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  3. School of Hard Knocks - Wikipedia

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    An item appearing in the Peninsula Enterprise newspaper about the "School of Hard Knocks" (1918). The School of Hard Knocks (also referred to as the University of Life or University of Hard Knocks) is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education.

  4. List of university and college mottos - Wikipedia

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    English Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge: Ex antiquis et novissimis optima: Latin The best out of the old and the new Furness College, Lancaster: Everywhere else is nowhere English Fylde College, Lancaster: In arvo quaerere verum: Latin Seek truth in the field University of Glamorgan: Success Through Endeavour English University of Glasgow: Via ...

  5. 10 alternatives to college

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    A gap year is a solid option for figuring out and planning how you want the next phase of your life to look. 9. Online schooling. ... How to determine the best college alternative for you.

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  7. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    a life done before: The phrase denotes a previous life, generally believed to be the result of reincarnation. vita, dulcedo, spes: Mary, [our] life, sweetness, [and] hope: Motto of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, which is derived from the Roman Catholic hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary titled Salve Regina. vita incerta ...

  8. List of Latin phrases (N) - Wikipedia

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    Motto of St Chad's College, Durham. non vitae sed scholae [We learn] not for life but for schooltime: From a passage of occupatio in Seneca the Younger's moral letters to Lucilius, [13] wherein Lucilius is given the argument that too much literature fails to prepare students for life non vi, sed verbo: Not by force, but by the word [of God]

  9. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A A-1 First class abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so ...