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 8 th 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.