The Scripps National Spelling Bee’s annual list of study words for third graders drew the ire of conservatives fuming over its embrace of the feminist variation for “women.” The 2024-25 study list posted on school district websites includes the term “womyn” as an approved option for spelling “women” that third graders who want to compete in the national spelling competition …
A language arts teacher has shared the bizarre conspiracy theories her sixth grade students believe in and what fostered that beliefs. Sixth graders are gripped by conspiracy theories including ones revolving around Thanksgiving, Michael Jackson and birds Younger people are now preferring to rely on social media to access news, giving them a bigger window to absorb misinformation and this …
Swaero, a word that has been adopted by the students and alumni of Social Welfare schools and colleges in Telangana, has made its way to the Compact Oxford English-English-Telugu Dictionary. The new edition of the dictionary defines it as: “Swaero: SW+Aero literally means the sky is the limit to the social welfare students, also used as a type of aspirational …
The People's Music Publishing House in Beijing celebrates the April release of the Chinese version of the sixth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Music. The People's Music Publishing House has spent the past five years translating and compiling the Chinese version of the sixth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Music. "We published a Chinese version of the fourth …
Jiao Yang, Party secretary of Fudan University, visits the exhibition featuring works of renowned lexicographer Lu Gusun on Nov 18. From critical reviews for the theater performance of Othello, to the working pages of the Chinese-English Dictionary and handwritten test papers for undergraduate students, the works of Lu Gusun, one of the most renowned lexicographers in contemporary China, are currently …
