description: -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* n. the whole duty of schools since l988 bar n. patronizing attempt to make statistics palatable by packaging them like v. to seek approval for a course of action already decided upon so as to reassure the perpetrator that he can proceed with adj. systematically n.pl. reliable indicators of the morale of a school, particularly those in the girls' n. that which in most people precedes thought by anything from half a second to a lifetimeHUMOR / EDUCATION
language: English
title: Devil's Dictionary of Education
titlecomplete: Devil's Dictionary of Education
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Continuum