IT Insights Blog — TestOut Continuing Education

It would seem that most of the nation's moviegoers are still infatuated with the story of the big purple guy — I think Star Lord calls him "Grimace," in the movie — and the magic rocks. Avengers: Infinity War sold $62 million worth of tickets at North American theaters, roughly as much as the next eight movies combined. (The eighth of those 8 movies, incidentally, is Black Panther — still in the Top 10.)

The saying goes that April showers bring May flowers, but here at TestOut, those May flowers bring a little something extra: the opportunity to engage in a day of community service work. Each year in May, the entire company divides into two work crews, one that's on duty in the morning, and one that takes over after lunch. Both groups help the city of Pleasant Grove, Utah, where TestOut is located, plant flowers.

On Monday, we used the IT Insights Blog to share some thoughts about National Teacher Appreciation Week. This weekend, there will be a different outpouring of appreciation, or at least we hope there will be. Sunday is Mothers Day, and no matter how much you think you may have done to show appreciation for your mother, there's almost certainly more that you ought to do or say.

It's National Teacher Appreciation Week here in the United States this week. And frankly, even though there are so many weeks and days scattered around the calendar that's it hardly worth keeping track of them all, this is one that actually matters. It's hard to overstate the impact that a good teacher can have in shaping the course of a young learner's future.

William Shakespeare is still celebrated today, more than 400 years after his death, because he wrote some of history's most enduring dramatic works. Also because he knew that people like puns. Shakespeare's plays are loaded with puns. He's not the only one, either. The ancient Romans — who, incidentally, feature prominently in a handful of plays by one W. Shakespeare — also loved a good pun.