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You don't think higher ed is nearing insanity?

Friday, August 28, 2015 19:44
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Kieran Corcoran writes today at Dailymail.com,

The University of Tennessee has told its staff and students to stop calling each other 'he', 'she', 'him' and 'her' – and to start referring to one another with terms like 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead.

The Knoxville branch of the public university, which has 27,400 students, sent a memo round to its members filled with unusual new parts of speech to avoid referring to anybody's gender.

According to a gay rights official at the university, the new language regime will make the university 'welcoming and inclusive' and stop people feeling 'marginalized'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3214567/University-Tennessee-tells-staff-students-stop-using-switch-xe-zir-xyr-instead.html#ixzz3kATOsJyC
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  • “Higher Ed” as they call it is actually a JOKE in todays society!!!!!! If you like massive debt to repay back when you graduate with a pice of sht paper only to find a minimum wage job to repay your loan then be my guest go into college today!! They say you will make a million dollars with a college degree, complete horseshht yah!!! milllion dollars in the hole repaying your college tuitions. hahahahahhaahhaMooooMooooooooooooooo!!!!

    Eat More GMO :mad:

  • Definitely not worth taking out loans for.

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