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Parents try to fire teacher for assigning "niggardly" as a vocabulary word
The Wilmington Star ^
| Sept 1, 2002
| Sherry Jones
Posted on 09/01/2002 10:48:35 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: freebilly
I thought a former president ruled this wasn't sexual.
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:13:07 AM PDT
by
gitmo
To: gitmo
Please tell me again how the schools are supposed to educate, given this environment.
While we're at it, I wonder what this particular teacher's solution will be. Will she continue to fight parental stupidity and organizational cowardice, or will she shrug, decide it all counts for 20, and stick to teaching the spelling of the word "cat".
To: Randjuke
Nasty little dogs, right?
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:20:01 AM PDT
by
gitmo
To: gitmo
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:27:51 AM PDT
by
gitmo
To: gitmo
Although the word means stingy, Akwana Walker said it was inappropriate to use it because it sounds similar to a racial slur.
Yeah, "Akwana", and "duck" is 75% obscene. Akwana should be beaten senseless with a dictionary. But then, given her home environment (parents who would name their daughter "Akwana"--though maybe this moniker is something she has assumed all on her own--which would explain a lot), I guess we can't expect to her to have much insight into English vocabulary.
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:30:56 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Burr5
Don't forget that "picnic" is also being pursued to that final clearing by the baying hounds of PC ignorance.
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:32:30 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Burr5
Also on the P.C. chopping-block: "Jew Fish"
"SaurKRAUT"
"Spic and Span"
DON'T FORGET "CHEESE NIPS"
To: Burr5
"Spic and Span"Hey! Who're you calling a Span?!? ;-)
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:45:05 AM PDT
by
Pablo64
To: aruanan
Although the word means stingy, Akwana Walker said it was inappropriate to use it because it sounds similar to a racial slur. Either that, or we should allow the racial slur because it sounds like a legitimate word that means stingy.
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:46:55 AM PDT
by
gitmo
To: gitmo
Good point.
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posted on
09/02/2002 6:50:18 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Constitution Day
"She has already sent home letters of apology with her students, as her principal instructed."
AAaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Jeezz, Loueeeezzzzz!
Dear Parent, I apologize for daring to use a perfectly ligitimate word during the age of Political Correctness. It is a shame that I must send you this letter because one parent is so niggardly with common sense.
To: gitmo
Yeah, we need to get rid of all of the words that might upset ignorant morons.
To: Motherbear
"I wouldn't use the world niggardly to describe anyone today anymore than I would use the word, "gay" to refer to someone as "happy". Language does change, although an educated person would want to know the previous way a word was used.
Ok, I'll give you that. "Gay" has been effectively tarred with a meaning other than "happy", and "carefree", sad to say. I prefer the word "cheap", to refer to those of niggardly persuasions. However, as a parent, I am outraged that a teacher has been treated in such a manner simply for trying to teach a bunch of kids the innocence of the word "niggardly".
A few years back, I was in the wine department of a store. In front of me, two ladies of color were fussing to each other how offended they were by the name of a wine.
Yep, they wanted the brand "Cordon Negro" changed to something less racist.
To: ErnBatavia
To: gitmo
We heard from one father of a child in the class. What does Gabrielle's father have to say? I didn't see him quoted in this story.
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posted on
09/02/2002 7:58:08 AM PDT
by
Bernard
To: Lancey Howard
Congratulations on your attempt at turning a bigoted imbicile into a virtuous champion of youth.
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posted on
09/02/2002 8:59:09 AM PDT
by
norton
To: gitmo
Who keeps faggots on their porch in the winter? I do.
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posted on
09/02/2002 9:03:58 AM PDT
by
Snowy
To: norton
Congratulations on your attempt at turning a bigoted imbicile into a virtuous champion of youth.What? I never said this teacher was a "virtuous champion of youth". As a matter of fact, I said she is as big an imbecile as the parent, maybe a bigger imbecile, for not anticipating what an imbecile the parent was. Something like that. Did you post to the wrong party?
To: goodieD
...by calling undue attention to words that even SOUND like the dreaded "N" word...Please, show more sensitivity. " 'N' word" now approaches the original (very bad word) in offensiveness.
You may use "the letter after M word".
To: secretagent
darnit! This is the 5th time I've been sent back for re-edumacation/sensimativity training!
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posted on
09/02/2002 11:50:46 PM PDT
by
goodieD
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