A school system's dirty-word spreadsheet

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Aug 29 15:23:32 UTC 2011


I think it's a sneaky way to teach spelling.  Note that "shitfull" is blocked, but "shitful" is just fine.  On the other hand, it does seem to present challenges for teaching sex education.

LH

On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:42 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> http://goo.gl/a3SmM
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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