Having worked pretty much non-stop since the beginning of June, it has been amazing to come away with my parents to the Copper Canyon (near Chihuahua) for a week’s holiday. Being out of Armonía has afforded me plenty of time to think, reflect and let my mind wander. And during one of these moments as we drove up here we passed the ‘Universidad Pedagogica Nacional’. And this prompted me to wonder what the translation of pedagogica in English was. Without a dictionary we quickly realised that there were a mountain of peda words in English.
So over dinner by the light of kerosene lamps (the place we’re staying at has the ‘rustic’ feel of no electricity) we got thinking.
Pedogy = the study of soils. Adj: pedogical
Podiatry = the study of feet. Adj: podiatrical
Paediatrics = the study of children. Adj: paediatrical
Pedagogy = the study of teaching, instructing and training. Adj: pedagogical (try saying that after some drinks)
Pedantic = what I’m being.
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