tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15254331.post114199803428625311..comments2024-03-28T03:14:14.607-04:00Comments on Shorty PJs: School wordsMaryBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15254331.post-1142258193627107482006-03-13T08:56:00.000-05:002006-03-13T08:56:00.000-05:00'Tardy' was the answer to clues in two seperate cr...'Tardy' was the answer to clues in two seperate crossword puzzles that I did this weekend. Wow!!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697792053955724924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15254331.post-1142000317557854062006-03-10T09:18:00.000-05:002006-03-10T09:18:00.000-05:00Yes! Facetious! My dear 6th grade teacher - now go...Yes! Facetious! My dear 6th grade teacher - now good friend and practically a family member - was the first one to call me facetious when I was 11 or 12. She wouldn't tell me what it meant, and in typical school-marm fashion told me to look it up. Well, the way she pronounced it sounded like it started with a "v" and not an "f" so it took me forever to track it down. But like you, PT, I never saw anything wrong with being facetious. Why, I wear the label proudly, my friend. I must remember to ask Marilyn how she meant it, if she even remembers calling me facetious. (Dewey, if you're reading this, ask her for me!)<BR/><BR/>A definite school word. (And I suspect PT and I would get along like a house afire, two facetious folks that we be.)MaryBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15254331.post-1141999439274558472006-03-10T09:03:00.000-05:002006-03-10T09:03:00.000-05:00PS:I just looked-up "facetious" (for the first tim...PS:<BR/><BR/>I just looked-up "facetious" (for the first time in my life) and it has the following meanings:<BR/><BR/>Jolly; humourous; light-hearted.<BR/><BR/>The word comes from the Latin (via French) meaning "witty".<BR/><BR/>The dictionary gives it no negative connotations whatsoever.<BR/><BR/>So why do teachers invest it with negativity. Do they really think that 13- or 14-year old boys are better off being serious and glum than humorous and witty?petercmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17366331102790168465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15254331.post-1141999212621214342006-03-10T09:00:00.000-05:002006-03-10T09:00:00.000-05:00"Permanent Record". He he - that's a great way to..."Permanent Record". He he - that's a great way to keep the kids in line. Think of all the collusion that teachers had to do to keep that myth real all through your schooldays.<BR/><BR/>We didn't have anything like that over here. But we did have regular school reports:<BR/><BR/><B>Facetious:</B> The one word that I remember cropping up on more than one occasion when describing me. Funny that I never grew out of it. Seems that I didn't take it for the negative trait that the teachers thought it was.petercmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17366331102790168465noreply@blogger.com