Excuse my ignorance: what does 'Education Trash Talk' mean??

Jackeens

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Sat May-23-09 01:05 PM
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Excuse my ignorance: what does 'Education Trash Talk' mean??

From here: http://media.daum.net/foreign/others/view.html?cateid=1046&newsid=20090518112537197&p=yonhap (the website is media.daum.net, run by a company whose slogan is: "With the utmost consideration for Daum customers� needs, we bring beneficial changes to the world." Wow).

Am I missing something? Is 'trash talk' not a solely insulting term....or is it now a compliment? :shrug:

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billyoc

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Sat May-23-09 01:09 PM
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1. It means "Look at all the money we saved by firing the English translator".

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Jackeens

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Sat May-23-09 01:13 PM
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2. Oh, ok....but still confused! Maybe I'm hopelessly lost in translation too!

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billyoc

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Sat May-23-09 01:18 PM
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3. Ah, I'm mistaken. There IS such an expression:

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Educational trash talk is not new. It is typical at both ends of the political spectrum. Liberals use poor performance to justify school spending. Conservatives use it to make the case for private-school vouchers and tax credits.

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http://www.thestate.com/166/story/791531.html

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Jackeens

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Sat May-23-09 01:23 PM
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Thanks billy, found that link earlier when I Googled the term, but STILL confused....

...why it was used on the site I linked :shrug: x 100

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boppers

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Sat May-23-09 01:23 PM
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4. Asiatic languages tend to be idiomatic.

"School chat" and "schoolyard talk" are fairly close concepts, so I'm guessing that this is the source of the error.

Put another way: "Yo mamma is so fat that.." is not about one's mother. It's a common school game, where trash talk is simply a ritual of bonding through competition.

But that's all just a guess.

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snowdays

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Sat May-23-09 01:46 PM
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5. ah, --Educational trash talk from the President also..................

But that is no surprise as Obama is pushing Arne Duncan's program on Charter Schools for ALL!!

http://www.thestate.com/166/story/791531.html

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