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A story about peanuts was eliminated from one test, because "the reviewers apparently assumed that a fourth-grade student who was allergic to peanuts might get distracted if he or she encountered a test question that did not acknowledge the dangers of peanuts," and an "inspiring" story about a blind mountain climber was rejected because, "in the new meaning of bias, it is considered biased to acknowledge that lack of sight is a disability."
Originally posted by HowardRoark
A really good book.
www.languagepolice.com...
I checked it out from my library, but I was unable to finish it before it had to go back (it was a new book, limited to a non-renewable 14 day checkout).
The parts that I did finish were depressing enough.
did you know that test questions that deal with subjects like mountains or sea shores are not used because they migh make a student who does not live by a mountain or a seashore somehow feel inadequate?
Sheesh
California rejected a reading book because The Little Engine That Could was male.
� Women cannot be depicted as caregivers or doing
household chores.
� Men cannot be lawyers or doctors or plumbers.
They must be nurturing helpmates.
� Old people cannot be feeble or dependent; they
must jog or repair the roof.
� A story that is set in the mountains discriminates
against students from flatlands.
� Children cannot be shown as disobedient or in
conflict with adults.
� Cake cannot appear in a story because it is not
nutritious.
Originally posted by HowardRoark
did you know that test questions that deal with subjects like mountains or sea shores are not used because they migh make a student who does not live by a mountain or a seashore somehow feel inadequate?
Sheesh