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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread wwftd undervalued #70749 05/21/2002 6:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Tsuwm's wwftd deserves a better appellation. MaxQ used it in a post a year and a half ago, but it was never defined. "Chrestomathic" teaching what is useful; devoted to the learning of useful matters. Let us hope our schools are devoted to the inculcation and practice of it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wwftd undervalued #70750 05/22/2002 1:24 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Agreed, Dr. Bill. Those who haven't yet subscribed don't know what they're missing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wwftd undervalued #70751 05/22/2002 1:55 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 teaching what is useful; devoted to the learning of useful matters. Let us hope our schools are devoted to the inculcation and practice of it. Over this side of the pond, Dr bill,I fear that the schools - and even the universities, increasingly - are devoted to teaching that which can be measured in such a way that the "outcomes of learning" (ugh!!) can be ranked in league tables for comparison puroses, so that funding may be doled out to those whose measurements are the greatest. [/cynical rant!] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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