School

school · noun

Word of Round 1

Collector김라은

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Why I Collected This Word

I chose the word 'school' because its meaning has shifted significantly from its origins to the modern time. And we're still using the word school commonly in our daily life.

First question · I would like to know what elements that have influence the concept of school. I want also understand and explore the essence and the purpose of using this word.

01 Birth

Origin Journey

Ancient GreekAncient Greek -Latin-Old English-EnglishModern English

Source language: Ancient Greek
Word parts: leisure -> time free from work
Original meaning: Spare time, leisure, rest, ease, idleness, that in which leisure is employed, learned discussion
First known English use: Ancient Greek B.C the fifth century
Original English meaning: ἀλλὰ χαλκὸν μυρίον οὐ δυνατόν ἐξελέγχειν· μακροτέρας γὰρ ἀριθμῆσαι σχολᾶς(leisure)·But it is impossible to give an account of the countless bronze [prizes], for counting them would require a longer period of leisure.

This breakdown explains the word’s historical imagery; it is not a literal modern definition.

Source · 고대 그리스어와 문학 link ↗

Source · etymonline link ↗

Source · Atlas link ↗

02 Change & ContextNext, follow how that first meaning moved, and what world it moved through.Continue to 02 Change & Context →

02 Change & Context

How School changed over time

One card per era — the meaning it carried, and the world it carried it in.

Ancient Greek B.C fifth century

free time, leisure

Greek word was free time, leisure which passed to 'otiose discussion', also 'a place for lecture'. In those days 'scholē' was not the same with today's meaning 'idle, free time'. To Greek that meaning was 'thinking, communicating, discuss about philosophy and the free time to develop myself get out of labor and obligation duty for survival.

early 10th century

education community, the place teacher and student meet, education place

It was change free time to education community. Because while people share their learns and discuss, the activities people do during that time become a community of people who do that activity. So, it is became group of sharing each learns and discussing.

https://www.etymonline.net/kr/word/scholar

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03 NetworkNext, see which other words this one stands beside.Continue to 03 Network →

03 Network

Word Network

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Word Family

scholar Strong — When school became a place and building, people called the scholar person who attend the place.
scholasticStrong — The word of ;schola' evolved into scholastic to describe medieval school school scholars, eventually meaning relating to education.

Antonym

unschooledDirect — It doesn't just mean the antonym of school, rather it refers to a state where the outcome is the exact opposite of education and learning.

Collocation

teacherPossible — If school is 'learning community', teacher is one who shows the way of learning.
studentStrong — School provides the place/community for learning, and the students is the person who actively pursues that learning.

Related Concept

universityStrong — The university is same with school have meaning of education community, but here is a small difference. An university exactly means an organized community of teachers and students engaged in higher learning and scholarship.

04 VoicesNext, ask people what the word means to them today.Continue to 04 Voices →

04 Voices

Community Voices

4 people answered.

“"I think it just occurred to me a system, rule and the place something must to follow the rules."”
Jina Yun · student · teens

“Teacher... Students..”
Ellora Kim · student · teens

“Community, relationship”
Juha Lee · student · teens

“A gathering of those who strive to be the agents of knowledge.”
Soeun Jeon · student · teens

Group	Words that kept coming back
student

Across all the answers

What nobody mentioned: Free time, leisure
My interpretation: I think most of the person think school is a place and just a building.

05 ReflectionNext, put the first definition beside the one that survived.Continue to 05 Reflection →

05 Reflection

My Definition of SCHOOL

Before Research

A school is a space of learning.

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After Research

A school is a place where learning happens through interaction. But these day, school may not longer be a place for interaction.

The evidence that changed my thinking

Early 4th century the meaning of school change to 'academic discourse/lecture'. So I have realized that how we interact with on another is more important than what is actually taught in school and what is the score of the subject(math, science etc.)

How the thinking moved

I used to think…: I used to think a school is a space of learning.
I discovered…: I realize that a long time ago a group of school emphasis a community learning. So I discovered school is not just a place but a education and learning community. So to be exact I realize that school is not just the place to acquisition of knowledge but an interactive learning space,.

Next · JournalAnd from there, the writing begins.Continue to Next · Journal →

Sources

All the evidence

고대 그리스어와 문학used in 01 Origin
etymonlineused in 01 Origin
Atlasused in 01 Origin, 02 Change & Context
www.etymonline.com/word/schoolused in 02 Change & Context
www.etymonline.net/kr/word/scholarused in 02 Change & Context
etymonlineused in 03 Network
etymonlineused in 03 Network
etymonlineused in 03 Network
etymonlineused in 03 Network
etymonlineused in 03 Network
etymonlineused in 03 Network

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