School board bans 'gun' from spelling tests
This seems silly to me... I think the word "Gun" is harmless in and of itself, and it is futile to try to limit a childs vocabulary to keep them safe from crime - does this lady think if her child never learns the word "Gun" the child will be less inclined to live a life of crime?
This school removed the word per this lady's request to do so... that bothers me as well.
It seems to me that anyone with a complaint, no matter how silly, can get their way these days.. schools all over the country are working hard to sanitize themselves of anything that might be Christian in any way because of complaints and threats from the ACLU...
Why is it that we do not stand up for ourselves anymore? or is this not new?
any comments?
A school board in Canada has banned the word "gun" from all spelling tests in its district after the parents of a first-grader complained about the word appearing on a spelling list distributed by her teacher, reports the Ottawa Citizen.
This seems silly to me... I think the word "Gun" is harmless in and of itself, and it is futile to try to limit a childs vocabulary to keep them safe from crime - does this lady think if her child never learns the word "Gun" the child will be less inclined to live a life of crime?
This school removed the word per this lady's request to do so... that bothers me as well.
It seems to me that anyone with a complaint, no matter how silly, can get their way these days.. schools all over the country are working hard to sanitize themselves of anything that might be Christian in any way because of complaints and threats from the ACLU...
Why is it that we do not stand up for ourselves anymore? or is this not new?
any comments?