Among the numerous creativity methods developed in class over the years were the daily "PONDERABLES" printed up on the green board in front. Every single day questions or thoughts, ponderables, were formulated the night before, or on the way to school, to stimulate thinking...a centuries-old tried and proven Socratic method of education! Students were expected to think and then comment...especially to disagree, if they wanted to, with style and respect, the thinking opinions of fellow mates. They all loved it, for years! When I look back, not a single administrator ever positively noted the method's remarkable value in education....hmmmm.
And my non-fave term is "pissant". Yes, the term, "an insignificant or contemptible person or thing", is in our New Oxford American Dictionary. (a)When someone drives around town breaking legal and decency laws, they are a "pissant". (b)When someone breaks into line because they are selfish and in a hurry, they are a "pissant". (c)When a principal drove the car for a conference in another state, with teachers, and they had to insist that one of them drive instead because of driver drinking, he was a "pissant". (d)When a clerk talks on the phone the entire time she's ringing up your order, never looks at you and then does NOT even say 'thank you', she's a "pissant". (e)When someone taps you on your back while you're on a machine at the Rec Center, a NO-NO, wanting you to get off after only being on for 2 minutes because SHE'S in a hurry, she's a "pissant' and rude as..... (f)when someone spreads a lying piece of low-life rumor, they're an absolute "pissant". (g)when someone thinks and acts like they're better than you, they're a "pissant". (h)
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