NYC Dept. Of Education Wants 50 ‘Forbidden’ Words Banned

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The word "dinosaur" does not suggest evolution.  As most things like this, they didn't talk to people from the groups that they thought might be offended.  Not mentioning divorce is probably sensible.

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The word "dinosaur" does not suggest evolution.  As most things like this, they didn't talk to people from the groups that they thought might be offended.  Not mentioning divorce is probably sensible.

You're a creationist?

Not in the conventional sense, though I was exposed to it growing up.  The point is, no creationist I ever met or read said that dinosaurs didn't exist or anything of the sort.

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The word "dinosaur" does not suggest evolution.  As most things like this, they didn't talk to people from the groups that they thought might be offended.  Not mentioning divorce is probably sensible.

How is "divorce" bad or offensive.  Do children of divorce need to avoid the word?  I can understand keeping honestly offensive words out of standardized tests (3 Heebs walk into a deli with $5.45 between them...), but words that are in our common lexicon shouldn't be avoided because it might make some kid somewhere remember that his parents got divorced last year.

Whether something is in the common lexicon is hardly the issue.  Standardized measurement is a pipedream anyway, but making emotionally distracting questions can't exactly help.