Vocabulary Lesson II

A teacher in my school, hearing about my latest efforts to increase our students’ vocabularies, shared with me how she is trying to crack down on swearing in her classroom. She told her students they can’t use the word B**ch anymore.
 ”That’s great,” I told her.
 ”Except now they’re all just calling each other female dogs,” she [...]

What is this s&*#@?

N. is a new student. She comes into class swearing. “What is this s&*#@?” And then, F%$#@ this, and F%$#@ that.
“You’re in school, I remind her.”
“So?” She asks? “S&*#@ comes out everyone’s ass, why can’t I say it?”
“Because you’re in school,” I say.
N. is wiry. Her jaw is set to challenge but her dark eyes [...]