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Silvana and the blade of Grass<\/h6>\n

While I was teaching English in Campo Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil<\/a>, at the Wizard School of Languages, Silvana, the owner of the school, asked me one afternoon to help her uproot some small shrubs in the front yard of the school.<\/p>\n

I looked as Silvana struggled to uproot one small shrub, pulling at it and making shrieks as though it were a plant rooted five feet into the ground.<\/p>\n

When I picked the shrub out with two fingers, Silvana looked amazed. As I pulled the other shrubs – four and five at a time – in rapid succession, Silvana exclaimed “Meu Deus Patrick! Que for\u00e7a”<\/strong>. Translated: My God Patrick! What force!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Related: Silvana taught me about personal marketing.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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