I’m currently in London, England for the BETT Demonstrate and TeachMeet BETT 2014. As is the situation with most flights going to Europe from the east coast of the U.S. my flight remaining in the evening and arrived in London in the middle of the early morning. This meant that I was too early to test into my hotel. I realized this forward of time and figured that I could in all probability check my baggage at the ExCel Meeting Middle exactly where the BETT Clearly show is currently being held. I preferred to validate this in advance of time so I put in some time looking on the BETT and ExCel internet sites for “coat verify,” “bag verify,” “coat home,” and “bag storage” in the hopes of confirming my assumption. My queries have been fruitless.
Finally I confirmed my assumption about a baggage check out when I stumbled upon a map of the meeting middle. In browsing about the map I discovered a “cloakroom.” When I listen to “cloak” I instantly think of the Rely Chocula character from the cereal containers of the 1980’s (my mother never permit us eat that kind of cereal regardless of our pleas). I under no circumstances imagined to use the word “cloak” in any of my searches for information about storing my jacket and little bag for the afternoon. Cloak is just not a standard section of my American vernacular.
I have no question that college students often run into roadblocks in their lookups for the exact cause that I didn’t come across nearly anything in my searches we’re trapped in our own vernacular. Experienced I made use of a thesaurus when I bought stuck, I in all probability would have found the word cloak and confirmed my assumptions about checking my baggage for the day. The lesson in this article is when your research has strike a roadblock, try out a thesaurus to find text that may possibly direct you to better look for outcomes.
P.S. that vacation to the BETT Clearly show also lead me to meeting Sophie Ellis-Bextor without the need of recognizing that she was famed. Which is a story for a different time.
