Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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And there's more...Politically Correct Teaching In The Classroom
Blackboard = Chalkboard
Brainstorm = Thought Shower (oh yes)
Detention = Catch-up
Nit nurse = School Health Officer
Truant Officer = Educational Welfare Officer
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 19:56, 5 replies)
thought shower?I don't understand how Brainstorm is non PC?
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 21:51, closed)
Huh?How is 'Brainstorm' offensive? And whats the point of calling 'Dentention' 'catch-up'? As I remember detension is what you get for being naughty- catch up just doesnt have that edge!
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 22:23, closed)
Brainstorming==epilepsy
apparantly
WTF!!!
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 23:22,
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.If there black we call them blackboard, if they are white we call them whiteboards. Fairly simple. Less blackboards these days because frankly they are a pain in the arse to use and maintain. Chalkdust gets everywhere and they dont tend to work so well with projectors etc.
Brainstorm, I got pulled up on this once and called bullshit, wasn't in a school environment.
Detention, never came across catchup but I kind of like the idea that they'll realise that they are not getting out of something by pissing around.
Nit nurse - since they do more than just check nits I'd be a bit pissed of if I was still called that
EWO they do more than just drag kids back to school these days.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 0:11, closed)
Whiteboards better than blackboards?Why is it then, that when I was at school, one could not find a whiteboard pen that hadn't run out for love nor money?
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idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Fri 23 Nov 2007, 0:43,
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