tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post7569481902325156406..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Trapped, Thwarted, and TauntedGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-60699637074299325052014-05-08T04:09:13.872-06:002014-05-08T04:09:13.872-06:00Some time back, I recall a ruckus being raised ove...Some time back, I recall a ruckus being raised over the word, "niggardly". <br /><br />The <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/" rel="nofollow">list</a> you bring up, with such innocuous words as "divorce" and "birthday" on it, makes that bleak episode look positively Socratic by comparison.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-38560392832705309242014-05-07T14:48:32.317-06:002014-05-07T14:48:32.317-06:00"...no matter how low my opinion of governmen..."...no matter how low my opinion of government schools sinks, it seems that there is always something else even worse lurking around the corner." <br /><br /><br />And as fast as you can write that; here it comes.<br /><br />http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/<br /><br />What I can't understand about these school administrators/politicians is why they don't die of sheer idiocy.Steve Dnoreply@blogger.com