{"id":145,"date":"2018-02-25T07:51:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T07:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2018-06-15T08:30:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:30:05","slug":"grade-school-grad-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/grade-school-grad-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade School – Grad School"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”bold” color=”Accent-Color” quote=”Fortunate indeed is the child who never gives up the original impulse to bring forth from silence words which not only name and give meaning to the unknown, but which, in their wondrous way, take on, like the child itself, a life of their own.” name=”Richard Lewis” subtitle=”\u201cThe Wind of the Marigold.\u201d”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” bg_image=”1046″ bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_bg=”true” parallax_bg_speed=”fixed” bg_color=”#6a6b6f” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” id=”built-by-riders” row_name=”Built By Riders” color_overlay=”#0a0a0a” overlay_strength=”0.8″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cascading_images image_1_bg_color=”#5a88a0″ image_1_offset_x_sign=”+” image_1_offset_x=”0%” image_1_offset_y_sign=”+” image_1_offset_y=”0%” image_1_rotate_sign=”+” image_1_rotate=”none” image_1_animation=”Grow In” image_1_box_shadow=”none” image_2_url=”1050″ image_2_offset_x_sign=”+” image_2_offset_x=”15%” image_2_offset_y_sign=”+” image_2_offset_y=”25%” image_2_rotate_sign=”+” image_2_rotate=”none” image_2_animation=”Grow In” image_2_box_shadow=”none” image_3_url=”1049″ image_3_offset_x_sign=”-” image_3_offset_x=”30%” image_3_offset_y_sign=”-” image_3_offset_y=”30%” image_3_rotate_sign=”+” image_3_rotate=”none” image_3_animation=”Grow In” image_3_box_shadow=”x_large_depth” image_4_offset_x_sign=”+” image_4_offset_x=”0%” image_4_offset_y_sign=”+” image_4_offset_y=”0%” image_4_rotate_sign=”+” image_4_rotate=”none” image_4_animation=”Fade In” image_4_box_shadow=”none” border_radius=”none”][\/vc_column][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Compounding this decline<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529028348981{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;}”]in literacy is the ongoing debasement of the English language not only through misuse but also through intentional manipulation. The net result is an increasing loss in the ability to think, reason and communicate among the general population.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s something George Orwell said on the subject:\u201c\u2026One ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” overlay_strength=”1″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529051402193{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]\n

WordMagic is an innovative, educational entertainment designed to elevate levels of literacy and accelerate the evolution of heart-full human consciousness\u2014simultaneously\u2014through a new kind of wordplay that turns youngsters into punsters and punsters into pundits and makes Self-discovery as easy as A-B-C.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” animate=”yes” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”reveal-from-left” column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”300″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529031025869{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]\n

What I Offer is an infectious enthusiasm for words and a novel approach to playing with them that penetrates surface meanings and brings the language to life.<\/h5>\n[divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″]\n

Through WordMagic assembly and classroom presentations, students discover the Secret Spells of the English Language through which we write our own Life Sentences. They also encounter the Sacred PathWords embedded in ordinary speech that can lead us to live more enlightened lives. They are then invited to speculate on the origins and significance of these \u2018linguistic synchronicities\u2019 and to share how they relate to their own vision of reality and deeper sense of self. For instance\u2013what can we make of the fact that we have \u00ad\u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”reveal-from-right” column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”600″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529029967491{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]YES in our eyes and NO in our N0se,
\nOUT in our mouth and IN in our chin?<\/p>\n

How is it that \u2013
\nour EAR so central to our heart
\nand SILENT is an anagram for LISTEN?<\/p>\n

And given that
\nthe EARth is an anagram for heart
\n(both our heart and our ear possess an auricle\/oracle)
\nand LOVE \u2013 turned around \u2013 initiates EVOLution<\/p>\n

What do such words imply about the deepest purpose of our Lives?<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” color_overlay=”#5a88a0″ overlay_strength=”1″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529030933727{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]\n

Encountering these meaningful co-incidences elicits interest in treasure hunting through English\u2014and any other language that a person happens to know. It also fosters philosophic inquiry about our reason for being and about our power, place and purpose in the Cosmos.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” animate=”yes” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”grow-in” column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”300″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529031032102{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]\n

The net result is a heightened interest in playing with words leading to a greater facility in using them.<\/h5>\n[divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″]\n

And because\u00a0WordMagic<\/strong>emphasizes the power of the Word to heal or to harm, participants are inspired to become more conscious, creative and kind in their use of language and in their treatment of others.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s another important reason to stimulate a love of language learning in young people:\u00a0SUPERIOR LANGUAGE SKILLS<\/strong>\u00a0in your late teens and early twenties may actually protect you from dementia many decades later, according to a new study of 38 Catholicnuns who donated their brains to science.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_btn size=”large” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”see-through-3d” color_override=”#ffffff” url=”https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2009\/07\/nunstudy\/” text=”WIRED Article”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”grow-in” column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”600″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529030055484{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]In addition to covering in greater depth the topics touched upon in a presentation, we will play with words in a variety of ways that \u2013<\/p>\n