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#6528 completely immersive environment language learning

I think part of the secret of learning a language must be in your brain believing you are in a world where that language is sincerely spoken. When you learn french in an american classroom, it's kind of a game. And when someone says foch, you laugh. But when you're in France your brain switches on its learn-to-survive mechanism and when someone says foch you think seal. I would like to see an experiment where a mini school is constructed in the US where inside it is 100% mini France. Maybe there's a long dark tunnel to get there which serves as a psychological trick to make the mind switch. On the other end of the tunnel is France with its cafes and streets and baguettes and everything. The teachers play the roles of vendor or cop or whatever and students are free to discuss anything with them. The cop makes sure no english is spoken there with an abruptness that also causes a psychological change and makes the brain turn off English. When a kid especially a young kid ent

#2862 Stocker - a pantry never empty

Use our easy peasy system! Gosh its so easy. You get on the web site and select the products that are your staples. Then you put in your payment info and your desired stock (let's say 1 month). The stuff arrives on your door step and you put it in the pantry. When you get one of these things out of the pantry, whip out your phone and scan the provided QR code that we stuck on. That's it! When your stock dips, we'll order you more. If something is nearing expiration we'll alert you. If you try to use a new one when you still have an old one in stock, we'll tell you. And if you forgot to scan it, you can just click "already used". For non-expiring things like Shampoo, we'll send you a stock check now and again. Basically you can rest easy knowing you're always a month ahead should the need arise and your stock will adjust automatically based on your use. And what does it cost? Just the delivery fee! And if you buy enough, we'll waive that! We m

#7892 Navy blue sock identifier

Many options here:  Baby blue thread on navy blue socks, or the word "BLUE" written on the bottom in a stylish way. O just a sky blue tip. I'm not saying this should be a government mandate, but surely this can be made industry standard.