A 43-Year-Old High School Teacher Has Been Keeping A List Of Gen Z Slang Terms His Students Use
James Callahan, a 43-year-old sociology teacher at a high school in Massachusetts, has been keeping a running list of African American Vernacular English slang terms he believes is representative of the Gen Z generation that he overhears students using at school.
"For example, when I think of 'snack,' I think Cheez-Its," he went on."It wasn't until a month ago that I learned that an attractive person is a 'snack.' I'm laughing again just thinking about my students explaining it to me." While Callahan has characterized them as general"Gen Z slang," many of these terms that have been attributed to the Gen Z generation at large are derived from black culture, and specifically black internet culture.
Callahan confirmed this, and said he's not shy about asking a student in his class or in the hallways to explain to him what a word or term means when he overhears something he doesn't understand. It's also part of his job as an educator."The interesting thing is that there are many more Gen Z terms that exist but are not on the list because they aren't used anymore by teens.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Watch: Teacher kicks 5-year-old elementary school studentWatch the moment a Kansas elementary school teacher kicks a 5-year-old student. The teacher, identified by a spokesman for the Shawnee Mission School District as Crystal Smith, was fired a month after the Feb. 21 incident at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School in Shawnee after finding the girl hiding in a library bookshelf.
Read more »
Teacher fired after disturbing video shows her kicking 5-year-old student on the floorThe first-year teacher teacher from Kansas was fired. 'I don’t like my teacher. She’s really mean. She hit me on my arm,' the girl told her mom.
Read more »
Teacher caught on video kicking 5-year-old could face criminal chargesSchool officials found the surveillance footage after the girl’s mother complained the day of the incident. 'Had I not pushed to find information on my own, the safety of all those students could still be at risk,' the girl's mother said.
Read more »
Teacher Caught Kicking 5-Year-Old In School Library Could Face Criminal ChargesA Shawnee, Kansas, elementary school teacher caught on camera kicking a 5-year-old student could face criminal charges for the Feb
Read more »
The 43 most mind-boggling lines from Donald Trump's Wisconsin campaign rallyPresident Donald Trump traveled to Wisconsin on Saturday night to rally his supporters, and -- pointedly -- to miss the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, which he has yet to attend as President.
Read more »
CNN Poll: With Mueller investigation over, Trump approval at 43%With Robert Mueller's investigation finished, Donald Trump's approval rating stands at its highest level since April 2017 in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as the share who say Democrats in Congress are doing too much to investigate the President rises 6 points.
Read more »
One 130-year-old Dow stock is having a record-making yearIt's been a record-making year for Procter & Gamble. At 26 all-time highs this year, that marks its most over the January-to-April period since at least 1972.
Read more »
Kentucky's 2019 teacher of the year shuns White House visit in protest of TrumpJCPS teacher Jessica Dueñas skipped the ceremony in protest of the Trump administration's policies.
Read more »