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Understanding what teens are talking about has been a great problem for parents and teachers for ages.
One high school teacher in Massachusetts found a smart solution.
James Callahan of Lowell High School created a spreadsheet (电子表格) of all the spoken terms students have used along with his attempt to define them, and people on social media are having a field day. "I often overhear students in the hallways or classrooms using words or slang terms in their personal conversations," Callahan told reporters. "In order to understand them better and form a relationship with them on a personal level, I started asking them what certain words meant."
He even posted online a photo of a four-page document titled" Callahan's Generation Z Dictionary". In the left column, he typed out vocabularies like "sis" and "snack". In the right column, he attempts to define each vocabulary using a formal interpretation of what the students say. For example, "secure (d) the bag" translates loosely into "money received".
Some people applauded the professor's interest in teenage culture." The typical teacher-student relationship involves a rigid power structure, but in my experience, I have found that students are more engaged and perform better if I am able to reach where they are," Callahan said. Some students say Callahan showed the document in class so that the class could help him update the definitions of "bops" and "jams". "Mr. Callahan asked if any enjoyable song is a ‘bop' and someone clarified, saying that the song has to be modern with the element of dancing," one of his students said. "Mr. Callahan asked if an old song or a rock &roll piece can be a 'bop' to which a student answered, matter-of-factly: 'No. That is a jam.'"
Surprised at and excited about the fact that the dictionary went viral online, Callahan said the unofficial guide to teenage breaks up the lesson, gets the students involved and provides them with some ownership of the dictionary. "Language is so flexible, and every generation creates their own vocabulary bank of slang. The students created it and I am sort of just the recorder!"
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