NYC Dept. Of Ed. Wants 50 ‘Forbidden’ Words Banned From Standardized Tests

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As an addendum to E's post, rather than a contradiction, I'd love to see the same test applied across national boundaries.

I know it won't happen just on a single Dwellar request (thank FSM, too much power etc) but I wonder how US children would fare if it was global and whether it would even be important. Bill Bryson writes about a humiliating defeat of an American team on University Challenge back in the ?1970s? but despite being an Anglophile, admits that the four contestants probably have FAR higher salaries now than the victors.

Self esteem, driving ambition, positive thinking, chutzpah.
Not all Americans have them.
Not all Brits lack them.
But you see what I'm getting at.