Learn about the IB The IB's mission Since it was founded in 1968, the IBâs mission has been built on a cornerstone of creating a better world through education.
The phrase having a chip on one's shoulder refers to holding a grudge or grievance that readily provokes disputation. chip on the shoulder comes from the ancient right of shipwrights within the Royal Navy Dockyards to take home a daily allowance of offcuts of timber, even if good wood was cut up for this purpose.
A coin left on a headstone lets the deceased soldiers family know that somebody stopped by to pay their respect. Leaving a penny means you visited. A nickel means that you and the deceased soldier trained at boot camp together. If you served with the soldier, you leave a dime.he tradition of leaving coins on the headstones of military men and women can be traced to as far back as the Roman Empire. [Collected via Facebook, October 2015]. While Cleaning of the Stones at the National Cemetery in Holly.