Sentences with phrase «for dunce»

Two of Wiley's constructions from the 1970s are also included in the show, the most elaborate of which is Hard Lesson for the Dunce (1977), which incorporates a tree stump, a carved wooden head, a spindly branch decorated with strung together metal lettering, and a chalkboard all accompanied by a watercolor of a dunce - capped log.

For dunce and make him stand in the corner of the classroom with one of those pointed hats on his head.

Not exact matches

He is witheringly critical of astrology, dubbing it, with the rest of occultism, a «metaphysic of dunces», suggesting «a climate of semi-erudition is the fertile breeding ground for astrology.»

The lower right - hand corner is the dunce - cap corner: students score low, and the poor ones are screwed for good.

If you think the answer is «Because it allows for improved monetary control,» kindly let me know your address and hat size so I can mail you a dunce cap.

I guess the place Where Shakespeare's Hermia woke to love a dunce In Regent's park one night, ten walking minutes from our room, Torn tickets tucked just for us in our still precious book.

Liberal Boomers, who seldom if ever seriously criticize the legions of conservative - demonizers in your midst, for this post I will mostly join Mr. Druckenmiller in accusing you outright, that is, I will act as if this was your premeditated plan motivated by selfish interest, and not a pattern of political self - delusion that you fell into, given the drip - drip - drip of Democrat talking points over the years, given your gleeful listening to those who dismissed conservatives as hateful dunces, so that you ceased to even consider the NUMBERS conservatives kept pointing to, and just kept on doggedly voting D.

These are the same dunces who criticize him for attending a christian church led a Reverend Wright.

Bravo for putting this silly little child pires in his dunces corner!

And for the most pessimistic fans playing the same note over and over and over they should have their avatar wearing a giant dunces cap for a week / month.

Donnie Dunce just opened up one more serious area for Muller to probe.

Sure, Gaetana didn't win the election last year for town supervisor, but now that Donna has her column, and Gaetana's writing just about every week, they're going to get us all to put on our «dunce caps» and «listen up» to their sage words of wisdom, fear and loathing, and we will, together, take this country by storm, starting right here in Saugerties!

Molecular cloning has demonstrated that dunce codes for the enzyme, cAMP phosphodiesterase; rutabaga codes for adenylyl cyclase; DCO codes for the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A, and CREB a transcription factor that is phosphorylated and activated by protein kinase A.

That's madness...) has given me a real love for all things beauty and skincare related, and whilst I still consider myself a total dunce on the subject, I'm always so interested in testing new products, finding myself the perfect skincare routine, and perfecting the art of creating a beautiful day - to - day makeup look.

Even if you're a technological dunce, you can create a place for Skittles - lovers everywhere to connect and flirt.

The actor, best known to Americans for his role in Guardians of the Galaxy, brings nuance to the character, infusing the lovable muscle - bound dunce (the prevailing feature of Patrick Warburton's 2001 take on The Tick) with a more human and empathetic element.

• But for omitting «Gomorrah» from their 9 - film shortlist, AMPAS» foreign - language committee earns this week's biggest dunce cap.

Along for the ride are Abercrombie - dunce Ryan (Billy Magnussen) and his intellectual «British» (Irish) date / ringer Sarah (Sharon Horgan), with childhood sweethearts Kevin (Lamorne Morris) and Michelle (Kylie Bunbury).

But that makes sense, since «I, Tonya» is primarily about a conspiracy of dunces, led by Gillooly and his friend Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser), whose delusions of international espionage prompt him to hire two idiots (Ricky Russert and Anthony Reynolds) to maim Kerrigan and open the way for Harding to dominate the trials for the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.

In general, I can accurately state that almost every person I ever met in my career who had started out as a classroom teacher, (and some even skip that step), and «rise» in the hierarchy of lapdogs, «yes» men and women, education stooges, and hatchet men and women for their «higher ups» and «betters», all wear that same annoying «mask» that passes for a human face as exemplified and perpetually worn by Duncan the Dunce.

But at least PTR has reserves to report, which the rest of the bunch can mostly dream about... And how about a cheer for plucky little US Oil & Gas (USOP: G4)-- which, to date, appears to only have bullshit & water to report — rather surprisingly, it's managed to avoid the dunce's hat.

Score: Five points for coming to you with its tail wagging; four points for coming part way; three points for standing or rising; two points for moving, and one if your doggie dunce pays no attention at all.

Not knowing exactly what you are doing and not relishing the possibility feeling like a dunce for trying to shop there (not uncommon in high end stores in the USA) is a threshold big enough to often keep me out of a market.

Other settings include a schoolroom with a chalkboard and a chair set up as a dunce in the corner, and a disco ball - lit psychoanalyst chair (Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand) in conversation with another chair, one with an orange ball substituted for one of its four feet (Peter Shire).

For OG: the claims you copypasted are amateur opinion; just above where you found them the writer says «My dunce head reading... is - One paper says - ``

I am not supportive of the idea that human beings choose to ignore good science regarding human limits and Earth's limitations, to continue down a patently unsustainable «primrose path» of endless economic growth, and to adopt the posture of dunces by foolishly waiting for the world to change....

However, the Opposition Leader Steven Marshall's call «for taxpayer spending on battery storage» scoops STT's «Electricity Dunce of the Week Award».

A confederacy of dunces, rather — for, if there is a collective thinking, it's pretty asinine.

It is no wonder then that these tactics have transformed mainstream politics, and not for the better, at a time when our fourth estate is little more than a confederacy of activist sycophantic dunces.

Chromebooks are also available for $ 400 or less, but let's just put those over in the dunce corner for now, because we're mostly interested in true Windows systems.

You gave me a GREAT suggestion for our living room walls (i'm a dunce when it comes to choosing paint!)