Here's a school - Watercliffe Meadows - that is a primary (we'd say "elementary") school in Sheffield, England. However, they say that most of the parents have bad memories about the word "school." They say the word carries negative connotations and so they are not going to use it. Watercliffe Meadows is going to call itself "a place of learning."
I don't know, what do you think? "Watercliffe Meadows Learning Place" ... sounds kind of dumbed down to me.
It has the people over at the UK's "Plain English Campaign" up in arms.
In other news, the United Kingdom has a Campaign for Plain English. Since 1979, apparently.
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The Social Studies teacher had just finished a unit on World War II and had spent some time on the differences between war and peace.
"How many of you," she asked her class, "would say that you are against war?"
Not surprisingly, every hand in the room went up.
The teacher then asked, "Who can give us a reason for being against war?"
A rather large, bored-looking boy toward the back of the class raised his hand.
"Sammy?" the teacher called upon him.
"I'm against war," he said, "because wars make history. And I HATE history!"
[Pastor Tim's Sermon Illustrations]
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WORDS for YOUR WEEK: "The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout the rest of their lives." (Robert Maynard Hutchins)
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