Oops! Don't say "dinosaur"
New York City’s new sensitivity guidelines for standardized tests ban 50 undesirable words that might “evoke unpleasant emotions” in students, including “dancing,” “dinosaurs,” and “birthdays.” Fundamentalists might be upset by dinosaurs and dancing, while Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate birthdays. Also banned are “Halloween” and “junk food.”
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