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The Devil's Dictionary of Education

The Devil's Dictionary of Education

Paperback

General Education

ISBN10: 0826463231
ISBN13: 9780826463234
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Dec 17 2002
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.45 Width: 4.48 Depth: 7.02
Language: English
-A satirical dictionary of key words in education-Inspired by Ambrose Bierce's popular The Devil's Dictionary-The perfect gift for teachersThis A-Z dictionary of educational terms offers funny and thought-provoking definitions of what they *really* mean.administration: n. the whole duty of schools since l988 bar chart: n. patronizing attempt to make statistics palatable by packaging them like chocolatesconsult: v. to seek approval for a course of action already decided upon so as to reassure the perpetrator that he can proceed with impunityeducated: adj. systematically misledgraffiti: n.pl. reliable indicators of the morale of a school, particularly those in the girls' lavatoriesspeech: n. that which in most people precedes thought by anything from half a second to a lifetimeHUMOR / EDUCATION

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