HM exposed us to a diversity of cultures and a quality education. How lucky we were...Heres whats going on nowadays in the schools... THINGS BANNED IN SCHOOLS - DINOSAURS AND BALLS! Okay, not literal dinosaurs, but the idea of dinosaurs, as well as many other ideas of things, has beenbanned from standardized tests in New York State. Terrified of getting slapped with a lawsuit, the NYS Department of Education decided to ban a selection of words that could potentially cause distress among students. Words like Halloween, birthday and dinosaur could potentially upset religious students due to suggestions of paganism and evolution. Slavery, terrorism, divorce and disease are also on the flag list because they are scary and sad, and poverty could cause lower-income students to feel excluded, so that ones out, too. Potentially, of course, negative emotion could be attached to any word, so this seems like quite the can of worms--as well as something that smart students could take advantage of. Im surprised no one has jumped on the trigger bandwagon and mentioned that the word test is pretty scary, too, but well give it time. A school in Toronto went balls out! No, like, literally. They got rid of all the spherical sporting items in their school, and it wasnt the first to do so. Small playing areas were cited as the reason for the ban, because kids--and parents--could get walloped with the balls and, yes, that can hurt a lot. Once more, parents and students are collectively groaning. (Hey, these band sure bring families together, huh? Thats something, I guess?) Parents say that expending energy and even getting a bit banged up is good for kids in the long run. In another Ontario school, students were so put off by the ban that they organized a petition and got their schools ban reversed.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:57:08 +0000