The Abandoning of the Word Pupil

An elementary school pupil writes in her notebook in Brea, Calif. on May 24, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Wording is no doubt a small thing by comparison with the horror of a mass shooting such as the one of schoolchildren and teachers at Uvalde, but it’s nonetheless of some significance. In all the reports, I noticed that 8, 9, and 10-year-old children were referred to as “students.”