"that's so gay"

[kimberkit]

I wonder whether it is my moral obligation as a teacher to stop my kids from using carelessly-offensive language like "that's so gay." Or is it just me coming from another paradigm?

Comments

[mansikka.livejournal.com]

Raising awareness is the first step towards correcting it. Maybe if you spend some class time coming up with synonymous alternatives (that don't target any one group as a scapegoat), they'll think that's really cool. The English language is rich and flexible enough for us to insult anything very freely without having to resort to targeting a certain group, inadvertently or not. :D