Library Word of the Week!

As readers may know, Ms. D has a fondness of "phobia" words. They're so neat! They are almost German in creation, since the German language has a tendency of combining words to create new meanings; for example, adding "strasse" to a word to describe a street, like "hauptstrasse" means "main road." 415 State Street could become 415 Staatsstrasse. 

Therefore, today's work of the week is another "phobia" word:

Kakorrhaphiophobia

kak·or·rhaph·io·pho·bia

  noun \ˌkak-ə-ˌraf-ē-ə-ˈfō-bē-ə\

• : abnormal fear of failure

So when you are taking a test , like the MCAS Bio retest on Monday and Tuesday, don't experience any kakorrhaphiophobia! Just do your best and you can succeed!