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Bookmark or Share- An inoffensive word for "stupid"? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeAnother euphemism was that class for less-smart kids were called "special education", and so the kids were called "special". You could use "silly" or "cute" in some contexts. But in general, I'd avoid looking for any word that means anything remotely like "stupid" if you're trying to keep a conversation friendly.
- A word for someone who loves searching, learning new things?"In the diffusion of innovation theory, the minority group (comprising about 14 percent) of population which, after innovators, is first to try new ideas, processes, goods and services. Early adopters generally rely on their on intuition and vision, choose carefully, and have above-average education level.
- capitalization - Capitalize fields of study? - English Language & Usage ...Below user Robusto's foregoing answer, user Clément requests sources which I provide here: An Internet search yielded this which then recommended this by the University of Sussex:
- Can the word "special" have a negative connotation?"Special education" is the usual U.S. term for the department of a public school that works with children with severe learning or mental disabilities. The term uses the word "special" in its original definition of "unique" or "different", as a euphemism to replace terms used previously such as "slow class" or "MR class".
- single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThis is also used by some special education classrooms in higher grades. Some schools use a cohort model , where students are with the same group of kids all day (with one or more teachers). I've heard that term used by US teachers in grades 6-9 (ages ~11-15).
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