On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, DAP Louw (Sielkunde) wrote:
> Tipsters
>
> Because of several reasons (political, historical and otherwise) our
> National Department of Education in South Africa has decided that
> the term "student" should be replaced with "learner". We were
> informed that this is "an international trend" and that we should
> therefore rather use the term "learner" in our lectures, writings,
> publications, etc.
>
> To what extent is this really an international trend? Or is it only
> one of those fads?
And from yet another trend-setting country, one where the nights
are long and cold, this reply: no, we're not replacing "student"
with "learner".
A few of my students (see!) wanted me to replace "mental
retardation" with something more politically correct, but I
resisted, citing sources indicating that it's still acceptable.
I will use no euphemism before its time.
-Stephen
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