Isn't it true that you use simpler, less scary, names for illnesses and diseases?

Isn't it true that you use simpler, less scary, names for illnesses 
and diseases?

"Way Back Jack" <Relaxin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> COMMENT: Yeah, that's the ticket, call it "Yomomma," or "Slam Dunk."
> That should create interest in the dumbed-down set.
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> Would name change help algebra students?
> Posted by Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press July 03, 2008 11:09AM
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> As Shakespeare wrote, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
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> But would Algebra 2 be as difficult if it were called something 
> else?
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> State Sen. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, recently told a gathering of 
> Kent
> County school board members that he believes more students would 
> pass
> the upper-level math course if it were called something less scary.
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> His theory is that students have convinced themselves that algebra 
> is
> too difficult and that they throw in the towel before giving it a
> chance.
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http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/07/would_name_change_help_algebra.html
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