Devil's Dictionary of Education

Inspired by Ambrose Bierce's satirical classic The Devil's Dictionary, this A-Z dictionary of educational terms offers funny and thought-provoking definitions of what they really mean. A perfect gift for teachers and administrators. Sample Entries: bar chart: n. patronizing attempt to make statistics palatable by packaging them like chocolates consult: v. to seek approval for a course of action already decided upon so as to reassure the perpetrator that he can proceed with impunity educated: adj. systematically misled graffiti: n.pl. reliable indicators of the morale of a school, particularly those in the girls' bathrooms speech: n. that which in most people precedes thought by anything from half a second to a lifetime