@Mitch Perhaps it is something to be avoided to be honest. I mean, I hate to be contemptuous but there is a reason that 90% of everything is crap, and ignorance is bliss are popular tenets.
One of the key points is that I am not so sure that most of our other popular tags would fare any better. Maybe syntax and etymology might, but almost certainly not word-choice or meaning.
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We have schoolmasters/mistresses whose sole job is to maintain discipline and observe/direct out-of-class activities in the whole school or in a particular grade. What would you call them in English?
> An elementary school teaching assistant is an adult who is hired to help a teacher with class-related duties, which are similar to those encountered in middle and high school settings. They are sometimes referred to as paraprofessionals ('paras' for short) or teacher's aides. Elementary school teaching assistants are generally hired on a contract that lasts the entire academic year. Teaching assistants aide with multiple duties within schools, and can be hired in special education as well.
@Færd In the US system, those duties are usually assigned to people with the title 'Vice Principal'. That is, one of the duties of the principal (the leader of the entire school) is dealing with discipline, and at a big enough school that is delegated to an assistant called the vice principal (or assistant vice principal). If you're caught by a teacher smoking in the bathroom, or the cafeteria needs to be chaperoned to prevent food fights, a vice-principal deals with that..
@Cerberus a teaching assistant in primary or secondary school) actually assists the main teacher with teaching. Yes, if there is some discipline or medical or other disruptive problem, yes, then the teaching assistant is great help in not messing up the rest of the class, but their primary duty is to help with teaching (substitute teaching when the main teacher can't come, preparing teaching materials, leading smaller groups of students in breakout sessions).
This is just for the US. I don't know what they would call it in UK/Aust/etc
I am looking to name a new version of a widget. The first iteration was the turbo-encabulator. Other iterations have included the retro-encabulator, micro-encabulator, and even the retro-turbo-proto-encabulator.
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It's about my recent meta: So, what's your story?
I had first seen a similar question on IPS and I was the strongest voice against having it on the site, since it was a question more about the users, and not exactly about the site.
One of my top-voted comments under that question was:
I'm n...
@Færd Despite the label, I don't think I've ever seen a vice principal becoming the principle principal, at least that's my personal experience. Maybe it's because the vice-principal is too much of the enforcer/'bad cop' and to go up the education management ladder you have to relocate.
There are languages that contain self-aggrandizing replacements for "me", "myself", etc.
Perhaps referring to oneself as, 'your highness', or something along the lines of that.
Are there any such self-aggrandizing replacements for "me", "myself", etc. terms in English?
edit: maybe referring...
@NVZ What's so scary that you can't help yourself to do anything but revere it? Or is the capitalization of Real Awesome signify some sort of proper noun that I do not know?
@NVZ Lawrence's latest answer is also all about 'how he got here'. My personal opinion, having no idea what others think, is that such frivolity is better done in chat. That said, 'how one gets here' is interesting, sort of, but pretty much less interesting than most anything else, in the context of ...wait... what is your goal? I don't know! Again, my small opinion. Anyway, if people want to do that in a meta question, go wild.
I find this usage in a TED talk which says "Should I be pro-technology?" What does that mean? Is it an adjective?
For details/motivation, please read this similar question.
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It's about my recent meta: So, what's your story?
I had first seen a similar question on IPS and I was the strongest voice against having it on the site, since it was a question more about the users, and not exactly about the site.
One of my top-voted comments under that question was:
I'm n...
There are languages that contain self-aggrandizing replacements for "me", "myself", etc.
Perhaps referring to oneself as, 'your highness', or something along the lines of that.
Are there any such self-aggrandizing replacements for "me", "myself", etc. terms in English?
edit: maybe referring...
1st american president,he was elected for standing up to British troops or other wise known as red coats,or lobster backs?
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