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WordofTheHour Dec 14

#attainment : the act of arriving at or reaching

- French: réussite

- German: die Erreichung

- Italian: conseguimento

- Portuguese: obtenção

- Spanish: logro

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"#Scotland’s #schools surging ahead of those in England in #literacy and #numeracy #attainment"

https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/09/scotlands-schools-surging-ahead-of-those-in-england-in-literacy-and-numeracy-attainment/

Scotland’s schools surging ahead of those in England in literacy and numeracy attainment

For P1, P4 and P7 pupils combined, the proportion achieving the expected levels in 2024-25 is the highest to date for literacy and the equal highest for numeracy. For S3 pupils, the proportions ach…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 16

A quotation from Thoreau

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 "Conclusion" (1854)

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #rhythm #attainment #desperation #effort #enterprise #haste #individualism #pace #rushing #selfdirected #success

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WordofTheHour Aug 11, 2025

#attainment : the act of arriving at or reaching

- French: réussite

- German: die Erreichung

- Italian: conseguimento

- Portuguese: obtenção

- Spanish: logro

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WordofTheHour Apr 8, 2025

#attainment : the act of arriving at or reaching

- French: réussite

- German: die Erreichung

- Italian: conseguimento

- Portuguese: obtenção

- Spanish: logro

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 5, 2025

A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Who would attain to summits still and fair,
Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author and poet.
Poem (1906), “Climbing,” ll. 9-10, New Thought Pastels

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#quote #quotes #quotation #aspiration #attainment #despair #discouragement #goal #struggle

What’s here now?Dec 11, 2024

Just as nothing is gained or attained, nothing is lost or wasted.

#attainment #gain #loss

What’s here now?Dec 11, 2024

The only possible place to get to, the only attainable perspective, the only condition one simply cannot help experiencing is the present moment whatever it is, however it is.

#attainment #experience #gain #mind #perspective #practice #presence #present