tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post7751264858137091297..comments2024-03-18T22:44:53.542-05:00Comments on Learn Me Good: That word you keep using? I do not think it means what you think it means.Mister Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-21918116400822468302011-01-22T13:20:12.646-06:002011-01-22T13:20:12.646-06:00Love the flexible one - when someone basically tel...Love the flexible one - when someone basically tells you to come to a meeting a certain time without a choice - are you really being flexible? <br /><br />Another one is "so to speak" this gets tossed around in various ways that sometimes make me cringe, so to speak.Juliehttp://inspiredtowrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-39875708472239906062011-01-21T23:30:22.921-06:002011-01-21T23:30:22.921-06:00I think these are quite possibly the best comments...I think these are quite possibly the best comments I've ever read on my blog. :)<br />Katie, it's funny, because I always used to propose a drinking game for whenever my principal would say SEG-YOO, except for the fact that we would die of alcohol poisoning. :)<br />I was talking with a buddy today, and we recalled how several teachers at our school, around mid-February, have something called "Valentimes." Good times, bad times, Valentimes.Mister Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-53775487153492827382011-01-21T13:56:48.430-06:002011-01-21T13:56:48.430-06:00On a daily basis, I hear kids talk about the liber...On a daily basis, I hear kids talk about the liberry. Ya know, like the strawberry, blueberry, and rasberry.<br /><br />They love coming to the liberry to check out books.<br /><br />I think you need to tryout your note idea about leaving early. Let us know how that plays out.IMC Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279699282698965195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-63969001919475671582011-01-21T07:35:21.000-06:002011-01-21T07:35:21.000-06:00We have the "on tomorrow" problem as wel...We have the "on tomorrow" problem as well.<br />Also, it is good to know that our campus is "exemp-ler-rary"<br />In staff meetings, I keep a running tally of every time our principal says "be about the business of"<br />(If it were a drinking game, I'd be dead of alcohol poisoning.)<br />Not long ago, in a meeting, one of the high school English teachers misused three words within five minutes. Unfortunately, as is often the case, I didn't have a pen with me, so I have now forgotten them, in all their egregiousness.Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-85742704644138214892011-01-21T07:08:11.848-06:002011-01-21T07:08:11.848-06:00"That word you keep using? I do not think it ..."That word you keep using? I do not think it means what you think it means."<br /><br /><br />Is this a querstian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-38090239213502778262011-01-21T04:33:08.744-06:002011-01-21T04:33:08.744-06:00Ok, this made me smile as I was forced to sit thro...Ok, this made me smile as I was forced to sit through a painful staff meeting this week and listen to many of these words SHOT at me, almost like gunfire. Another fun one is "Backwards Planning" which of course, administrators don't do... what do they plan for? Also, "Learnin'" with the G mysteriously left off... really?Mr. Halpernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594681597813545284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-36858156712022332312011-01-20T20:35:31.005-06:002011-01-20T20:35:31.005-06:00Incentives--what goes home in report cards for goo...Incentives--what goes home in report cards for good grades, citizenship, etc. Our former principal called them incen-i-tives. <br /><br />Thesaurus pronounced the-saur-sus.<br /><br />Our overused phrases that make me want to stab myself in the neck during faculty meetings:<br /><br />"Best Practice"<br /><br />"Data-Driven"<br /><br />"MARZANO" (Perhaps our principal's most favorite word in the English language--this year.)<br /><br />"It's not about our convenience, it's for the children...."<br /><br />It's not that I hate any of these in theory, it's just not necessary to say them every time you open your mouth! In fact, Mrs. Principal, you would actually sound much more intelligent if you changed it up a bit....TeacherFromTNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915549865434643334noreply@blogger.com