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    Just discovered a friend of mine has been one for over twenty years, how do I handle this as he is a Godparent to one of my daughters.
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    pedagogue?..... as in 'a pedantic teacher'?..... or paedophile, as in evil filth who likes to hurt children?
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    Of course you have to talk to them in a very subdued manner, talk quietly, talk as if you know what is going on.
    Then you have to let them down sloooowly, and gently, not too quickly otherwise the get agitated, and will demand to know what you know.

    And seeing as you know SFA they turn into a rageing mess.


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    Why did I get my post deleted? I was talking about being anal retentive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clinton1 View Post
    pedagogue?..... as in 'a pedantic teacher'?..... or paedophile, as in evil filth who likes to hurt children?
    As per Clinton, Do you really mean pedagogue? Ok, being pedantic can be a pain, but it's not that bad. The other variety mentioned by Clinton don't come even close to being in the same equation. Plastic pipes and barbed/razor wire springs to mind...

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    ped·a·gogue (pd-gg, -gôg)n.1. A schoolteacher; an educator.
    2. One who instructs in a pedantic or dogmatic manner.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon View Post
    Plastic pipes and barbed/razor wire springs to mind...

    Grrrrrrr, you devil you.. :eek:

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    Sorry peoples, just a bit bored and all was quiet, I received an email from him in relation to a letter he circulated about his title, it seems that a semi literate beaurocrat took umbrage at his self confession of being a pedagogue and started the ball rolling about this type of person being allowed within the education system.
    His resignation was called for before the teachers union took said idiots to task who appeared not even to have viewed the said correspondence.
    Several red faces from what I can gather.
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    Ah, so it means sh@t stirrer?

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    Pretty much I suppose which is not really like me
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain View Post
    Sorry peoples, just a bit bored and all was quiet, I received an email from him in relation to a letter he circulated about his title, it seems that a semi literate beaurocrat took umbrage at his self confession of being a pedagogue and started the ball rolling about this type of person being allowed within the education system.
    His resignation was called for before the teachers union took said idiots to task who appeared not even to have viewed the said correspondence.
    Several red faces from what I can gather.
    This almost caused me to spill some very nice Pinot Noir. The bloody morons! Is one to believe that these blasted beaurocrats dodn't know the meaning of the term 'pedagogue'? God's teeth!

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    I believe that the original joke concerned a pedant and the moves that were taken against him by a boss before the term was explained to said boss. (no apology was forthcoming)
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    One who instructs in pedantic or dogmatic manner
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    Now that we have Pedagogue out of the way-

    I know a bloke that thinks Monogamy is a timber species.

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    And the Yank's wife who threw away her birth control pills when he bought a condominium.



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