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Download full textBoostrom, Robert – 1997
According to this paper, the biggest hazard of a private language (or professional jargon) may not be that it obscures efforts to communicate with those outside the business, but rather that it successfully communicates ideas never intended. The paper explores one bit of "educationese"--"safe space" or "safe place"--and reflects on what language…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Community Attitudes, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
