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Betrayal Week, Day 2: I was fired for doing my job as a teacher

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By Cary Tennis

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  • Tuesday, February 6, 2007 12:52 AM

    The Paradigm Paradigm

    Excessive use of the word "paradigm" should be sufficient grounds for dismissal from any position that involves writing or public speaking.

    Ditto for:

    "problematize"

    "discourse"

    "excavate" (unless you are an archeologist)

    "explicate"

    and

    "hermeneutic"

    I can't tell you how many crappy papers I wrote in college that garnered "A"s through the sheer force of my ability to liberally pepper my prose with buzz words.

    —DonaQuixote Read DonaQuixote's other letters

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