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Dictionary banned from school classroom

An American school has banned a dictionary from classrooms. Now the Menifee Union School District is forming a committee to decide if the dictionaries should be allowed back, or permanently banned. Sounds crazy? Read on...

The dictionary - the much-respected Merriam-Webster's Collegiate version - was pulled from classrooms after a parent at Oak Meadows Elementary School complained. This was because a child had found the definition of "oral sex" in the book (I'd guess it's there along with a lot of other "bad" words).

The decision was made without consultation with the local school board, and parent reaction has been mixed, with some parents in favour, saying that the books shouldn't be in use for young children (aged 9/10).

http://timesonline.typepad.com/schoolgate/2010/01/dictionary-banned-from-school-classroom.html

[lucy]

pathetic/

Shoot the child can look at TV for a couple of hours and get informed on such things without the use of a dictionary.....