The article stated she shouted "bless you" across the room. Seems like the teacher is conducting a little social experiment, and the student jumped right in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taernath
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The article stated she shouted "bless you" across the room. Seems like the teacher is conducting a little social experiment, and the student jumped right in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taernath
Even if she did shout it out that doesn't change the fact that students are banned from saying it and the teacher (and principal) are dumbasses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ker_Thwap
I'm fine with it, saying bless you when somebody sneezes serves no purpose. Phase it out.
Seems pretty strange. Lots of English teachers here ban words... from writing. I'm sure my principal would laugh and tear up a referral if I wrote a child up for lazy English.
Seems like the polite thing to do. Kind of like asking "how are you?" to most people, it doesn't serve any purpose other then being polite. It doesn't hurt anyone to say or to hear it and not everything we do has to serve any kind of purpose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tenlaar
Surely we can agree that the rest of the list seems aimed towards politeness. Can you think of a way that not saying bless you would be polite?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeril
I can understand discipline for shouting across the room, regardless of what was spoken.
But for the actual words "Bless you"? This is some sort of joke, right? You liberals need to develop a slightly thicker skin.
Wanna hear my devil's advocate hypothesis?
The kids were playing a game where someone sneezed on purpose/repeatedly, and someone else said 'bless you', so the teacher threatened to refer the next person to do it. The girl (wrongly) called her bluff. She was then suspended. While technically she was suspended for saying 'bless you', she was in reality suspended for taking a joke too far and this is largely a manufactured controversy.
TUNE IN TOMORROW (OR NEXT WEEK) FOR THE RESULTS OF THIS EDGE-OF-YOUR SEAT POLITICAL TOPIC WHEN ALL ANSWERS ARE REVEALED!
I like this. Do another? Mind = blown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taernath
Are you really being polite when you say something trite, and then expect them to thank you for that trite saying? This seems to me a subtle form of manipulation, in which you give them nothing of value, and set them up for failure if they don't respond to your indoctrination attempt in the way you want.
Growing up Catholic, it was weird at first not to acknowledge a sneeze. It was even harder not to respond with a thank you, when someone blesses you for a sneeze. After a few decades of ignoring sneezes it then becomes weird to comment when someone expels air from their body. It's only polite because society is weird.