What's in a n-a-m-e?

Every industry, profession, career and job has it's own lingo. For an outsider to come in to a new work environment, the need to assimilate information and a common lexicon with coworkers can be daunting and humbling. 

Education is no different- For instance an educator could talk about whether a student has a 504, is LEP, is in his or her LRE. Or maybe the teacher needs to target the kid's ZPD. Ah! Don't be remiss and forget IB and its attendant subgroups: MYP and DP. Do you have enough PDPs to recertify with the DOE? Maybe your graduate degree is an MEd or an MAT. Did the tardy kid get DBS or DAS? OMG he is OSS??? Does that affect the GPA? 

OK, blah, blah, blah. This morning, our principal sent out an e-mail letting us know that he placed lei (the Hawaiian flower necklace- don't know the plural form- add an "s?") for our annual end-of-year faculty luau so we could wear them. When I read the subject line of the message (lei), my immediate thought (on my last day!) was "Oh, man what does that acronym mean and how do I not know it? I feel so dumb!"

It's time to leave, methinks.

P.S. If you don't understand the acronyms above and want to know what they mean, get a life.