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Workshop on Multilingualism and Success in Learning at University Foreign Language, Family and Khmer Culture Procrastination: An Overlooked Stumbling Block Education: How far shall we go? In Pursuit of Happiness Did You Know? The Triplets of Luck Students Satisfaction Towards SAC Brain Teasers / Riddles

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Workshop on Multi-lingualism and Success in Learning at University

At least twice every semester, the English Department of Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL) organizes workshops for lecturers and students to develop the lecturers teaching effectiveness and to foster the students learning. On the morning of October 10, 2009, IFL organized a staff development workshop for its lecturers on the theme The Role of Multi-lingualism in Language Teaching. Dr. Madalena Cruz Ferreira, a PhD in Linguistics and Phonetics from the University of Manchester was the guest speaker. The purpose of this workshop was to give the participants knowledge about multi-lingual teaching and learning at the university level. Divided into two parts with a 25-minute break for refreshments, the workshop started with a brief introduction of Dr. Madalena and ended with the participants discussion on the topics raised during the workshop. Through the lecture and exchange of ideas, the workshop participants came to a deeper realization of the roles Khmer language plays in determining success in learning English. At the same time, rapport between lecturers and students is considered crucial and should receive ample attention. Asked what he had learnt from the workshop, Lecturer Thlork Rumdoh replied in an enthusiastic manner, The workshop was useful and beneficial in language teaching and learning at the university level, especially in bringing awareness to both lecturers and students that learning is a two-way interaction and a shared responsibility. Born and grown up in Cambodia speaking Khmer as the native language, Khmer IFL lecturers have the advantage of sharing the first language with IFL students the common ground which enables the lecturers to adapt their lessons to meet specific needs and wants of the students. Meanwhile, bringing up Khmer language cases in an English class does not deemphasize the goal of learning English. Instead, it may increase students enlightenment of both languages. As implied, your success in learning at IFL largely lies in your hands. Take more responsibility in your learning and the next time you hear an interesting phrase in English from your lecturer, remember to compare it to that in Khmer. You may just love both versions.

Foreign Language, Family and Khmer Culture

Our Khmer culture is too precious to be lost, insisted Madam Meas Vanna, the Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL). As she sits down and talks with us for this article, Madam Meas Vanna has more than much to inspire students for generations to come. Growing up in a Frenchspeaking environment, Madam Meas Vanna is as fluent in French as she is in Khmer. Back in 1960s and early 1970s, she was always a top student in Ren Descartes, a renowned French-only school then. I was born with a great aptitude to learn this language, she recalls her early childhood. Unfortunately, like other students at that time, Madam Meass education was interrupted by civil wars so many times that it was not until 1991 that she managed to finish her high school education. Upon her graduation with a Bachelor of Education in French from Royal University of Phnom Penh, she began her French teaching career in 1993 and later continued her education

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to obtain her Master of Sciences of Language in French in 1998. Her success in French motivated her to branch out into English, earning her a Bachelors Degree in English from IFL in 2008. Her successes in foreign languages contributed largely to her achievements today. Yet despite these successes, Madam Meas faces many challenges in her life. Asked what keeps her standing up every time she falls, she credits it to her inner drive to persist through obstacles. She believes that what does not kill us only makes us stronger. We learn from missteps and past successes are

great motivators for future ones. One of the biggest challenges for her now is to balance between job responsibilities

and her family commitment. It is not easy and she is trying hard. She elaborates that, After a long, hard day, a warm family is what one needs. Efforts to

water family trees can pay off well, as when the trees grow, their shade keeps us rested and their fruits put a smile on our lips every time we go to bed. Back on foreign languages, Madam Meas is not shy of emphasizing their usefulness in bridging a person to the world. At the same time, she cautions that, Upgrading our ability in a foreign language does not mean downgrading our own culture. Learning a foreign language is not only about being able to use the language but also an enlightenment of our own identity. So go out there. Learn foreign languages... for the development of our own, our family and our culture, added Madam Meas Vanna as a graceful closure for the talk.

Education: How far shall we go?

When I was in Preah Monivong High School, Battambang, I looked forward to finishing the 12th grade so that I could rest from all the complicated lessons and tedious subjects I had to take then. What would I do after the graduation? I had no idea. I just floated with the current and eventually, after much hard work, I graduated with flying colors. Though with little idea what tertiary education was, I struggled very hard to get myself to Phnom Penh just to realize that it was even harder to get myself into a university in Phnom Penh. I failed to get into any of the universities for which I applied in the first year before I could enter IFL. Only then did I begin to have some idea what higher education was about and why it is so important. As I was studying at IFL, I told myself that soon I would hold a bachelors degree and there would be no more need to study. I could finally get a job and settle down. Yay! I did get a teaching job, quite a good onethe one that I love. But the more I worked, the more I realized that there is much more to my qualification. There arose problems in my teaching with which I could have dealt better had I had more education. At the same time, I started to see friends going abroad on scholarships to do their MAs. Such was a discreet drive pushing me to apply for one myself. Was I afraid of failing or of not being qualified enough to win a scholarship? I was, admittedly, and fail once I did. Yet, I fought on. With the lessons I learnt from the failure, I reapplied, this time for all available scholarships then. It had seemed like ages before I won one. I was very proud doing my study on a scholarship abroad. Given where I came from, it was very likely that I was the only one in my hometown who made this far into education. Again, I finished my MA with flying colors. I could do my job better; I understood life better; I was more mature, both academically and emotionally. I had spent almost 20 of

Procrastination: An Overlooked Stumbling Block

Feet dragging, shilly-shally and dilly-dally: These are some words people use to refer to procrastination. What is procrastination? Why do people procrastinate? How does procrastination impede success in our work and study? How to overcome procrastination? This article explores some possible answers to these questions. For Ellis and Knaus (1977), procrastination is a delay in doing what we have decided to do until a time later than our original plan. For me, procrastination is a state of mind which prevents me from starting, continuing or finishing what I do. It took me many attempts to start working on this article and when I could finally start, before I was able to finish the first paragraph, I arranged my folders, replied emails, walked around and finally returned to my desk just to say, I think Ill continue it tomorrow. The truth is I procrastinate and I am not alone. Pier Steel, a Canadian psychologist, found in his 10-year study that 26% of American people and three fourths of American college students now regard themselves as procrastinators (as cited in Borenstein, 2007). Are you one of us? We have been reminded over and over not to wait until tomorrow, but we still do. Why? The thing is that procrastination starts with early behaviors in our lives and grows to become deeply rooted within us. For many of us, procrastination accumulates since our high school years or even earlier and has grown into an addiction. It has convinced us that being able to work fast under pressure at the last minute is our special ability and that we are most creative and productive during such time. We may be able to struggle for a few sleepless nights and submit our not-so-good work right on the dot of the deadline, but work does not stop coming. It piles up and time shrinks. That is when we have put ourselves on the brink of disaster and we resolve not to allow ourselves to fall into such a situation again. Yet one strong
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short, literature enables you to see the words, the world and beyond. It is really helpful to understand the nature of questions asked about literary texts. Make sure that you understand the different types of questions and the necessary coverage of your responses to the questions. To illustrate how to carry this out, lets read the following excerpt from the story The Hitchhiker by Roald Dahl (1953) and the questions that follow. I was driving to London by myself. It was a lovely June day. They were haymaking in the fields and there were buttercups along both sides of the road. I was whispering along at seventy miles an hour, leaning back comfortably in my seat, with no more than a couple of fingers resting lightly on the wheel to keep her steady. Ahead of me was a man thumbing a lift. I

In Pursuit of Happiness
Bad Boys? Will Smith! Bad Boys II? Will Smith! I, Robot? Will Smith! Hancock? Oh come on! Will Smith again! How can this guy always be a superhero with happiness all around him? Wait a minute. In Pursuit of Happyness, Will plays a different charactera poor guy who struggles in pursuit of his own happiness. What is happiness? Where is it? Is it a journey or a goal? And what have you done to achieve it? In this article, I will share with you some important experience in achieving academic happiness, especially that in Literature Studies. Happiness in Literature Studies, largely, comes with answers to three questions: (1) What is a literary text? (2) Why do I read it? And (3) How do I read it? Answers to these questions might vary, but they are important considerations and guidelines in learning Literature Studies that can help answer the questions. With these questions, you will be forced to think of what you are reading and the benefits you can get from reading it. Literary texts are beyond words printed in books. Roberts (2003) captures the essence of literary texts by equating them to triggers which stretch peoples mind and imagination to shape their goals and to recognize their dreams in different places and times. Similarly, Collie and Slater (1987) argue that benefits of reading literary texts are numerous, which include language and cultural enrichment, knowledge of a societys values, and personal development. In been using to break this bad habit. First, a task can be divided into smaller doable subtasks. For example, an assignment can be done in stages brainstorming, outlining, writing a body paragraph, etc. Such subtasks can be achieved on a daily basis and they make an assignment appear easier to complete. In addition to the task division, notes of prioritized subtasks can be made as a reminder. Just check the notes frequently and cross out the subtasks which have been done. Doing subtasks gives us a sense of achievement and, thus, is motivating. The second strategy is to reward ourselves after hard work. Make an accomplishment of a long-term goal a mission to receive an affordable reward we have wanted. The reward does not have to be expensive and could be as simple as tak-

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feeder of procrastination drags us back and we procrastinate again: Temptation. With the latest technological advancement, it is now easier than ever to get tempted. TV, mobile phone, video games, iPod, Internet, and many more are just within the reach of our hands and could be enjoyed with just a click. These guilty pleasures generate countless excuses for us to procrastinate effortlessly. We know procrastination is bad, yet we are either too lazy or too tempted to fight it. However, when we succumb to temptation and procrastination, the loss can be huge. It is now high time we acted before procrastination gets the best of us. Like other obstinate habits, procrastination has been proven hard to kick. Effort, practice and perseverance and more are needed. The following are several strategies I have

ing a workfree break or treating ourselves to a nice meal. The third strategy involves a fight against our temptation. A reasonably balanced schedule may help us stay on target and distract us from getting tempted. Just get tough! Fourth, experiment what works and what does not. Try out the above strategies one at a time and check what is effective. A combination of a few strategies could help even more as they reinforce one another and strengthen our will. Fifth, stay motivated. Bad habits are easy to gain but hard to lose. Kicking them takes time and setbacks may prevail. Just be prepared. Do not surrender. Keep the fighting spirit high. Which strategies work? Remember I am still a good procrastinator myself. Lets try them together and save ourselves the time, effort and money procrastination costs.

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References Borenstein, S. (2007). Putting off reading this until tax time. Retrieved December 15, 2007, from http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/01/11/put_off_reading_this_until_tax... Ellis, A. & Knaus, W. J. (1977). Overcoming procrastination. New York: The New American Library, Inc.

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Triplets of Luck
The sky is the limit in Creative Writing. With entertaining twists and turns, Creative Writing can take us out of the world to a place beyond imagination. Instructed to include the character, place, setting and situation given by his lecturer, Nguon Chhayleang, a year three student in the morning shift, creatively penned the story below. A few droplets of water left from the last night rain sleeping on tree branches were rolling down gracefully to the red fertile ground and were absorbed abruptly and thirstily as the rainy night was turning into another hot day. The sun was starting to give off light again. A covey of birds were flying here and there across the about-toturn-green landscape, while the little ants were scuttling around under the mango tree looking for a place to store their summer supplies. Behind the mango tree stood an old,

gloomy and lonely house of the talented herbalist Pitou, a man who had left his laboratory in Phnom Penh to find herbs in the big forest of Mondulkiri province. Inside the house, a woman lying on the aged mat was moaning with excruciating pain. Her eyes opened wide with a few drops of tears rolling down her pale cheeks. Her hands were gripping a piece of old cloth hung from the central pillar of the house. The droplets of her sweat, as big as corn seeds, were running profusely off her forehead. Crouching beside was an over-fifty midwife. Push harder, my daughter, the midwife cried. Im afraid I cant, Pisey replied in a tremulous voice. Yes, you can. Its almost over. PUSH, MY DAUGHTER. PUSH. assured the midwife, reaching to caress her. Searching endlessly for herbs in the forest, Pitou did not know that his wife was giving an abnormal birth. Pisey was supposed to be due at the

end of the month. Luckily, the midwife was coming across his house while Pisey was crying for help. After several hours, Pitou had collected many types of leaves, dead twigs, grass weeds, spices and plants. Among these herbs was a violet plant Pitous grandfather had shown him in his childhood. Contented with his hard work, Pitou was walking home wearing a basket of herbs on his back and a broad smile on his lips. Approaching his house, Pitou was greeted with a strange sound. Upon reaching the middle of his house, in bewilderment, Pitou found Pisey resting on a mat with three little babies lying in a row beside her. The three mouths were wide open, letting out deafening cries. Pitou was stunned like he was hit by a stone. Are you okay, darling? muttered Pitou finally, feeling guilty about his absence during Piseys birth-giving. Im okay now that you are

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my 32 years studying up to this time. I settled down and started to work conscientiously to realize my dreams and to meet the expectations of my family, the institute, and the country. Yet studying is more addictive than I thought. I soon began to see that I can contribute even more if I get a PhD. I started applying for a scholarship and just recently I won one. I will be leaving Cambodia soon. I will be facing many more challenges in both my academic and personal endeavors, but I am hopeful. Again, looking back at where I came from, I could hardly believe myself that I have come this far. So what is it that drives me this far? First, it is friends. Make friends with the right people and you will be a better person. I owe my success in life to many good friends who influence me in many positive ways. Second, it is family. Not that I have a supportive family or a cozy one, but it is the lack of such things that urges me to find comfort in education. I find peace in books when there are rows or hostility in my family. I am who I am today because of education. Third, it is the belief that I can do better. I am never satisfied with what I do or achieve. I look for ways to improve myself, and improve myself I do. Finally, it is the fear of failing and the hard work to make it not happen that makes me come this far. I know there are many of you whose life story is not so different from mine. You might be frustrated at times, but I hope you will never give up. I hope you turn your problems into your objectives or goals and before long, as long as you keep trying and are hopeful, success will be yours. Never let anything obstruct you in your quest for success and YOU WILL BE THERE.

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holidays. Those who were dissatisfied complained that they do not have time to visit SAC since they study at two universities. The only time that they can come is during the lunch break and Saturday. Most of the respondents requested that SAC also open between 11 am to 1 pm and on Saturday afternoons. Regarding the policy of borrowing books, the dissatisfaction of students rises to 70%. 73.2% of them suggest that book borrowing duration should be extended to 2 weeks. For the third objective, space is the problem SAC should be concerned about the most. During its peak time, some of the respondents reported that they have to leave SAC because there is no available seat. Rated lower than space, borrowing procedures were thought to be slow and complicated because students have to fill in their names, ID number, title of the book, and authors name in the library card. With regard to searching for books through the computer system in SAC, most of the re-

Students Satisfaction towards SAC

In the second semester of the 2008-2009 academic year, IFLs English Department organized a competition for research projects by its third-year students. Five research reports were selected by the committee as the winners in the competition. The following is the summary of a winning report. Many students can enhance their knowledge by going to a library which houses many useful resources and different kinds of materials that help them in their learning. The IFL library, more commonly known as Self-Access Center (SAC), is of no exception. With many benefits it can offer, SAC attracts many students every day. At the same time, SAC allegedly fails to meet some of the students needs. To obtain evidence for the effectiveness of SAC, a study has been conducted to clarify four important aspects about SAC: Frequency of visiting SAC, SAC policies, Students satisfaction toward SAC and Possible improvement of SAC. With questionnaires as its main instrument, this research is mainly quantitative in nature. The data was collected from a sample of 160 IFL Englishmajor students equally selected from all shifts and year levels. The questionnaire has 5 sections and 36 questions, the last of which is for the respondents to share their comments freely about SAC. It took around 10 minutes to complete a questionnaire. To analyze the data, we used two applications: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 12 and Microsoft Excel 2007. Frequency count, descriptive statistics, cross tabulation, and multiple response analysis were done in SPSS, while graphs were created in Microsoft Excel. For frequency of visiting SAC and related issues, it was found that the third- and fourth -year students reportedly visit SAC the most. Saturday is the favorite day for most of the students, and they usually come between 8:30 and 11 am. For book borrowing, it is surprising that 90.6% of the respondents like reading books, but only 2.5% borrow SAC books. One of the reasons many participants stated was that many books they want to borrow are NOT FOR LOAN. SAC should make copies of such books and make them available FOR LOAN. Meanwhile, as expected, the findings showed that self-study is an influential factor. This means that most IFL students visit SAC out of their willingness, rather than being pressured by their peers and lecturers. Besides self-study, comfortable study conditions and rich resources also inspire students to come to SAC.

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To keep the body in good health is a duty otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear. The Buddha The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury The person who seeks an education must involve himself in discovering the meaning of his own life and the relation between who he is and what he might become. Without the vision of a personal future and a hard look at the reality of ones own situation, the ultimate purpose of education itselfthat is, to grow, to change, to liberate himselfis almost impossible to achieve. Harold Taylor

As for the second purpose, the findings indicate a little difference between satisfaction and dissatisfaction (50.6% the former and 49.4% the latter) among students towards SAC working hours, which are weekdays and Saturday mornings with an exception of public

spondents claimed that searching is not effective and they cannot locate the needed materials. Some entries list basic book information such as title, ISBN, and year of publication but many do not. Despite the dissatisfaction with the above aspects, most students were in

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touched the footbrake and brought the car to a stop beside him. I always stopped for hitchhikers. I knew just how it used to feel to be standing on the side of a country road watching the cars go by. I hated the drivers for pretending they didnt see me, especially the ones in big cars with three empty seats. The large expensive cars seldom stopped. It was always the smaller ones that offered you a lift, or the old rusty ones, or the ones that were already crammed full of children and the driver would say, I think we can squeeze in one more. The hitchhiker poked his head through the open window and said, Going to London, guvnor? Yes, I said. Jump in. He got in and I drove on. He was a small ratty-faced man with grey teeth. His eyes were dark and quick and clever, like a rats eyes, and his ears

were slightly pointed at the top. He had a cloth cap on his head and he was wearing a grayishcolored jacket with enormous pockets. The grey jacket, together with the quick eyes and the pointed ears, made him look more than anything like some sort of huge human rat. The questions are: Question 1: Where did the driver go? Question 2: Why do you

think the hitchhiker asked for a lift? Question 3: Describe the hitch-hiker appearance. Based on your description, what can you tell about the hitchhikers character and job? When responding to these questions, you will find that each question requires different levels of thinking and different types of coverage. To answer Question 1, only factual

information, which is obviously stated in the text, is needed. For Question 2, you need to combine your understanding of the text with your world knowledge of hitchhiking. For question 3, it is necessary to draw on the clues provided in the text in order to evaluate the hitch-hikers character and job. You need to read the descriptions of the hitchhiker critically and make comparisons where needed. For instance, ask yourself why the hitchhiker is compared to a rat, why the author chose the grey color to describe him, and what you can conclude from these descriptions. Not found your happiness yet? Let go of your frustration. We are just half way. More guidelines are coming in the next issue.
References Collie, J. & Slater, S. (1999). Literature in the language classroom: A resource book of ideas and activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Roberts, E. V. (2003). Writing about literature (10th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education.

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come back now. We can leave for Phnom Penh tomorrow, Pitou suggested to Pisey who was gazing at their triples sleeping. Yes, sweetheart. Ill go to pack our belongings now, replied Pisey walking towards the big black leather luggage she had put under her bed. The next morning, at dawn, Pitou and his family took a 24seat van to Phnom Penh. Along the way, Pitou never took his eyes off of Pisey and his children. At dusk, reaching the station, Pitou and his family took a cab to their residence located just outside Phnom Penh. Pitou, Pisey and their triplets were warmly welcomed by their relatives who had already known about their arrival through a call from Pitou. Back at home, the triplets were well taken care of by Pitous parents and relatives. Two days later Pitou feeling that his family was secure now took the herbs he had collected to his lab to do experiments. In his lab, he took different types of herbs out of his bag and examined them one by one carefully. Being implacable in his search for a cure of a new malady, Pitou first took out Mullein, a tiny dried leaf known to heal lung congestion and the lemon balm for anti-viral treatment. He then took the violet plant he had collected from the forest the afternoon the triplets were born. Next he added several other herbs and mixed them together. To his amazement, the mix was magic. Two weeks later, in a paroxysm of excitement, Pitou received a call from the lab that his experiment made history. He had found the treatment for AH1N1. Pitous discovery made him one of the richest men in the world and allowed his family to enjoy a completely different lifestyle he had been longing for. Pitou realizing that his three children brought him no burden but unbelievable luck finally said There is no luck like luck brought by triplets!

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here, murmured Pisey with weariness, But I think after this I will not be okay unless we move back to the city. Alright, we will go back as soon as you recover, Pitou said sympathetically, accepting Piseys request. After having a small talk with his wife, Pitou turned back to the midwife who had just saved his wife, the triplets, and perhaps himself from regret. He thanked her for her service and then gave her some money as a quid pro quo. The midwife accepted the money and warned Pitou off being careless about the danger of his wife. One week later, Pisey recovered well and regained her strength. Pitou had not gone to the forest to find more herbs but had stayed at home fulfilling his husbandly duty, taking care of his wife and children. Honey, your stamina has

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favor of the SAC environment, which includes a good lighting system, air conditioner, numerous tables and comfortable chairs. These conditions make SAC a favorable place for study. Additionally, librarians are helpful and available whenever students need their help with finding resources. The last objective of this research is to improve the quality of SAC. To answer to this objective, instead of providing questions with fixed answers, the questionnaire asks respondents to write whatever aspect of SAC they want to improve. There are complaints about lack of books and movies. They suggest that SAC add more general knowledge books and movies that are related to their courses in order that they can use those resources to accelerate their study. Interestingly, while the respondents were full of requests, three fourths of them were negative about the idea of a higher membership fee. Over half of them are willing to pay only 4000 Riels and below, which is the current fee, for a one-year membership. Even with our greatest effort, this research and its findings are limited and far from being perfect. Some of the difficulties we faced included inaccessibility to the sample, lost questionnaires, unwilling participants, and software problems. At the same time, the sample size is too small in comparison to thousands of IFL students. However, we hope that our research has contributed some knowledge to students, SAC, and IFL as a whole and paves the way for further studies.

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Family
Parents with two childrena son and a daughtercame to a wide river. There was no bridge there. The only way to get to the other side was to borrow the boat of a fisherman. However, the boat could carry only one adult or two children. How does the family get to the other side and return the boat to the fisherman?

1. What is the longest word in English? 2. Which is faster, heat or cold? 3. What are the 3 important rings in life? 4. Why did the student take a ladder to school? 5. What's the difference between electricity and lightening? 6. What is the word that everybody always says wrong? 7. What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? 8. What is a teacher's favorite nation?

Doctor
A father and his son were in a car accident. The father died. The son was taken to the hospital. The doctor came in and said: I can't do surgery on him, because he's my son. Who was the doctor?

8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

EXPLA-NATION SHORT, because when added with ER, the word becomes SHORTer. WRONG You dont have to pay for lightening. Because he/she was going to a HIGH school Engagement ring, Wedding ring, and Suffering HEAT, because you can catch a cold. SMILES, because there is a mile between the first and last s. The doctor was his mother. Doctor: First go the children. The son comes back, and the father goes on the other side to the daughter. Then the daughter goes back to pick the son up and they both go to the other side to the father. The son comes back to give the boat to the mother who goes to the other side (to the father and daughter). The daughter jumps in and goes to the son and they go to the parents. The daughter gets off and the son returns to the first side of the river to give the boat back to the fisherman, who goes to the other side. There the daughter jumps in and goes to the son to take him back to the parents where the whole family meets at last and they have returned the boat to the fisherman. The boat crosses the river 13 times. Family: