Using 'the Google'
I had a really good laugh today with a couple of my students. It was really nice to have a chuckle like this. It was a simple moment, one that often passes without any further thought, but today because it was such a miserable day teaching wise, it's worth remembering. It began with a simple enough question: "What's the opposite of 'meritocracy?'" Having spent so much of the last couple months looking at monarchies my thoughts turned to 'aristocracy'. Interestingly though upon reflection I realized that I really didn't know, and like I have been trying to remind myself to do so much over the last couple of years, I mentioned something to the students about using 'the Google' to look it up. Sure enough I was wrong it was a word that I think needs a lot more use in English: kakistocracy - rule of the worst. A fantastic word and one that the students and I thought brought forth all sorts of ideas. Kakistocracy - a great word, one that's worth laughing over, and one that I doubt the students or I will soon forget. (Thinking hard about it, I vaguely remember coming across it once before, but obviously that moment wasn't near as authentic as this moment, clearly I didn't laugh as hard - it was too quickly lost in the mists of time!)
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