Posted by Paul in MN on December 07, 2016 at 11:34:15 from (184.97.201.159):
I bring this forward to a new post so as to not steal the prior thread. A couple of replies referred to Tourett's syndrome, and this hopefully will shed some light on this little known medical problem.
Tourett's Syndrome.. When I was teaching high school, I had 2 notable students with this problem. One case was a girl who had been in my 10th grade Biology class. She had been a very good student, both academically and socially, and got along well with the other classmates. During her Junior year she had been in a serious car accident and had brain damage resulting in Tourett's. She had no control over her terribly loud profane mouth and often loud "barking", and because of her unpredictability, she lost most all or all of her friends. As her 12th grade physics teacher, I had to accommodate her disability while trying to make progress with the rest of the students. It was almost impossible.
The other case was a good looking young man who was in my class in a different year. He had Tourett's since being a youngster and his parents had worked very hard to train him to predict the oncoming episodes and then leave the classroom before an episode occurred. This worked very well. In both cases, stress and/or loud noises would act as a trigger for outburst episodes.
My point here is to help people understand what some of our population is faced with, and thus be more helpful and accommodating of someone with disabilities.
Regarding the main topic of foul language in public, I think our society has slipped considerably. But we do have some expectations of civil discourse in many areas. As a teacher, I expected that in my classroom, but I could not control what went on in the halls during passing times. If I could identify the offender, I would have a private conversation with them regarding their language and our expectations. Hopefully we made a difference.
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