Kenny Klee: The horrible, gnawing feeling that hits you when you ask a washed up minor league hockey player why he passed on several college hockey scholarships and instead went to junior hockey, and he matter-of-factly states that it was because had a severe learning disability.
JB: Saying, "what are you, retarded?" to someone, only to later learn that they are indeed mentally disabled.
JW: Accidentally walking into a special education classroom, and announcing "Hey, looks like I took the short bus straight to RETARDO-VILLE!"
i was playing poker w/a bunch of teachers the other day
and they were talking about their largest gaffes in this area
one guy had two good ones:
1) the guy is teaching his computer class. one girl is typing with her baggy sweatshirt down past her wrists. it's so baggy that she can't even use her right thumb. he says 'carlene, for god's sake, use both of your thumbs. that's why god gave us two of them.' pause as she stops typing and the guy realizes she only has the nine fingers.
2) girl comes limping into his class. 'what happened to you, jenny?' 'oh nothing.' 'nothing? you can barely walk!' 'oh, that just happens sometimes if i've been running around a lot.' 'running? are you in track.' 'no, i have cerebral palsy.'