Get the kids out of public schools
Posted on 09/14/2023 12:00:49 PM PDT by DallasBiff
I’m a teacher; my pronoun is _______.
If you answered, My pronoun is they, you’ve done nothing wrong. Yes, teachers are expected to model good grammar as well as teach it—they could lose their jobs if they don't—but no matter what you’ve been told before, singular they is grammatically correct, and the American Psychological Association's influential Publication Manual (7e) is the latest authority to agree. The APA manual stresses correct grammar in writing, and it approves the use of they, them, their, themselves, and even themself, when an individual’s pronouns are unknown or irrelevant
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Get the kids out of public schools
The APA got out of the psychology business 30 years ago.
I dont care what people call themselves. I get a little miffed when they think I forgot what they want to be called on purpose.
So, I just call everyone “you”, and “hey.”
“Transparency” is when school teachers identify as their students’ parents. ;-)
There is no singular “they.” Neither the teachers nor the American Psychology Association can change that.
The one’s whose parents give a damn are already out.
“There is no singular “they.””
There is. From dictionary.com:
nominative singular pronoun:
(used to refer to a generic or unspecified person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
Whoever is of voting age, whether they are interested in politics or not, should vote.
A person may enlist only if they are over 18.
(used to refer to a specific or known person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
The victim refused to testify at the trial because they feared for their life.
My best friend from high school is famous now—too bad we didn’t stay in touch after they moved to California.
(used to refer to a nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
Quinn is waiting for summer vacation to adopt a puppy, so they will have more time to get their new family member properly settled.
My response:
“I’m sorry but I don’t play that game. You’re either Miss, Ms., Mrs., or Mr. Take your pick”.
Illinois? Not a surprise. But you won’t find this happening in Texas.
Well ... Austin, maybe.
Would be tragic if normals screened out all resumes demonstrating mental illness.
My thoughts exactly!
Modern English dictionaries are not guides to usage or often even words even the New Oxford. After the Webster’s 2nd International the dictionary started entering everything that could be sourced to three speakers. Correct for modern dictionaries is whatever people use, in Boston or in Watts. They is third person plural. Period. If you want to give in to the leftist continuing restructuring and destruction of the language and thereby of thought processes- language being the tools of thought, then just go ahead and say whatever is handed down to you from a leftist academician.
I told you “They” were coming for dinner. Why did you not set enough extra places?
So, I just call everyone “you”, and “hey.
I figured out a couple years ago when all this dumb stuff started that Arsehole is gender neutral, all inclusive and everybody has one.
Cousin IT has a different preference
Does hey doofus count? Or how about you majesty?
“They is third person plural. Period.”
I agree with your view. When I go to a print version of a dictionary I go to my 4” thick Webster’s New International Dictionary, copyright 1968.
On the other hand, languages evolve, so we must accept a few new words and new word meanings. We need to know their meanings but don’t need to use them in our conversation or writing.
‘They’ is not just plural. It is also non-specific.
In any case, my pronouns are ‘I’, and ‘me’. Isn’t everyone’s?
“Hey, you with the face!”
There is no singular “they.” Neither the teachers nor the American Psychology Association can change that.``+
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The left redefines words all the time and invents new ones. First the media follows suit, then the general public accepts it, including many members of Free Republic.
“gay”
“transphobic”
“homophobic”
“white/Black”
Changed the meaning of “rainbow”
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