So it was not out of character for Kendra to say “bless you” after a fellow classmate sneezed. But that common courtesy landed the 18-year-old in hot water.
Kendra said she was rebuked by her teacher at Dyer County High School and thrown out of class for violating the teacher’s ban on the words “bless you.”
“She said that we’re not going to have godly speaking in her class and that’s when I said we have a constitutional right,” Turner told Memphis television station WMC.
Another student sent the television station a photo taken inside the teacher’s classroom showing a list of banned words. Among the censored words are "dump," "stupid," "my bad," "hang out" and "bless you."
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This is outrageous. I'm an Atheist and I say "bless you" when people sneeze. It doesn't MEAN anything... it's just polite.
ReplyDeleteIf they would concentrate on the STEM subjects that we are falling behind in instead of the PC liberal crap like this we wouldn't be turning in to a third world country!
ReplyDeleteActually, good manners today says that you don't acknowledge bodily noises. You don't say "Bless You", when someone belches, passes gas, or has grumbling gut. Polite society now is supposed to just ignore these kind of mishaps.
ReplyDeleteIn earlier times it was the common practice to say "God Bless You", when someone sneezed, in the thought that the devil could steal someone's soul from the person sneezing, saying or invoking "Gods" name, would chase the bad spirits away, now we know this is not at all true! It is baloney!
may the peace of Allah be upon you ?
ReplyDeleteI would say civil disobedience is in order. Another reason to get your kids out of public schools and into private ones that don't enforce political correctness.
ReplyDeleteNever seen a school where the teacher suspends. Puts student out of class, yes. Suspend, no.
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