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Exactly what are they teaching in school these days?

Megan brought home her 2nd-grade spelling homework last night, and one of the words was “mace”. She had to practice writing it and then write a sentence that included the word.

Me: “Does that say ‘mace?’”
Her: “Yeah.”
Me: “Are you sure?”
Her: “Yeah.”
Me: “Did your teacher tell you what it meant?”
Her: “No. What does it mean?”
Me: “Uh, well… It’s a weapon, like a club. You hit people with it.”
Her: Confused look.

The sentence she came up with? “I got hit by a mace.”

And they say video games are violent!

(And yes, we did verify with her teacher that it was not a typo. And no, the teacher didn’t pick the word.)