For the Politically Correct among us?

cnh

Here's a story about a three year old deaf boy whose first name is Hunter and has been signing his name using the appropriate S.E.E. gesture, which kinda looks like someone firing a handgun, who has been asked not to sign that way in school!

http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/142689/school_forces_deaf_3yearold_to

Regardless of where you stand politically; this is ABSURD!

Enjoy!

cnh

Big Dawg

Another example of how uncommon is common sense.

steveinaz

Where do these morons come from, that make these decisions?

amulford

you elect them...()

rebuy

Be careful, my finger is loaded.

Conradicles

rebuy wrote: »

Be careful, my finger is loaded.

Hehe good one!

dkg999

Let's enact a ban on naming deaf kids with names that correlate to inappropriate sign language. That will fix the problem!

Conradicles

They banned the brand FILA at my son's school because the F looks like a gun. Whatever happened to focusing on the important things in life?

SDA1C

If I were the parent I would move my child to a different school due to the fact that I wouldn't want retards teaching my kid!

txcoastal1

Another example of a woosified America going down hill....America needs to go back to the "grow some and get over it" attitude

F1nut

Saw that the other day. I think he should change it to include the digit salute.......morons!

markmarc

I'm so glad I teach in a school where common sense is placed above so many crazy "zero tolerance" mindset.

teekay0007

Too bad he's only 3 years old, if he were old enough, we could just give him a permit to carry a handgun...problem solved! :rolleyes:

Sorry...It's late. Not at my best. :razz:

jbooker82

markmarc wrote: »

I'm so glad I teach in a school where common sense is placed above so many crazy "zero tolerance" mindset.

Yea this has been all over the local news. It happend in Grand Island, Nebraska. Suposedly the school officials are now denying even saying any thing. They have no recolection of the conversation even happening. I guess all else fails then just play dumb. A lot of this stuff is dumb people in a position of power with no supervision, or any accountability.

stretchl

SDA1C wrote: »

If I were the parent I would move my child to a different school due to the fact that I wouldn't want retards teaching my kid!

http://www.r-word.org/

tonyb

stretchl wrote: »

http://www.r-word.org/

A website to pledge to not use a word......interesting. I guess " Dumb, stupid, and a host of other words " could also fall into that catagory of being offensive. Political correctness gone astray. Truth is, it's a moral consiousness to not use offensive words, we don't need others to tell us what is offensive and whats not. If people could spent as much time doing something constructive rather than worrying about the little stuff, this country would be on the upswing.

Don't mean to undermine the proper use of language, but so much today revolves around terminology, that it's impossible to concentrate on working on the real problems we face. Just my .02 is all.

steveinaz

Actually the term "Mentally Retarded" or "Mental Retardation" is extremely accurate given the literal meanings of the words. It's only people, and their lack of any sense who have "backed into" making it a non-pc word. We are losing our vocabulary in this country because people choose to accept "new" or bad intentioned meanings of common words.

F that.

INTENT. That should always be the driving factor when choosing words. That's how we've gotten to this rediculous place we are in this country. We're all assumed to be using terms in a derogatory way by the PC. Kind of like someone having a dirty mind---PC'ers have a dirty mind; they always assume we use the words we use in a bad way, so these words need to be "banned." They can't pull their mind out of the gutter, so they assume our mind is there as well.

stretchl

It's interesting how little things present themselves at prescient moments in our lives.

Just yesterday I watched a clip from "To Kill a Mockingbird" where Atticus provides Scout, his precocious young daughter with this sage bit of advice -

"If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

Pretty good words to live by, I'd say.

steveinaz

Just because some people choose to inject a negative connotation to a words' meaning, it doesn't change it's true definition. Except apparently, for the PC.

There's a difference between being "kind" and gracious--and being PC.

The PC are the simple-minded, who can't seem to focus on the content of the message, only the context. They want to dumb the rest of us down, to their level.

steveinaz

How about we focus on what people do, rather than what people say. There's a challenge for the PC. Afterall, isn't that what really matters?

Timothy Smith

I bet that deaf criminals will still be making sign language signs that look like guns.

Polkersince85

My geometry teacher in high school used to borrow my pocket knife to clean the pipe he smoked during class. We spent a week in shop class refinishing a shotgun stock for one of the student's grandfather. These folks need to get real. Life is too short for this kind of stupidity.

SDA1C

stretchl wrote: »

http://www.r-word.org/

I was going to leave this alone but alas the temptation has gotten to me.

I use the word with great assumption though it is now clear that I should have spelled it out and been more concise. I should have said "The involved teachers and or administration are acting mentally retarded." My apologies, I just assumed the others that might be reading this would have the common sense, as the vast majority of them obviously do, to understand what I meant without having to treat them as though the were retarded and didn't get my jist. I will not beat the dead horse of PC nor your clear misconception that it is now not OK to call the decisions, made by adults in a supervisory position, that are clearly on parr to those made by the three year old himself ( no offence Hunter...), as retarded. Last I understood, if an individual is not up to the mental maturation as deemed by ones age they are indeed, retarded. Thus, the decision to even engage this child about his understanding of how he projects his name is exactly that, retarded.

Though I do appreciate your enthusiasm, stretchl, save it for someone that cares.

obieone

In this case, I'd say it's the TEACHER, and not the pupil, that is "CHALLENEGED"!!!:rolleyes:

stretchl

https://vimeo.com/11536574

jbooker82

Urban Dictionary wrote: »

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=****

1. A person with a mental deficiency.
2. An offensive term used to refer to someone acting in an irritating or generally stupid way.
3. Usually used to label someone as stupid. Not commonly used to make fun of the disability

Words have multiple meanings and how they are interperated. You can replace the word retareded with what ever word you want and eventually it will come under the same attack by a few people who think it is a derogatory term.

Joe08867

jbooker82 wrote: »

Words have multiple meanings and how they are interperated. You can replace the word retareded with what ever word you want and eventually it will come under the same attack by a few people who think it is a derogatory term.

That's because they are retarded. :biggrin:

Stories like this are just annoying. Common sense is a thing of the past. Right along with true customer service and chivalry.

tonyb

Speaking of the PC police, check out what the State Dept. considers taboo.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/30/state-department-hold-down-fort-other-common-phrases-could-be-offensive/

Polkersince85

I'll be there if the "Creek" don't rise.

tonyb

Pretty soon, just saying " Good Morning" will be offensive to someone. Maybe even lanquage in general, and we'll all have to communicate by our thoughts. Nah....that won't work. We'd then have the thought police checking our thoughts. No more thinking about raising the hood on that 19 year olds skirt to see whats under there. :cheesygrin:

DollarDave

SDA1C wrote: »

I was going to leave this alone but alas the temptation has gotten to me.

I use the word with great assumption though it is now clear that I should have spelled it out and been more concise. I should have said "The involved teachers and or administration are acting mentally retarded." My apologies, I just assumed the others that might be reading this would have the common sense, as the vast majority of them obviously do, to understand what I meant without having to treat them as though the were retarded and didn't get my jist. I will not beat the dead horse of PC nor your clear misconception that it is now not OK to call the decisions, made by adults in a supervisory position, that are clearly on parr to those made by the three year old himself ( no offence Hunter...), as retarded. Last I understood, if an individual is not up to the mental maturation as deemed by ones age they are indeed, retarded. Thus, the decision to even engage this child about his understanding of how he projects his name is exactly that, retarded.

Though I do appreciate your enthusiasm, stretchl, save it for someone that cares.

This is a great post!