Re: Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

[Gail Smith <gsmith@EDISON.CPS.K12.IL.US>]

on 2/3/04 9:01 PM, Sue Gackle at suecress@COMCAST.NET wrote:

> I have a parent that objects to the book JUNIE B. JONES AND THE STUPID
> SMELLY BUS because stupid is in the title.  Your thoughts?
>
>snip<

She may feel better if you tell her, as I tell my students, that "stupid" is
a perfectly good word that becomes a bad word only when applied to someone
who can be hurt by it, either directly or indirectly(Your idea is stupid).
It is the hurtfulness that makes it a bad word. If it refers to an inanimate
object, then it is a reasonable use.

This avoids a lot of student name calling, without making every word into a
challenge.
--
Gail Smith, NBCT
 Librarian & Tech Facilitator
Edison Regional Gifted Center, Chicago
gsmith@edison.cps.k12.il.us

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