The NY public school system has sunken to a new low

[UofLCard]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-educat%20ion-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests

They've taken being PC to a different level.

[ImHungry]

WTF is this shit

[ImHungry]

Is this some sort of a sick joke?



"Here is the complete list of words that could be banned:

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."

[Man1x]

*See's rap music* FUCK NO, LET'S GET THESE BASTARDS!!!

On a side note, WoW players are gonna go through withdrawal, Lord help us all.

[Amaranthine]

[ImHungry]

What happened is that a kid in high school saw the word divorce in a standardized test and started to get sad and couldn’t finish the test so he got an F on the test, came home and when his mom heard he got an F she asked the kid why the F? so he told her it’s because he saw the word divorce and became sad and forgot the material, so his mom started to flip out and bitched at the school for making her kid feel sad about the horrible thing that she and her ex husband did.

Let’s ban the words peanuts and cats, some people are allergic. Hell, let’s throw in the word yellow, people hate it. While we’re at it, throw in the word throw, it’s kind of a violent action and for anyone who’s ever been thrown or had something thrown at them it can be very offensive. What about the word offensive? That’s the most offensive word there is, ban it.

[UofLCard]

Of all those, I think 'homes with swimming pools' and 'birthday parties' are the funniest.

Hell, let's just ban the entire English language since there's probably any word that someone is offended by.

[Words]

Let’s ban the words peanuts and cats, some people are allergic. Hell, let’s throw in the word yellow, people hate it. While we’re at it, throw in the word throw, it’s kind of a violent action and for anyone who’s ever been thrown or had something thrown at them it can be very offensive. What about the word offensive? That’s the most offensive word there is, ban it.

Pretty much outlines the ridiculousness of this.

[Atone]

i say we ban the dictionary and forget school ever existed