My sisters ACT tutor was at our house yesterday and was going over some sample questions for the essay she has to write for the ACT. The tutor asked my sister if she was an optimist or a pessimist. My sister didn't really know what those two words meant, and I was in the room at the time so I gave my input. I said that optimisic comes from the latin word optime which means best. So optimistic can mean being positive or being your best self. After I said that I felt really smart and proud that I knew my latin roots :) Now when my sister thinks about the word optomistic then she can think of the latin root and think of a derivative that relates to it!!
Lizzie Kelley
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