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In my brief and abortive foray into education, I discovered that they friggin' love to use "surface" as a verb. As in: This activity surfaces an understanding o
by mauvehaus 2mo ago
In my brief and abortive foray into education, I discovered that they friggin' love to use "surface" as a verb. As in: This activity surfaces an understanding of the turboencabulation principle for learners. Or somesuch. It's been a while, happily.
Unless you're a submarine, "surface" is not a verb.
- jamie_ca 2mo agoSure it is. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface#dictionary-entry-3 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface#dictionar... > : to come into public view : show up > letters that have recently surfaced
- j16sdiz 2mo agoCongratulation! You are a submarine!
- mauvehaus 2mo agoI find this usage less objectionable than the education jargon. It suggests that we all have a latent understanding of the turboencabulation principle just waiting for the right activity to force air into its ballast tanks and make it pop above the waves. That said, I don't love this non-education jargon usage for its passive-voiced-ness. The letters didn't "surface" of their own accord. Somebody found them, decided that they were noteworthy, and made the choice to bring them into the public view.
- noduerme 2mo agoIdk. I've always used that verb with clients, usually when I notice either malfeasance or hidden behavior. Like: "I was checking our code for where a half cent of sales tax might be accidentally rounded down, and it surfaced something weird going on at franchise #77 in New Jersey..."