Board of Education Member Judy Docca Uses the "R Word" at a BOE Meeting

[Anonymous]

I am a Republican but I will vote based on what the candidates do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I emailed her about the incident. She emailed me back to say that she has " no excuse " but did not offer an apology.

I wonder why she didn't offer an apology. I wonder why she didn't say "Thank you for contacting me. I have no excuse for using such language. I am deeply sorry for using it and will learn from my mistake."

I'm the pp. I wrote back to her and then she said she apologizes. I asked her if she was going to issue a public apology and she didn't respond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I emailed her about the incident. She emailed me back to say that she has " no excuse " but did not offer an apology.

I wonder why she didn't offer an apology. I wonder why she didn't say "Thank you for contacting me. I have no excuse for using such language. I am deeply sorry for using it and will learn from my mistake."

I'm the pp. I wrote back to her and then she said she apologizes. I asked her if she was going to issue a public apology and she didn't respond.

[Anonymous]

"I am not going to judge her for one lapse in vocabulary. What is her record towards students with disabilities? Is she for or against services for these students? "

I'm going to put this in the "old habits die hard" category and not the malicious one. Calling someone by the "r word" was not at all uncommon when I was a kid. I was not something anyone would do to the handful of genuinely severely disabled kids at our school - it was used with NT kids mostly.

I will also admit that it was only maybe 10/12 years or so ago that i noticed people referring to it as "the R word" and characterizing it as a label akin to racial slurs.

I have to think there are at least a few other adults who grew up when the term was not viewed as a "slur" that sometimes forget to use their mental "override" function to censor things that cross their mind due to hearing ample use of a term growing up.

[Anonymous]

President used Pu****s to refer to the genitalia of the women he grabbed. Why the double standards?

Betty Devos cancelled SN rights in the classroom. I am sure that is more of an impact to the SN community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I am not going to judge her for one lapse in vocabulary. What is her record towards students with disabilities? Is she for or against services for these students? "

I'm going to put this in the "old habits die hard" category and not the malicious one. Calling someone by the "r word" was not at all uncommon when I was a kid. I was not something anyone would do to the handful of genuinely severely disabled kids at our school - it was used with NT kids mostly.

I will also admit that it was only maybe 10/12 years or so ago that i noticed people referring to it as "the R word" and characterizing it as a label akin to racial slurs.

I have to think there are at least a few other adults who grew up when the term was not viewed as a "slur" that sometimes forget to use their mental "override" function to censor things that cross their mind due to hearing ample use of a term growing up.

Good point. Just 8 years ago the word/term was used throughout the federal government health policies. It would be different if she said the student "makes her feel like a Retard" - but that's not what she said. I think the always insulted word police are just doing their thing here.

[Anonymous]

Well since Docca has been on the BOE she has been no friend to special education students. She never supported the "burden of proof" efforts.
She voted to close the secondary learning centers, which provided supports to kids with significant LDs, and the only MCPS study done to date shows that those kids' performance has lagged as a result.
Time for her to retire from the board now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I am not going to judge her for one lapse in vocabulary. What is her record towards students with disabilities? Is she for or against services for these students? "

I'm going to put this in the "old habits die hard" category and not the malicious one. Calling someone by the "r word" was not at all uncommon when I was a kid. I was not something anyone would do to the handful of genuinely severely disabled kids at our school - it was used with NT kids mostly.

I will also admit that it was only maybe 10/12 years or so ago that i noticed people referring to it as "the R word" and characterizing it as a label akin to racial slurs.

I have to think there are at least a few other adults who grew up when the term was not viewed as a "slur" that sometimes forget to use their mental "override" function to censor things that cross their mind due to hearing ample use of a term growing up.

Good point. Just 8 years ago the word/term was used throughout the federal government health policies. It would be different if she said the student "makes her feel like a Retard" - but that's not what she said. I think the always insulted word police are just doing their thing here.

Here is what she said:

"made me look retarded"

She is the head of a major public school system in the USA. She sets the example for the entire system and all the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Here is what she said:

"made me look retarded"

She is the head of a major public school system in the USA. She sets the example for the entire system and all the students.

I remember my friend in elementary school who had a brother with Down Syndrome saying that her brother was retarded.

And the ARC was the Association for Retarded Citizens until 1992.

Does language change? Yes. Do people's brain-tongue connections always keep up with the changes? No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Here is what she said:

"made me look retarded"

She is the head of a major public school system in the USA. She sets the example for the entire system and all the students.

I remember my friend in elementary school who had a brother with Down Syndrome saying that her brother was retarded.

And the ARC was the Association for Retarded Citizens until 1992.

Does language change? Yes. Do people's brain-tongue connections always keep up with the changes? No.

Do those in charge have to set the tone and policies for the entire system? YES

It those in charge can not keep up, it is time for them to move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Do those in charge have to set the tone and policies for the entire system? YES

It those in charge can not keep up, it is time for them to move on.

OK, then in 2018 you can vote for a candidate for BoE District 1 who is not Judy Docca, if there is one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do those in charge have to set the tone and policies for the entire system? YES

It those in charge can not keep up, it is time for them to move on.

OK, then in 2018 you can vote for a candidate for BoE District 1 who is not Judy Docca, if there is one.

The teachers will support Docca.

[Anonymous]

My DC always says I am retarted when she was in school. Is it a offense now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Do those in charge have to set the tone and policies for the entire system? YES

It those in charge can not keep up, it is time for them to move on.

OK, then in 2018 you can vote for a candidate for BoE District 1 who is not Judy Docca, if there is one.

The teachers will support Docca.

So what? Everybody gets to support who they want to support. Everybody gets to go out and work on behalf of whichever candidate they want to go out and work on behalf of. Or, everybody gets to sit at home and complain, if that's what they want to do -- but please don't complain about other people's efforts when you didn't lift a finger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC always says I am retarted when she was in school. Is it a offense now?

It's a pejorative now.