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GROSSETT’S GLOSSARY OF STUDENT “SAGE

By JOHN cnosserr,
CLASSICS

‘ Students have expressed, late-
iy. an increasing interest in a
course in “human values.” if
Iuch a course should material-
ize (spiritualize), a number of
curious problems would arise
As one student remarked to
me, “What will happen to a
student who fails the course‘i’,
,Will he iorieit his right [0 be
considered hum an" other
Questions follow; for example,
would he forfeit his right to
stay in crinnell-perhaps a
,Worsc fate. And what will we do
with those who get a grade of
"D” Would you want a room-
mate, or a house president, who
gut a “D" in “human values."
Even the “Credit-Fail" system
will not help here.

One reason advanced in sup«
port for such a course is thisll
there is a failure in ”Com-
munication". The words we use
may be the same but the mean-
ings are different; or worse
-—the words are different but
the meanings are the same, only
we cannot tell. In the interests
oi greater harmony, and to
help those working to establish
a course in “human values",
I have compiled the following
glossary for meanings attached
by students to the basic comw
mon Words of academic dis-
course. it is, of course, intended
only tor the use of faculty and
administration, since students
always have a clear and pre-
cise sense at what they mean
even when they iail to com-
municate the meaning. i
thought, however, that i would
publish it instead of circulat-
ing privately. in this manner,
niudents who resent being left
out of major “policy decisions”
might feel less resentful: and
——futhermore—as i may have
mistaken a meaning or two

along the way. the student body

will have a chance to correct

me. i shall be gratotul for any
additions or corrections

1. maturation: doing what
you want.

I. maturity (two meanings)l
one, whatever age you’re
at; two, the result of
maturation — arrival at
the age where you can do
whatever you want without
disapproval or punishment.

3. discussion (two meanings):
one, expressing your own
opinions; two, allowing the
other fellow to express an
opinion in between two of
your own

argument: 3 method of
forcing you to distort your
opinion consequently, you
are justified in lying about
your opinions “for the sake
of the argument.” See
prooi, logic.

stimulating dis c u s sioni!
somebody else’s opinion
that doesn’t bore you.
impression: fact

science: an endless succes-
sion of new true facts re-
placing did one facts; hence
a convenient treasury of
materials to support your
opinions and to reiutc your
opponent’s. See real world,
truth.

the scientific methodii
trialaand—error.

education: a means of in.
teriering with maturation.
by preventing experience.
truth: an oscillating mode
of existence which springs
into being when you speak
and which ceases to exist
when the other fellow
speaks.

developmenti any motion
that attracts your interest.
rights: desires.

college: an unreal world.
real world: where you can
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. justice:

practice maturation even in
public.

rule: a way of interlering
with nature. reality, truth,
and justice; consequently,
doomed to failure.

adult: anyone who believes
in rules.

honesty: ule violation.
hypocrite; one who disap~
proves of violating rules; a
synonym for adult,

sex: communication.
history: the important
events of the past; impor-
tance is determined by
whether you have heard of
the event.
aim. goal.
pulse.
reason: will.
knowledge: your own opin-
ion.

opinion: what the other iel—
low thinks is knowledge.
proof: an act at once im<
possible for another and
unnecessary for you to per-
form.

agreement: a method oi
getting the other fellow to
stop expressing his opinion
so that you can begin to
express yours. No agree-
ment of yours is ever bind-
ing in an argument since
it was made only for the
sake of the argument.
logic: the systematic dis-
tortion of language by one
more skillful than yourself
for the purpose of denying
you your rights; the proper
reiutation of logic is to say,
“It’s all a matter of se-
mantics.” Less sophisticated
retutations are: "It depends
on your point of View" and
“I don't agree."

a system of en-
forcing others to accept
your opinions and actions.
teacher: one who know:
more than you but whose
knowledge is not related to
life. See real world.

life: the range of your per-
ceptions.

creative (two meanings):
one, any action oi yours:
two, any persons who sup—
port your action or who sug-
gest a means for attain-
ing the goal you have in
mind.

patience: a iorm of per-
missiveness owed you by
others.

tolerance: your permission
for others to exist so long
as their existence does not
effect you; hence a virtue
for which you deserve
praise. ‘

responsibilityl a unilateral
recognition of obligation.
arty: other people's
sires.

society: the organized de-
‘Sil‘es of others that run con-

end: any ima

de~
‘47. identify: to recognize that

trary to your own.
environment and heredity:
a pair of impersonal deities
who control the destinies of
men; they are useful in
relieving men of all an-
noying awareness of guilt
and responsibility.
context: a flexihla set of
circumstances by means of
which the nature of any
part can be altered,

legal channels: means pro-
vided by others for achiev-
ing your ends, when they
produce that end; when they
do not, they constitute bu<
reaucracy.

authority (two meanings):
one, an arrogant and self-
proclaimed dictator when
he disagrees wilh you; two.
a wise and competent ex-
pert when he agrees with
you.

. administrator: an agent or
society (q.v.).

. interest: an emotional at-
tachment or involvement
(q.v.) or concem (q.v.);
a desire to express one's
self in relationship (q.v.) to
an “area" of interaction
(ti-VJ.
field any set of relation-
ships (q.v.) in which any
individual has an interest
(q.v.); since “field”
pejorative connotations ——
that is, it suggests a de-
fined set of relationships —
the term “Area" is now
more precise because it is
more vague.

. definition: the meaning any
individual attaches to any
word; the chronological and
historical coincidence of
many individual meanings
at any one time constitutes
truth (q.v.); each succeed-
ing generation's definition
is true for it and hence
true absolutely so long as
t h a t generation endures;
what succeeding generation!
define as true is of no con-
cern (q.v.) to the preced-
ing generation since gener-
ations are precluded from
interpersonal relationships
(on).

45.patienoe: a virtue (q.v.)
imposed by adults on the
young which requires a de-
nial and postponement of
maturation (rpm).

is. fact: an elastic term, bas-
ically, anything you know
from personal experience;
by extension, anything
known by another from
personal experience which
you accept: facts are-true
to the degree with which
you identify (dim) with the
other person,

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own; failure to identify is
always the iauit oi the other,
person, that is, he has not
had experiences similar to
yours; it is possible to havl
sympathy (qv) ior him to
the degree that you undeiit
stand how he has been pre-
vented by the adults of his
society from having aucii
experiences.
understanding: (two mean-
ings): one, any mental act
possible to perform \Vlrhoui
either knowledge or mem~
ory; two, iorgivehess.
sympathy: pity.
empaihy: sympathy.
independence: willingness to
perform any act for which
you will not be held responv
sihle and from which 110
consequences result; seq
responsibility.
reeling: a mode of judg.
ment based on emotions and
consequently superior to
reason in honesty any.)
and validity.
grades: a subjective eval.
uation, based on the teach~
er‘s personal idiosyncrasies
and bearing only tangential
relationship to understand-
ing (q.v.). merit, or effort.
enjoyment: the purpose of
education (as in, “1 tin-
joyed the course").

85. it n ow l e d g e (altemativo
dam: the ability in look
things up when you need to.

u. need: an unjust situation
created by adult failures to
arrange the environment
and die universe so that
such situations will not
arise.
test: an example of an un-
just need (q.v.) arbitrarily
created by adults as prep-
aratlon for the distorted
real world (om) which they
have produced,

vice (two meanings): one,

any action or condition

which infringes on your,

rights of maturation; two, a

pejorative adult term for

any action, especially of the
young, based on true any.)
feelings.

virtue: adult vices.

learning: the process whens
by students and teachers
talk about things and see
their relationship (q.v.), a:
in "Yesterday we tall-led
about the French Revolu-
tion and its relationship to
the rise oi Communism."
0r, again, "Communism is
related s o m a ho w to cool
nomics." (Va 1' i a n ts ior
"‘somehow" are "in a sense"
and "in a way accept.
able synonyms for' “re.
lated” are “connected" and
"involV8d.’,' but “intel're
lated” (q.v.) is best. Tho
ability to speak and write
such sentences is the mark
of a liberally educated per-

son. See learning experi-
ence.

relationship: the perception
that two or more things
interact (q.v.) or are in-
Volved. Any attempt to da-
iine the nature of the ro~
lationship is the job of tho
specialist and lies outside
the aims of liberal educa-
tion.

62. interreiallunship: a mutual

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