Politically Correct silliness, the 50 words you can't use in school

See Jane. See Jane run. See Jane run to her home computer.

Oops. You can’t mention “home computers” on Jane’s test. Might make a kid
without her own computer feel inferior.

Seriously.

C’mon guys, please stop laughing.

There are

50 words and phrases which are now verbotten on student tests
written for the New York City school system.

Guys! I asked you to stop laughing!

You can’t make this stuff up.

Even more interesting though is what’s not on the list.

“Condom” passed muster. Because, after all, the schools pass them
out like candy. Also A-OK: “homosexual.” I believe there’s mandatory
class participation involved with that one. Sex-ed starts in Kindergarten;
but discussions of hunting might be too controversial?

Religion is off-limits. So you can’t mention religious holidays, such as
Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan. But made-up holidays like Kwanzaa seem
to be admissible.

“Divorce” got blacklisted because it implies there was a marriage in the first
place. That certainly won’t do any good for the all the children of single moms
who’ve never even met their fathers. But of course “abortion” remains fair game.
Most schools already have an in-house Planned Parenthood clinic fully staffed
for all your womens’ health needs so it would be pointless to avoid that topic.

And I’m surprised “homeschooling” didn’t make it onto the banned words list.
It seems like the only sane alternative to the overly-educated sufferers of
cranial-rectal syndrome who came up with this cockamamie idea in the first
place.

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