My sincere hope is, after you've read the list of fifty words, you'll ask yourself, "I wonder why MJ Hawkeye placed these in his posting". The answer is that the New York City Board of Education is going to vote on whether or not these fifty words are to be banned from standardized tests. Go ahead and take a peek at all of them. Read the entire article if you wish but, in a nutshell, the Board of Ed doesn't want your kiddies to have their feelings hurt by looking at words like divorce, especially if their parent's had one. And cancer. Why, if a member of their family had cancer or, God forbid, a family member or friend died of it they would have bad memories. The one that got to me was 'dinosaurs'. If I'm not mistaken that was a no-no word if you do or don't believe in evolution. It's no wonder conservatives want to abolish the Dept. of Education. Once again I'm in awe at how utterly stupid our educational system has become. I'm thankful I left the teaching profession when I did. You do know what happened to the Jet Blue pilot who pulled a schizo move yesterday and went bonkers. Me plus teacher plus today would equal bonkers! Here's the list:
•Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)
•Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs
•Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)
•Bodily functions
•Cancer (and other diseases)
•Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes)
•Celebrities
•Children dealing with serious issues
•Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia)
•Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting)
•Crime
•Death and disease
•Divorce
•Evolution
•Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizes
•Gambling involving money
•Halloween
•Homelessness
•Homes with swimming pools
•Hunting
•Junk food
•In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge
•Loss of employment
•Nuclear weapons
•Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling)
•Parapsychology
•Politics
•Pornography
•Poverty
•Rap Music
•Religion
•Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan)
•Rock-and-Roll music
•Running away
•Sex
•Slavery
•Terrorism
•Television and video games (excessive use)
•Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters)
•Vermin (rats and roaches)
•Violence
•War and bloodshed
•Weapons (guns, knives, etc.)
•Witchcraft, sorcery, etc.
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