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

ZenGum · 03-29-2012, 10:56 PM

The general idea has some merit, in that it could be very unfair to throw traumatic or emotionally upsetting images into spelling tests.

If you are that upset by words like birthday (cause you're a JW) or evolution (cause you're a twit) then you have bigger problems than bad spelling.

Idea had some worth; execution got hijacked by nutters; result is, as you say, frikken ridiculous.

03-29-2012, 10:56 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The general idea has some merit, in that it could be very unfair to throw traumatic or emotionally upsetting images into spelling tests. If you are that upset by words like birthday (cause you're a JW) or evolution (cause you're a twit) then you have bigger problems than bad spelling. Idea had some worth; execution got hijacked by nutters; result is, as you say, frikken ridiculous. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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