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Pedantic, but:

> She says that the teachers are getting flack at parent-teacher meetings

“flak” (strong criticism, derived by metaphor from anti-aircraft fire) not “flack” (a public relations agent).






Huh, I always get a kick of finding out I’ve been spelling something wrong for a while haha. I appreciate the correction.



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