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title: "What I'm Learning: There is a time and place for \"Snark\" – A Devil’s Dictionary of Education Terms"
date: 2014-12-16
url: https://learningischange.com/2014/12/16/what-im-learning-there-is-a-time-and-place-for-snark-a-devils-dictionary-of-education-terms/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Blog", "What I’m Learning", "What I’m Using"]
tags: []
---

# What I'm Learning: There is a time and place for "Snark" – A Devil’s Dictionary of Education Terms

I find this kind of work to be both funny and sad. I hate that we have to be snarky about our educational work in order to get across the point of how unproductive some of our word choices are. However, I do find that sometimes it is valuable to satirize and skewer those choices and make it visible to those outside of the education world.

So, I am sharing this in order to see whether or not other folks feel like this list is valuable. Is it?

[![A Devil’s Dictionary of Education Terms — Teaching, Learning, & Education — Medium](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1D6vTnhHH4Q2GN85EhL0riw.jpeg)](https://medium.com/teaching-learning/a-devils-dictionary-of-education-terms-17fd13acf6fc)

> A Devil’s Dictionary of Education Terms All you need to navigate the murky waters of the profession. via [A Devil’s Dictionary of Education Terms — Teaching, Learning, & Education — Medium](https://medium.com/teaching-learning/a-devils-dictionary-of-education-terms-17fd13acf6fc).