High School Edubabble: A Teacher-Talk Glossary

In over three hundred entries, the fluffy jargon of edubabble, the quirks and foibles of teachers, and the frequently zany antics of teenagers are lampooned with wit and sardonic humor.

ATTENTION ECONOMY: The economists have finally discovered what teachers have known for a long time-that attention is difficult to obtain and even harder to keep. Teachers have little chance in any competition since selling knowledge and skills is not nearly as sexy or exciting as peddling a new video game or tech gadget. Given the obstacles faced, teachers are remarkably skilled in grabbing what little student attention is available; see also, David and Goliath.

BAKE SALE COMEBACK: The profit margins for old-fashioned cupcake sales are woefully inadequate to meet the extra needs of schools today. With the legalization of pot (weed) in several US states and across Canada, opportunity arises. Weed-laced cupcakes could be sold to parents at concerts, theatrical productions, sports events, and graduations. The margins could be kept slim to keep the price tag low since the school could rely on sheer quantity of sales to generate impressive revenue; see also, David and Goliath (5), Gateway Drug, Weed.

TERM-DROPPER
Using fifty-dollar words when dime ones will do is only effective when the person at the other end of the conversation is lacking the sufficient vocabulary to respond in kind or up the ante. A person must be careful about firing off edubabble to everyone. Eventually a more skilled term-dropper will be encountered. If a person never understood what the fifty-dollar term being used really meant, trouble is on the horizon when a one hundred-dollar one is flung back; see also, Edubabble-Characteristics, Name-Dropper, Questions in Interviews-Strategy One....