Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Manipulation 101

In education lingo, there are words like 'manipulatives,' 'manipulate,' 'manipulation,' etc. that mean something fully different than the 'manipulate' lingo lending itself to emotional and deceptive harm. I'm aware of this. Nonetheless, as I read a letter from my boys' PE teacher this morning, I found the following sentence worth a chuckle:

"Children are also taught the basic elements of manipulative skills through team activities."

1 comment:

Shana said...

haha, nice. so that's where we all get it from: gym class.