Read or watch the follow story Special Ed Teacher Mocks His Students on Facebook, then read my thoughts.
My question is, why did it take so long for this fool to be caught with regards to his posts. If they found a long list of posts by him on FB, how long has this been going on? Was anyone from the school district noticing this on his page? Of course they were, but why wasn't anything being done?
I am currently dealing with an authority figure using the R word to describe a stupid person or a stupid situation. I tried to let it pass, until one day this person said, "We are being mildly retarted." It was at this point that I know exactly that this person was well aware of what the word "retarded" means and it should have been obvious to this person, a long time ago, that perhaps using this word is not right. But the funny thing is, she doesn't like any word that sounds like the N word. The word doesn't even have to be a reference to the N word, it just has to sound like the N word.
I don't like hearing the R word to describe anything, because as far as I'm concerned, the "mentally challenged" are smarter than those that are not.
There's so much we can learn from them, such as patience and not taking everything so seriously. We can learn not to get bent out of shape about things that won't mean a hill of beans in a week's time. Or even, in an hour's time.
I am not casting the first stone, nor living in a glass house, for I am guilty of using the word plenty of times in my youth and partially in my adulthood. I never gave much thought to the word itself, meaning, I never thought of it offending a group of people. But I get mad when I hear the N word used to describe something as in doing a quick fix - "n**ger rig it". As far as I'm concerned, when I quick fix something, I MacGyver it.
Since I have educated myself about the R word, I am on a mission to correct/education people on the word as well. I just have to figure out a way to approach this one person on the usage and how offensive it is. Not to just me, but to a group of people.
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