It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => The "Educators" => Topic started by: Pandora on March 29, 2012, 02:06:23 PM
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What are your children learning, or rather not learning, in the classroom? (http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/03/28/you-decide-is-the-nyc-department-of-education-list-of-banned-words-absurd/)
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The New York City Department of Education is looking out for the feelings of its students by banning words they deem offensive. No, this isn’t the list of “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” Companies that make standardized testing have been instructed to ban some of the following words and topics: dinosaurs, Halloween, birthday, dancing (except ballet), and computers (unless mentioned in reference to schools and libraries).
Megyn Kelly asked Monica Crowley on America Live if this is satirical news straight from The Onion. Crowley replied that this is “absurd” but the official mandate includes all public schools citywide because “certain children might be offended because they can’t afford a computer in the home, therefore seeing that word in that context on a test might insult them.”
One of the words on the list is slavery, to which Megyn pointed out that they’re “literally eliminating historical facts because they’re worried that it’s going to upset someone.” Crowley agreed to her point adding, “Real historical events that our students should be learning about in context, understanding why it happened, why either the dinosaurs or slavery no longer exists.”
H/T Brietbart.com
Might insult them. ::gaah::
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Thats All Folks! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWcpIDDTt6M#)
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This is satire...it's gotta be. No one is this stupid. Please, someone tell me this is nothing more than a prank. A group of grown men and women cannot possibility sit around discussing school policy and believe this needs to be included.
No, I don't believe it.
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This is satire...it's gotta be. No one is this stupid. Please, someone tell me this is nothing more than a prank. A group of grown men and women cannot possibility sit around discussing school policy and believe this needs to be included.
No, I don't believe it.
I know, but we see proof every day there are stupid people among us!
::outrage::
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I got a better idea.
Since it seems that any word can be contorted to be offensive lets have no talking at all.
I could go for a more silence.
The side benefit would be that a number of liberals would explode from not being able to blather on and on.
::danceban:: ::bustamove::
edited to add:
I find the phrase "NYC Department of Education" offensive.
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Dinosaur... Really? Even the creationists can not refute the fact that there are dinosaur bones and that those animals existed. They even state that God created them, it is just the time frame they have issues with.
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This is just another reason to add to my "book of reasons to homeschool my children." I wonder how these educators became so spineless. were they born this way? Were their parents like this? Or were they taught this is a university? its a cryin shame.
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Dinosaur... Really? Even the creationists can not refute the fact that there are dinosaur bones and that those animals existed. They even state that God created them, it is just the time frame they have issues with.
Shoot, everyone knows there were dinosaurs, we're just unclear on what role they played in early society.
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Dinosaur... Really? Even the creationists can not refute the fact that there are dinosaur bones and that those animals existed. They even state that God created them, it is just the time frame they have issues with.
Shoot, everyone knows there were dinosaurs, we're just unclear on what role they played in early society.
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Must be a transgender dinosaur, didn't know they came in that color.
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Must be a transgender dinosaur, didn't know they came in that color.
::unknowncomic::
Sure ya did; it's Barney's great-grandfather. ::exitstageleft::
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Must be a transgender dinosaur, didn't know they came in that color.
::unknowncomic::
Sure ya did; it's Barney's great-grandfather. ::exitstageleft::
Now that's funny..........Thanks ::hysterical:: ::danceban:: ::bustamove:: ::whoohoo::