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That I hear a fair amount that I honestly don't know what they mean.
Hegemony - I think it's got something to do with strategy/plan, but like a really important or fancy one. It seems like a really stupid word.
Nonplussed - which I think means either surprised or not suprised or maybe impressed or not impressed. It could be either. I've never heard the root word "plussed" in my life so I'm thoroughly confused as to what being "not plussed" would convey.
penultimate - I think it means final or best, but not quite either. Also seems like a pointless word, and while I understand the root word, I have no idea what the modifyer means.
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I think penultimate is second to the ultimate.
I'd like to learn what pedagogy means.
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Pedagogy is the study of teaching & learning ...I think
Googol is an interesting word and I know it's a crazy large number but not sure the exact number.
Pedagogy might also mean "many many feet" or "many many pedaphiles"
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Googol is a 1 with 100 zeros behind it.
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Only because I’m a history/education major I can explain 2 of them.
Hegemony is the study of theories and explanations of dominant social classes, groups, cultures, etc, over another class, group, etc. The main aspect is the study of how the one group achieved and maintained dominance over the other. So it's not just a study of a dominant group, you need to have both groups. Modern America as hegemony is a widely debated topic because the consensus if fairly split on the subject. The split is similar to the question of America as a modern empire (imperialistic), some even saying it never existed at all, it can be argued well on both sides.
Pedagogy encompasses many aspects of theories in education; in essence it is the philosophy of education. How one approaches education and what values they place on the function of teaching, whether it be teaching style, theories of curriculum, relationship between student and teacher, etc.
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"Imbeccile" is a word I like and use much. BUT for whatever reason I misspell almost everytime and without notice. That spelling is my "instinctual" spelling of the word, and I don't know why that is so.
It's not a total loss though as my err is often the first &/or only thing an "imbeccile" can comeback at me with. I guess it's just one of them awesome little coincidental quirks of the bizness.
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I can't say the word "statistics" without stumbling over it.
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That might be the most interesting thing about the subject I've ever heard. Still got an A in it though.
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If I had a history teacher like Gonzo, I would've loved going to school.
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Redemption is a glorious word.
Most especially so when you don't need to get prison raped, dig through a mile of concrete with a teaspoon, nor crawl through shit-filled sewer pipes to achieve it.
As this word is not uncommon it is however still mysterious to most in this particular context. There is only one here who can feel it to such a toe-curlingly orgasmic degree. Further (& other than sink) there is probably also only one here who even understands what the fuck I'm talking about. But you might someday if you're lucky and if only from a 3rd person perspective if you want to DIG a bit.
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