Take the original R-Word “My Words Matter” Pledge by Jenna Glatzer:
“I pledge that I will not use the words “retard” or “retarded” to mean “stupid.” I understand that this is hurtful to people who have disabilities and people who love them, so I will be careful with my words. I will also try to remember to pay attention when other people use these words, and I’ll ask them to stop. “
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I am a teacher and I do not allow the students to say the “r” word in my class. I think we should all make a effort to take it out of our vocabulary. It is hurtful, mean-spirited and just plain ugly.
Finally, i found people who actually cares about this situation. I never have and never will use the “R” word. I am totally spreading this word out to my school!
I really don’t the r word I have CP and learning disabilites sometimes when people say to me your to someone else it make you feel like you are no one. We have to teach people we are all powerfull in many ways. No is going to put us down.
We are all 13 year old teenagers, and there are six of us. WE STRONGLY beleive that the “r” word is extremely offensive because there are some people out there who are actually mentally damamged. We hope we can make a differnece 🙂
I pledge that I will not use the words “retard” or “retarded” to mean “stupid.” I understand that this is hurtful to people who have disabilities and people who love them, so I will be careful with my words. I will also try to remember to pay attention when other people use these words, and I’ll ask them to stop.
Misty