March: In like a lion, blah, blah, blah... I made it past four (count 'em, FOUR) wrecks this morning on my way in to the office. This one was the most photographic of the bunch, and what you cannot see is the three cars involved, and the car in the middle had some extensive damage. Think accordion. I do not think, though, that there were any serious injuries. Auto engineering has taken on some great leaps forward in passenger safety, and it always amazes me to see people walk away from bad wrecks. The weather was frightfully cold this morning, but there were no slick streets or anything like that. It seems people in central Texas can neither drive in snow, rain, sunshine or cold weather. I think we just need to hang it all up and call Lyft. I am not a fan of Uber.Well, lots of stuff made it through the freezing temperatures last night. So far the only obvious deaths are in the canna beds. Much of the spring flora seem to be doing nicely. I have not been up in to the front barn, we have a couple heat lamps going in there to try and keep those things from freezing. Another couple nights and we should be over the freezing temperatures for the year. I think tonight will be the worst of it.
Pedagogical -- Adjective: of, relating to, or befitting a teacher or education. "The report suggests that the exam be multidimensional and include subject knowledge as well as pedagogical knowledge." Donna Krache, CNN.com, December 4, 2012
Did You Know? Pedagogical, which has the somewhat less common spelling variant pedagogic, was coined in the early 17th century from a Greek adjective of the same meaning. That adjective, paidagogikos, in turn derives from the noun paidagogos (teacher), combining the Greek words for "child" and "leader." The English word pegagogue (which can simply mean "teacher" but usually suggests one who is particularly dull) derives from the same root. Though the words educational and teacher make the grade in most contexts, pedagogical and pedagogue are useful additions to the class.
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