Passing On the Confidence

Eight hours before my last final of the quarter and I receive an e-mail from my mother reading simply:

Word: sciolism (noun)

Pronounced: SY-uh-liz-uhm

Meaning: Superficial knowledge; a superficial show of learning.


I’ll use it in a sentence for you folks at home.

Tomorrow’s Torts II exam will be a long, painful three hours: One essay worth 150 points and 5 short answers worth a combined 30. Although the Professor expects great things, I’ll likely be displaying a sciolism.

I thank my mother for her confidence and with that I must go back to studying. Torts II at 8 Ninfa’s at 11:30.