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Flushing School Teaches Kids To Spell "GUN" And "ROB," Parents "MAD"
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 8, 2012
Modified Feb 8, 2012
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The parents of a 5-year-old girl are outraged over their daughter's homework assignment, which included spelling exercises for the words as "GUN" and "ROB." NY1 reports that the Flushing family is "demanding answers" after seeing their daughter's lesson when she came home from school today. "She showed me her homework, I look at it and I see the word gun on it. The first thing I thought was oh no no no, I don't want you reading it, I don't want you spelling it. I don't even want you looking at the picture. Trying to keep her away from from violence and she is being drawn to it in her homework, and that's not something I want her to learn," Lawrence Gillman told NY1.
The Education Department is reportedly looking into the matter, and we'll update when we know more. In the meantime, Gillman's daughter won't be turning in her homework tomorrow, because keeping children from learning is the best way to keep them out of trouble.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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