Since When is Stupid a Bad Word?
December5
Clearly I am out of the loop because my daughter’s school is teaching them that “stupid” is a bad word in the league of the really bad words! I agree it’s not a kind word, but it’s a damned useful one! Check out my video for the full rant.
Actually, at the Christian school where I work (and my son now attends), stupid IS a bad word. I learned that one before he was even born because a kid came up and told me that so-and-so said the S-word. Of course, being from Jersey, I instantly thought of the SH-word, and then reconsidered and asked what the S-word was. Thus began my education.
Also forbidden, and I really am okay with it, is “Oh my God.” We just don’t say it. Of course, lots of people in our world and on TV DO say it, and my son will tell them or the TV not to say bad words.
But here’s a great one. Your pasta story reminded me.
We have a teacher at our school whose last name is Funk. I taught all three of her (now grown) kids over the years, and her son even works in our school’s daycare after school. Well, the other day, my son told me I’m not allowed to say Funk. I had to explain to him that there’s another word that sounds like Funk that we don’t say (although, let’s be honest, I DO say it when I’m alone — plus that one time during potty training when he pooped on the living room floor) . . . and then I started thinking, “How did this come up at school?”
I know my son’s class has some rather “active” boys in it, and several of them have interesting vocabulary sets. So I am wondering what happened. But, not wanting to dwell on the subject, I let it go and resolved to ask his teachers (my colleagues) some time. Ooh! Now that I’ve remembered this, I should go ask them . . . . .
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I stumbled on your hilarious rant about the word “stupid” and had to link it in one of my blog posts. I’ve started a blog about book banning in America and am going through the American Library Association’s list of 100 most frequently challenged books over the past 20-ish years. The one I reviewed last Friday was The Stupids by Harry Allard. The books are absolutely hilarious and I was curious to find out why they’re so frequently banned (No. 26 out of 100!). You, Mrs Guilty Mommy, will not be surprised to learn that one of the reasons given for their banning is use of the word “stupid”. I was SHOCKED to learn that stupid is considered a swear word now. A quick google search on the “Stupid = dirty word” thing led me straight here. I share your disbelief that a very useful word must be taken from my vocabulary when I’m around kids.
Kims last blog post..No. 26: The Stupids by Harry Allard