DIFFICULT STUDENTS

Fashions in educational psychology come and go. There was a time when many students were diagnosed as "dyslexic", then ADHD, then "autistic", and more recently as "bipolar"..

I´ve agreed with Carl Rogers on the unconditional acceptance of the worthiness of every human being.
Even when  teachers have found some students as distressing and "potentially dangerous",I´ve seen them just as attention seekers whose families do not allow them to express themselves and that´s why they often need their piercings and tattoos or the latest fashion either showing their underwear or their new accessories...

Teenagers are subjected to the fashions of urban tribes, a question of interest to both Anthropology and Sociology (Neo-hippies, Punks,Gothics, Chavs, Rappers,Retros,Emos, Skaters,Indies,Otakus,Heavies, Rastafarians..) and their unstable minds are slowly getting fixed in these turmoil years.

Our school is all-inclusive, an integration centre and we´ve had SNE  (Special Needs Education) students with serious syndromes:

Anorexia nervosa

Bulimia

Achondroplasia 

S M A (Spinal Muscular Atrophy)

Schizophrenia

I B S

M S

Down Syndrome Trisomy 21

Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne

Addison´s disease

Turner syndrome

Williams syndrome

Prader Willi

Tourette

Asperger

Hallervorden -Spatz

Suicidal

Etc..

 

CLASS TROUBLEMAKERS: (Don´t pigeon-hole them.. I will...)

 

the clown/ joker

the latecomers

the loud mouth

the interrupter

the bully

the griper(ever complaining)

the know-it-all

the drop out

the bragger/ cocky

the hostile

the doubting Thomas 

the perpetually absent-minded

the aggressive

the dictator

the permanently bored

the play boy/ play girl

the beauty queen

the techno addict

the whisperers/talkers/shouters: time wasters

the enigmatic silent type

the teacher´s pet( avoid them) 

 

(See my short film LABELS)

 

APOCOPATIONS, EPIBOLES, APHERESIS, LOGOCLONIAS,etc...

Apocopation is just  cutting off the ends of words.

See if you can find the full form of the following:

PHOTO

SYNC

AB

AD

ADMIN

BIO

BIKE

BIZ

BRA

CAL

CAM

COMBI

In Spanish we have plenty of them:  tele, boli, profe, mates,seño, cole...

EPIBOLE is just beginning several sentences with a similar word.

                  Ex: random repetition. (See alliteration) (Anaphora is       repetition of the same word)

 

APHERESIS is the omission at the beginning of a word: 

Ex: COON instead of RACCOON

TILL        "        "   UNTIL

(Like the next words, it´s also a medical term: Find out its meaning)

LOGOCLONIA is the unusual repetition of the final syllables of words, either in baby talk or in Alzheimer´s disease.

LOGORRHEA is  excessive and rapid speech ( as seen in certain mental disorders) 

BLOGORRHEA  is ..........................................................................?

RHOPALIC: silly verbal tumours

(See Word Pyramids)
 
A rhopalic is a literary phrase( poetry or prose) in which each word has one more letter than the previous word. For example:

I DO NOT KNOW WHICH TURKEY SMELLED

                                 WHERE PHILIP STARTED

I GO AND TAKE LEAVE...

I AM ALL VERY RIGHT THANKS...

AN ICY COLD NIGHT ISABEL VANISHED

 

(THESE ARE  DMITRI BORGMANN´S CLASSIC EXAMPLES) :

 

I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalises intercommunications’ incomprehensibleness!

I am not very happy acting pleased whenever prominent scientists overmagnify intellectual enlightenment, stoutheartedly outvociferating ultrareactionary retrogressionists, characteristically unsupernaturalizing transubstantiatively philosophicoreligious incomprehensiblenesses anthropomorphologically. Pathologicopsychological!

 task:

TRY TO INVENT YOUR OWN RHOPALIC 

(The winner will be the one who makes up the longest meaningful sentence)

 

(Y)OUR MANIAS & (Y)OUR PHOBIAS & (Y)OUR PHILIAS

A mania is an obsession, an intense madness, an abnormal desire or inclination, or an extreme enthusiasm for something. Remember the adjective ending is -manic.Unfortunately, fewer and fewer students choose Greek in their studies, so they will definitely ignore most of the roots of the following manias and phobias...

See if you can identify the following manias:

ABLUTOMANIA

ACRONYMANIA

AILUROMANIA

ARITHMOMANIA

BEATLEMANIA

BIBLIOMANIA

CLEPTOMANIA

DIPSOMANIA

EROTOMANIA

GRAPHOMANIA

HEDONOMANIA

INFOMANIA

MEGALOMANIA

MELOMANIA

MONOMANIA

NECROMANIA

NYMPHOMANIA

PYROMANIA

TRICOTILLOMANIA 

A phobia is an irrational fear, hatred or extreme dislike of something.Remember the adjective ending is -phobic. See if you can guess what the following phobias are about:

ACROPHOBIA

AEROPHOBIA

AGORAPHOBIA   v. CLAUSTROPHOBIA

ARACHNOPHOBIA

BIBLIOPHOBIA

CYBERPHOBIA

DYSMORPHOPHOBIA

ELECTROPHOBIA

ERYTHROPHOBIA

LALIOPHOBIA

MISOPHOBIA

ORNITHOPHOBIA

SATANOPHOBIA

TACHOPHOBIA

THANATOPHOBIA

THEOPHOBIA

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

XENOPHOBIA

ZOOPHOBIA

INTRIGUING -OLOGIES

You probably know the difference between Astrology and Astronomy and between Neurology and Urology. I´m positive that you know someone who has studied Psychology, Philology,Biology or even Criminology.
An "ology" is a science from the Greek word "logos" meaning word or reason.
 Students are still  confused over the difference  between Nephrology and Phrenology, the former is a science whereas the latter is not..

See if you can guess what the following sciences will deal with:

WEBOLOGY

AUTOLOGY

CALIOLOGY

CHAOLOGY

CHIROLOGY

CRYPTOLOGY

CRYPTOZOOLOGY

GARBOLOGY

HAGIOLOGY

HELMINTHOLOGY

HYPNOLOGY

ONEIROLOGY

MYCOLOGY

PAROEMIOLOGY

PHYCOLOGY

PSEUDOLOGY

THAUMATOLOGY

UFOLOGY

VEXILLOLOGY

XYLOLOGY

ZYMOLOGY

-I S M S

Most of the abstract nouns included here express beliefs and practices. Some, however, denote aspects of discrimination; these include AGEISM & SEXISM.

 What do the following nouns mean?

WHAT COULD  THEIR ANTONYMS BE?

AGNOSTICISM

ATHEISM

ALTRUISM

ALCOHOLISM

BEHAVIOURISM

CAPITALISM

COMMUNISM

CONSERVATISM

CONSUMERISM

DOGMATISM

ELITISM

EMPIRICISM

ENVIRONMENTALISM

ESCAPISM

FANATICISM

FAVOURITISM

FEMINISM

HEDONISM

HOLISM

HUMANISM

IDEALISM

MASOCHISM (SM)

MATERIALISM

NARCISSISM

NIHILISM

OPTIMISM

PAROCHIALISM

PATRIOTISM

SATANISM

SCEPTICISM

SPIRITUALISM

STOICISM

TOURISM

VANDALISM

VEGETARIANISM

VEGANISM

 

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OTHER -ISMS RELATED TO ARTS, PHILOSOPHY,ETC..?

 

Google will rule the world or will it?

The idea for this activity came after I google searched "25 hilarious google search suggestions".
It dawned on me that the future will be entirely dominated by Google and other search engine companies which are never completely neutral or unbiased...

Try to understand what´s so funny about the folllowing real google searches and try to google the sentences below by yourselves and see what you can come up with:

DON´T YOU HATE IT WHEN A SENTENCE DOES NOT END THE WAY YOU THINK IT OCTOPUS?

WHY ISN´T 11 PRONOUNCED ONETY-ONE?

WHY IS MY GOLDFISH TURNING BLACK?

WHAT DO I DO IF A GINGER KID BITES ME?

HOW COME WHEN I TALK TO GIRLS ON FACEBOOK THEY DON´T ANSWER BACK?

MY TEETH ARE SEE THROUGH

AMISH ONLINE DATING

WHY CAN´T I OWN A CANADIAN?

DINOSAURS WERE MADE UP BY THE CIA TO DISCOURAGE TIME TRAVEL.

I AM EXTREMELY TERRIFIED OF CHINESE PEOPLE.

OBAMA IS A CACTUS

OUR PETS´ HEADS ARE FALLING OFF.

I´M OUT OF EGGS

I FILLED MY LUGGAGE WITH ORPHAN MEAT.

HOW TO RAISE YOUR I.Q. BY EATING GIFTED CHILDREN

WHAT´S A BOYFRIEND AND WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD ONE?

SOMETIMES WHEN I´M ALONE I USE.................

GOOGLE WILL NOT SEARCH FOR...............