Wednesday, 20 July 2005

Euphemism of the day

The new term for failure: “deferred success.”

My observation: in some students’ cases, their success seems to be deferred post mortem. Following this logic, we can also call dropouts “deferred graduates,” which should at least swell alumni association membership rolls.

# By Chris Lawrence @ 1:26 am CDT [Permalink] « (0)
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[Permalink] 1. Brian J. wrote @ Wed, 20 Jul 2005, 5:11 am CDT:

Excellent idea! Send them some fundraising pitches, pronto!

 
[Permalink] 2. Robert Prather wrote @ Wed, 20 Jul 2005, 10:45 am CDT:

Chris,

I’m with you on this: call it failure. I’m dealing with this now in a class I’m teaching. I actually used the term “failed” and the students seem to have grasped it, and accepted it.

 
[Permalink] 3. Brett wrote @ Wed, 20 Jul 2005, 11:07 am CDT:

Evacuation of Saigon? Deferred victory.

Brilliant.

 
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