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Eradicate

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Eradicate (verb): to eradicate something is to get rid of it, to destroy it, and to kiss it goodbye.

I encounter the word while i was reading the article about reason why we shouldn’t take down the confederate monument.

“They didn’t like having black classmates because they had racist hearts. They honored racial prejudice. They harbored cultural bias. That, my friends, is what we must work toward eradicating.”

I’ve never hear of the word eradicate. I thought it’s related to time because the word ‘era’ is in it but after I search it up its no where close to it. I learn that the word is from the latin word ‘eraicare’ which have the similar meaning; to root out. It’s easier to understand the sentence; they honored racial prejudice. They harbored culture bias. Thats, my friends, is what we must work toward getting rid off.

Plaques

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Plaques(noun): a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.

“On its face, the whole project is Stalinist: Just as the Soviet dictator purged historical photographs to remove his defeated rivals from the record, this aims to take down (or annotate with politically correct plaques) monuments raised in the past on the grounds that, wow, some New Yorkers no longer see things the same way.” “De Blasio’s begging for trouble with this ‘monument review’ commission”

When I encounter the word Plaques, I have no idea what it mean. I never heard of it and context clues wasn’t helping me at all. After I read the definition, it gave me a picture of an award, an award that can be hang on the wall or set in a piece of furniture as the definition said. I thought it’s just a piece of round metal that we receive for our achievements but it’s way different than I thought until I found a picture online. I’ve figured that a plaques is what we use for “hall of fame” award in grades school. I’ve seen it multiply time but never knew that it has their own name; plaques.

Criteria/Criterion

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Criterion (plural) : a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based

“Part 3: Develop a list of criteria you will argue  and should be used to evaluate whether a monument should remain in place or be removed.”

 

I ran into this word in the project #2 monument Surveying. As I was reading this I ran into the word I’m a little embarrassed to admit I always used context clues to figure out the meaning. what I originally thought the word meant was a set of category’s from your choosing. now that I’ve finally looked up what the word meant i can have a clearer understanding of the word.

Curator

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Curator (noun) : one who has the care and superintendence of something; especially :one in charge of a museum, zoo, or other place of exhibit  

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curator 

I found this word in the Ellen Lupton article labeled “Why Collaborate?” 

“I have been a museum curator for nearly fifteen years, so I am familiar with both the pleasures and pains of collaborating. “ 

When I first came across this word I found myself stumped I had not heard this word before, even trying to use context clues I could not figure out the meaning, I decided to take to the internet to expand my vocabulary and now seeing what the word means. the sentence now makes a lot more sense now fully understanding the context. showing that Ellen Lupton is experienced with collaborating for the reason of her employment of being a curator.