VOCAB #1“A Teacher Speaks”

ASPIRATION

Students should have many aspirations, including finishing middle school, graduating, and finding a way to start a food fight without getting caught.

INDELIBLE

Writing on a desk with pencil is one thing. Writing on a desk with indelible ink is an entirely different thing.

OBSCURE

The school operated under an obscure set of rules.

QUAINT

The one-room schoolhouse was too quaint for the hipster.

DIPLOMAT

The student council was made up of the most unusual set of diplomats- the class clown, the math geek, and the homecoming queen.

PREMIER

Mrs. Hying considers herself to be the premier 8th grade English teacher on this floor.

NEUTRAL

When it comes to fights at recess, try to be like Switzerland… just don’t get involved.

SALUTATION

When a teacher offers up a salutation in the morning, it’s polite to return it.

FOREWORD

The worst part of any book is the foreword. Who cares what some unrelated odd-ball has to say about the story, just let me read!

CONFISCATE

The students cried when their phones were confiscated.