Devil's Dictionary of Education
| By: | Tyrrell Burgess |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9780826463234 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781441181565 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2002 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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-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