crazy school stuff

[cfleck]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/05...eut/index.html

go ahead and check it out. its about publishers banning words from textbooks for highschools and the like.

at one point they claim that it is a problem coming up with a new title for "The Old Man and the Sea" because "and" is the only acceptable word. you've got to see their reasoning for this one.

here is my beef. for one, i just got out of high school about 6 years back and as far as i can remember, the above title was not "The Older Person Who Happens to Not be Female and a Large Body of Water not a Lake or Ocean." So what the hell is this article about?

If it has any kind of truth then it is very much a sad state of affairs (worse than previously thought, if thats possible) for the schools of the US. But to me it just seems like a steep exageration to get some attention. what do you think?

[mrfluffy]

orwell said in 1984 why it's wrong to ban words far better than I ever could, maybe whoever runs the US education system should have a read of it

[Darkshadow]

Nah, they'll never read it - it's banned, ya know

[cfleck]

but have any of you ever heard of these things being banned/altered? banning is one thing, but to alter a work like the article was suggesting is blasphemy.

[Ugg]

The least common denominator always seems to win in these cases. It is a tragedy. How can you study history if you don't present the original text?

[cfleck]

how can you possibly say that 'Sea' isn't a fair word because inlanders cant grasp it? if you cant grasp the idea of a big body of water what the hell are you doing in my child's class?

[cfleck]

and what does "Rotholzen" mean?

[toast]

This article is hot ! I mean, almost 451° Fahrenheit...