Education Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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toolie n. “The big problem is the sleazy predators who try to take advantage of our kids—‘toolies,’ as the schoolies call them. “I don’t need to spell out that teenage girls are particularly vulnerable to these creeps.” [English Australia Education Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 29, 2004)

trade turkeys v. phr. I’ve seen firsthand how exasperatingly difficult it has been for principals to oust abusive, incapable or negligent teachers who are protected by a powerful union. Instead, some principals would privately agree to swap problem teachers in a process known as “trading turkeys.” [English Education Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 10, 2007)

tuitioning in n. Parents cite a variety of factors—from academic to social to geographic—as reasons they pay for their children to attend public schools outside their home districts. The practice, known as “tuitioning in,” meets the needs of students who do not mesh with their home districts for a variety of reasons, and parents who remain partial to public schools. At the same time, these students provide a financial boon to the districts, which spend minimal extra money to accommodate them and sometimes reap hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual income. [English Education Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 25, 2007)

two plus two n. Students avail themselves of such options as “two plus two”—attending community college for two years, then transferring to a four-year college for the remaining two—and “distance education,” in which they take courses online or otherwise seek degrees at a distance from the institution offering them. [English Education Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 2, 2007)

unschooling n. Lundgren had rejected her Lutheran upbringing but discovered the ideas of John Holt, who began in the ’60s to advocate what has come to be called “unschooling.” The child directs his education, deciding when and if he wants to learn reading, math, science, anything or nothing. [ Language English Subject Education] [full cite] (Oct. 27, 2005)

victory lap n. Victory lap. When four years just aren’t enough to earn a diploma, some go for the five-year plan. [English College Education Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2007)

victory-lapper n. As a fifth-year student at Mother Teresa, Matt Rossoni is what’s known as a “victory-lapper.” [English Education Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 4, 2007)

walking school bus n. Some parents have put some of those worries to rest by starting what’s called a “walking school bus.” It’s a group of students, led and monitored by parents, who walk to school *together.* [English Education Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 29, 2007)

white-boy syndrome n. There’s little evidence of any overt racial tension between students or between their parents.…The school superintendent, however, concedes that a perception exists that’s sometimes called “the white-boy syndrome.” He describes it as: “Kids who are white feel themselves a distinct minority against a majority culture.” [ Language English Subject Education] [full cite] (Nov. 27, 2005)

witblitz n. The injuries were allegedly sustained during a “corridor session” in which pupils are forced to crawl on hands and knees past other hostel dwellers, who then hit the pupil. The practice is referred to as “witblitz” or “bak-oond.” [English South Korea Education] [full cite] (Sep. 20, 2004)

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