Sounds like a great way to breed even more hatred of education and learning in children, in the true etymological spirit of inculcation (ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin inculcat- ‘pressed in,’ from the verb inculcare, from in- ‘into’ + calcare ‘to tread’ (from calx, calc- ‘heel’ ).
Yeah, let's use that heel to grind some more learnin' into them damn lazy kids!
Sounds like a great way to breed even more hatred of education and learning in children, in the true etymological spirit of inculcation (ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin inculcat- ‘pressed in,’ from the verb inculcare, from in- ‘into’ + calcare ‘to tread’ (from calx, calc- ‘heel’ ).
ReplyDeleteYeah, let's use that heel to grind some more learnin' into them damn lazy kids!
My thoughts exactly, Hugh.
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