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My featured Merit Badge Awardee of the Week is … Hadassah Schaap!!!
Hadassah Schaap (Farmerette of Heidi Schaap #3752) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning a Beginner Level Entrepreneurial Spirit Merit Badge!
“I dreamed about my business, chose a name, and put it under my pillow. My mentor (Mom) taught me how to write a business plan using http://bizkids.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Kids-Business-Plan.pdf.
After deciding what I’d like to do, I presented my business plan to my father and he approved it.
I researched how to set up an Etsy business and set up my home page. I transferred money from my savings to buy sewing fabric and necessary items. I printed off business cards. I had to learn about fees, shipping options, etc.
It was nerve wracking to put all that work in wondering if anyone would place an order, but it was great practice for future online endeavors.
I launched my business on Etsy! You can find it here.
It has been wonderful so far! I’ve made plenty of sales, received two 5-star reviews, and been asked to create a custom order for a new product. I am learning more every day and appreciate having a way to create income from our family’s homestead.”
What is it?
No, I’m not suffering from a bout of sudden-onset backwardsness.
But, it is a backwards question mark. A percontation point, if you will.
When would you use such a thing? Oh, far more often than you might think …
For instance: when feeling a bit snappy, a might peckish, a tad sarcastic, or a wee bit snarky.
It’s something called irony punctuation, and it’s a form of notation used to denote sarcasm.
Um, yes, please.
No need to insert an eye-rolling emoji, a #sarcasm, or an explanation for your text in the form of parentheses any longer.
You may think that this is a newfangled, modern-day addition to our English language and punctuation, but you’d be wrong. The percontation point was invented by English printer Henry Denham in the 1580s. And we thought we were the most sarcastic of the generations … all hail, Grandad Snark!
You can use the percontation point (sometimes called the irony mark) as you see fit. In a way, it’s used to sneakily admit there is more to your writing than meets the eye. A sarcastic layer of meaning might have been missed the first time through.
Essentially, it’s a grammar tool used to make the not-so-perky reader feel even less perky. Now, if I could only find it on my keyboard. #percontation point!
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
