Politically
Correct Statements
For Students
- No one fails a class anymore, he's
merely "passing impaired."
- You don't have detention, you're
just one of the "exit delayed."
- Your bedroom isn't cluttered, it's
just "passage restrictive."
- These days, a student isn't lazy.
He's "energetically declined."
- Your locker isn't overflowing with
junk, it's just "closure prohibitive."
- Kids don't get grounded anymore.
They merely hit "social speed bumps."
- Your homework isn't missing, its
just having an "out-of-notebook experience."
- You're not sleeping in class,
you're "rationing consciousness."
- You're not late, you just have a
"re-scheduled arrival time."
- You're not having a bad hair day,
you're suffering from "rebellious follicle syndrome."
- You don't have smelly gym socks,
you have "odor-retentive athletic footwear."
- No one's tall anymore. He's
"vertically enhanced."
- You're not shy. You're
"conversationally selective."
- You don't talk a lot. You're just
"abundantly verbal."
- You weren't passing notes in class.
You were "participating in the discreet exchange of penned
mediations."
- You're not being sent to the
principals office. You're "going on a mandatory field trip to the
administrative building."
- It's not called gossip anymore.
It's "the speedy transmission of near-factual information."
- The food at the school cafeteria
isn't awful. It's "digestively challenged."