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-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 | Devil's Dictionary Of Education by Tyrrell Burgess, Paperback | Indigo Chapters