Devil's Dictionary of Education

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Author	: Tyrrell Burgess
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages	: 155
Release	: 2002-10-17
ISBN-10	: 9781441181565
ISBN-13	: 1441181563
Rating	: 4/5 (65 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Devil's Dictionary of Education by : Tyrrell Burgess

Book excerpt: -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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