October 13, 2022

Vocabulary Word of the Day (Merriam Webster) Odious - adjective (OH-dee-us) Odious means "causing strong hatred or dislike." // The biography is an in-depth account of one of the most odious serial killers in American history.

Trivia: What Day is it Today? October 13, 2022 (286th Day) - Disaster Day - English Language Day - International Civility For the Girl Child Day - International Day for Disaster (Risk) Reduction - International Day for Failure - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction - International Skeptics Day - Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day - National Herpes Awareness Day - World Sight Day - World Thrombosis Day

Topic: Disaster 1. Do you remember the last time you experienced a natural calamity event? How destructive was it? How did it affect your life? 2. Have you ever seen an entire building on fire? Share your experience. How long did it take for the fire to be taken out? 3. What about a hostage situation? Do you know someone who witnessed it? How much did they share about it with you? How about kidnapping? 4. What about murder? Or serial killing? Did something similar ever happen near/to your community? 5. What was the worst experience you've had with an earthquake? 6. Have you personally seen a tornado from afar? Share your experience? 7. What about hail? 8. When was the last time your experienced a flood? Share your experience. 9. How are businesses affected by disasters? 10. How are families affected by disasters?

Topic: Accidents and Injury 1. When was the last time you ever got into an accident/close to an accident? Share your experience. 2. Were you disaster prone as a child? How often did you get into an accident/get injured? 3. What is your earliest memory of an accident? Share your experience. 4. Do you have any personal experience in seeing someone covered in a lot of blood before? If not, have you personally seen/experienced a traffic accident/car crash? 5. How about drowning? Have you seen someone perform CPR personally? 6. Do you know how to do first aid and CPR? 7. Do you know anyone who was/got electrocuted or got struck with lightning? 8. Do you know anyone who got injured dealing with fireworks or explosives?

Topic: Failure 1. How do you handle failure? 2. What are some of mankinds modern failures? 3. Do you try to focus more on failures or successes? 4. Do you think failure is sometimes inevitable? When? 5. What have you learned from past failures? 6. Do you remember your failures or do you try to forget them? 7. What could be a reason for failure? 8. Do you know any people that fail a lot? 9. How is failure usually rewarded at school?