fixed anytime soon.
ReplyDelete2. PERIPATETICS are helping our environment by not driving cars so there won't be a lot of Carbon Dioxide that can harm the Earth.
Phon Truc Huynh, Per. 3, Dec. 1
1. Peripatetic people save money on gas they don’t use, save the environment on green house gases they don’t emit, and save their health by getting fresh air and exercise.
ReplyDelete2. A disadvantage of the peripatetic method of transportation is that it consumes so much of your time, compared to riding a car, bus, or train.
Jasmine Fujimoto, Period 3, 12/6/09
1. Tom was a peripatetic who walked around looking for wise men to teach him the purpose of life.
ReplyDelete2. The peripatetic tried to teach us the way of Aristotle, saying he is the best philosophor.
Julie Kuo, pd.3, 12/13/09