SCHOOL BANS THE WORD "PLEASE"

Officials at Druid Hills Academy in Charlotte, North Carolina, have banned teachers from using the word “please”. It’s called No-Nonsense Nurturing, where the teachers give kids concise, clear instructions, instead of giving them an option. For example, if a teacher said, “Trent, would you please put out the trash can fire you started,” it gives the child the option of not putting out the trash fire. By not using the word “please”, it leaves kids with zero room for misbehavior and puts the teacher in the power seat. Instead, children are celebrated and singled out for following the teacher’s commands. An example would be: “Alex has joined us on the carpet and is sitting quietly.”
* Look, if you have kids setting trash cans on fire, using the word “please” is not your biggest problem.
* And yes, that is a new version of an old Jerry Seinfeld bit.
* So, is “Thank you” getting the ol’ kiss-off, too?
* From Magic Words to Forbidden Words! Harsh!
* The Druid Hills Academy? Are you sure you want to sound less polite here? The place sounds kind of primitive already.
* So they no longer say “Will all students please gather in the auditorium for the goat sacrifice inside our replica of Stonehenge.”
* “No Nonsense Nurturing”? Uh oh. My “New Age Mumbo Jumbo” alarm just went off.
* “No Nonsense Nurturing”? Why not forget the 3 N’s and get back to the 3 R’s?