The phrase “Toxic people” hehe
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… Thank God for Semantic Depletion! … and to paraphrase Douglas MacArthur’s quoting of the British Army parody song in his farewell address to Congress … “stupid uses of language never die, nor do they ever fade way, propagandists simply find ways to “reuse and recycle” them” Oops, terribly sorry about that one, quite by serendipity I assure you. But, please feel free to add it to the list. … on the other hand it is quite the clever means of inducing mass dissociation from the world now isn’t it?
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I’m shocked to read of so much dishonesty in history. I simply don’t know what to believe.
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F _ _ _ 'n BINGO! … just one in the continuing series of Great Low Moments in the use of language!
Remember Baghdad Bob!
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Above and beyond
Smart ____ (fill in the blank)
We’re here to help
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Personchester. The Isle of Personn. Herstory.
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Yes…
Or how customers are now called “guests” which are two completely opposite concepts if you think about it 
Also I put the S.m.a.r.t. prefix in a different category, because it’s an acronym but I agree 100%.
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Home work has now been replaced with home learning. I have also found the rather ridiculous question “can I be honest with you”? On the rise. If I get asked that again I am going to question them back with “why, have you been lying to me up until now”?
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Technically I’m not even supposed to give homework at my school. I teach “English Language Arts”… it was formerly known as language arts, but was changed at the county level about 10 years ago because “Language arts” supposedly implies that English is the only language. I just call it English class like I always have.
If you wanna know the newest slang words from the under acheivers of tommorow they are…
sus
tweakin
teleport
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Yep, I remember Ebonics in the 90’s. I worked at a business where anyone using the word “axe” for ask during an interview was not hired….
My English classes in middle school were called Language Skills and yes we had homework, writing essays and creating stories using proper sentence structures and grammar. We were graded according to well we knew the rules of English composition.
In my opinion, ebonics failed because there were no formal rules for how to speak it… and the entire reason ebonics existed in the first place is because it’s speakers couldn’t be bothered to learn the formal rules of the English language.
This video was so funny to me because I used to substitute teach, and I would get kids names wrong all the time…
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Do y’all still have to prepare lesson plans for each day?
I make weekly lesson plans… and I use basically the same lessons each year. I left my school last year for many reasons, but one of the reasons was the schools obsession with offering inclusive classes where students with reading abilities that ranged from the 3rd grade to the eighth grade were all crammed in the same classroom and I was told I needed to offer a variety of assignment options and texts for students to choose from… because every learners different… I got fed up with it, a lot of teachers did. But to answer your question, most schools have teachers submit a weekly summary to the admin or put up a schedule online for each week.
I wonder how the substitute would say, “The Ukraine”?
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Hahaha… I’m guessing he would say “The Ukraine” correctly; but call the country to the north, The rew-see-a.
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Richarded and Richardless? Can’t get any clearer.
Wow that would be like teaching five different classes.
In middle school there were four different sections from 1 through 4. 1 was (smartest), 2 (not quite as smart) 3 (average) and 4 ( below average). The idea I assume was to have a classroom of students for the instructor with similar capabilities.
I don’t think it’s done that way anymore.
Elementary classrooms were not divided at all. They were based on were a student lived. Some were quicker to catch on to the lessons. Extra help was always available to those who asked. Very few flunked a grade.
@yyyyythats6ys Not supposed to give homework?! Wow . . . I’m glad I got through my education before all the lunatic education theory, or whatever it is, got implemented.
I guess if kids were graded on merit or competence, so many would fail that it would make the school look bad – or make it score too low on some scale that determines eligibility for public funds?
In the past, my top pick for transmogrified course name in schools was “Social Studies,” but I think “English Language Arts” tops it. At this point, I’m surprised English class isn’t called “Oppressor’s Language Studies.”