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Teacher Uses Strippers, Stalin, And JFK To Teach Grammar
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September 3, 2015
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5:01Now PlayingA Dallas area high school teacher is facing some criticism after he made a decision to utilize JFK, Stalin, and strippers in a grammatical lesson. The lesson had to do with something known as the Oxford comma and it was based on showing how ,if you don't use the Oxford comma in the proper context, it could really change the mean of a particular sentence.
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“A drawing of JFK, Stalin and two strippers has sparked outrage among some parents at a Texas high school after a teacher used it in class to illustrate the importance of the Oxford comma, reports CBS Dallas-Fort Worth.
The drawing, used by a teacher at Highland Park High School in a 10th grade English class, is supposed to illustrate how a comma can change the meaning of a sentence. Without using a comma before the word "and," whoever is writing the sentence is calling JFK and Stalin strippers.
But after seeing the illustration, some parents were not pleased.
"Wow. That's unbelievable. That is unbelievable," said Amy Steward, a mother from the school looking at the illustration. "I mean I feel like I shouldn't be looking at that picture right now."
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