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I kid you not
The New York City Department of Education is waging a war on words of sorts, and is seeking to have words they deem upsetting removed from standardized tests.
Fearing that certain words and topics can make students feel unpleasant, officials are requesting 50 or so words be removed from city-issued tests.
The word “dinosaur†made the hit list because dinosaurs suggest evolution which creationists might not like, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported. “Halloween†is targeted because it suggests paganism; a “birthday†might not be happy to all because it isn’t celebrated by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/
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when will they be handing out the gray uniforms and mandatory matching hair cuts?
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I agree with the stuff about sports requiring prior knowledge. That seems like a no brainer. Why should you be testing whether someone knows the rules of baseball? If your question requires the kid to be familiar with something you don't tell them about it's a bad question. The rest seems pretty stupid.
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Glad to see our educational system continues to cater the self-esteem of their students instead of their ability.
Why bother with tests at all? Just give them a gold star and some cash for showing up. Oh, wait, they do that already.
http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-high-school-paying-kids-show-231029724.html
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They have the wrong idea. Keep the words and explain them. There is nothing wrong with words. Words and free speech is what makes America great
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I will take this as validation of my position that NY teachers and their department of Education are Nanny State assclowns of the highest order.
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Gonna be pretty tough to write the global history exam
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That's what you get when you appoint a social worker as head of the Department of Education......not to mention to then appoint a former sex crimes lawyer as his chief assistant. WTF Bloomberg?
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pathetic and embarrassing. next you guys will be putting on the south park non-offensive, non-denominational christmas play.
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Ptilk posted:
That's what you get when you appoint a social worker as head of the Department of Education......not to mention to then appoint a former sex crimes lawyer as his chief assistant. WTF Bloomberg?
Yep agree
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People that sit around all day thinking this stuff up just seem like they're literally another species from a different planet. I can't relate at all.
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I can see their focus of what to worry about is spot-on now that they graduate every kid and they're all doing so well.
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Moe_Nox posted:
I will take this as validation of my position that NY teachers and their department of Education are Nanny State assclowns of the highest order.
Facilities, class sizes, STEM and critical thinking are going to hell in a hand basket, and THIS is what NY education is bothering with? REALLY?
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I think we can all agree that if you find yourself to the left of poet, you've probably gone off the deep end.
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they are called liberal progressives.
Bjorvald posted:
People that sit around all day thinking this stuff up just seem like they're literally another species from a different planet. I can't relate at all.
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Sansfear posted:
I think we can all agree that if you find yourself to the left of poet, you've probably gone off the deep end.
I doubt this is so much "more left" as it is "stupidly prioritized in view of other needs", in poet's book.
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The following test materials have been rated EC-10 for Emotional Content and will be incinerated.
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There is absolutely nothing "liberal" about banning books or words.
This is "conservative", which as a philosophy fully supports banning things you don't like to think about.
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Ptilk posted:
There is absolutely nothing "liberal" about banning books or words.
This is "conservative", which as a philosophy fully supports banning things you don't like to think about.
Uhm, no.
This is the paradigm where both "right" and "left" in today's flawed US model circle to the same place -- totalitarian tyranny.
Remember all the posts I've made about thi... oh wait. You were probably drunk. Nvm.
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There is absolutely nothing "liberal" about banning books or words.
This is "conservative", which as a philosophy fully supports banning things you don't like to think about.
Actually, this is 'liberal' as in 'protecting you from something you need to be protected from'
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Ptilk posted:
There is absolutely nothing "liberal" about banning books or words.
This is "conservative", which as a philosophy fully supports banning things you don't like to think about.
You're so senile.
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In before Ptilk once again tries to replace 'winning with logic' by 'winning with a torrential barrage of profanity' in 5...4...3
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actually the idealogy of liberalism is to loosen restrictions.
hence phrases like: "a very liberal sprinkling of sugar on your cupcake.".
while conservative ideology is to take things away and prevent people from having them.
i.e. "a very conservative sprinkle of sugar on your cupcake."
its just kinda what the words mean.
it does not, however, mean that the politicians/outposters who call themselves liberal or conservative actually know what the words mean.
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You guys call everything you hate "socialism".
So I call every act of stupid "conservatism", and strangely enough, unlike you, there is at least a shred of accuracy when I do so.
It's a bonus when the usual idiots that no one respects at all pile on to bitch about it when I do. 
You guys must be loving that tiger blood.
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You guys call everything you hate "socialism".
I hate to break this to you crusty, but the education department coming together and deciding to not use words in the very publicly social environment of school, may as well be the posterchild definition of socialism. You'll grasp this better when you sober up in the morning.
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I AM RESPECTED HERE!
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Interesting.
I don't even remember history exam standardized tests
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There is absolutely nothing "liberal" about banning books or words.
This is "conservative", which as a philosophy fully supports banning things you don't like to think about.
I agree. It makes you wonder why it is always people who call themselves liberal or pregressive that do this.
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As a born and bred NYC resident I can't wait for this city to get struck by a giant meteor. Most deserving city on Earth of being ended. Half of this country's problems stem from NYC's power & influence.
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As a born and bred NYC resident I can't wait for this city to get struck by a giant meteor. Most deserving city on Earth of being ended. Half of this country's problems stem from NYC's power & influence.
I think a few here hope you are out there trying to catch it
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As a born and bred NYC resident I can't wait for this city to get struck by a giant meteor. Most deserving city on Earth of being ended. Half of this country's problems stem from NYC's power & influence.
We're all cultural marxists and we're out to get you, boogedy boogedy boogedy!
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Fist_de_Yuma posted:
Ptilk posted:
There is absolutely nothing "liberal" about banning books or words.
This is "conservative", which as a philosophy fully supports banning things you don't like to think about.
I agree. It makes you wonder why it is always people who call themselves liberal or pregressive that do this.
You look pretty stupid wondering about things that aren't true. This is a bi-partisan effort, you really think "liberals" give a damn what creationists think about the word dinosaur?
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You look pretty stupid wondering about things that aren't true. This is a bi-partisan effort, you really think "liberals" give a damn what creationists think about the word dinosaur?
It's pretty obvious many liberals care, they talk about evolution vs creationism a lot. 
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I have only heard bad things about NYC education. The school boards are known for being corrupt and stupid.
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the_great_intex posted:
Interesting.
I don't even remember history exam standardized tests
They generally look something like this:
Abraham Lincoln was:
A. An astronaut
B. A president
C. A rockstar
D. A brand of dog food
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NYCDOE wants to ban 50 words from all tests because they make some people feel uncomfortable
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Yukishiro1 posted:
They generally look something like this:
Abraham Lincoln was:
A. An astronaut
B. A president
C. A rockstar
D. A brand of dog food
E. Vampire Hunter 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X58RPS665V0
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NYCDOE wants to ban 50 words from all tests because they make some people feel uncomfortable
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Lyken-P posted:
Kjarhall posted:
You look pretty stupid wondering about things that aren't true. This is a bi-partisan effort, you really think "liberals" give a damn what creationists think about the word dinosaur?
It's pretty obvious many liberals care, they talk about evolution vs creationism a lot.
You might want to go back and read the list.
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