Well, sort of discussed. As in, in private meetings and conversations, administrators get told by special ed experts and lawyers "You can't say THAT..." and then they keep fishing until they find a nicer (more legal) way of saying the same thing.

It becomes part of the default lexicon within the field of education administration, and one of the standard euphemisms.

I'm a native speaker, having had a public educator for a parent, so I'm not fooled into thinking that it doesn't mean what it actually means, which is "you're a pain in the rump... don't, um... go away MAD... but do go away." wink

The difference is that saying the euphemism skirts breaking the law, wherease saying what it MEANS overtly breaks it.


Last edited by HowlerKarma; 06/28/12 11:46 AM.
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