re: When will gay jokes from student hecklers become unacceptable?

I'm quite familiar with the term retardando.
I also have common sense.
Surprised, huh?
So no storming out of my expensive lesson would occur.

I have this uncanny ability to recognize when a word is being used in its true form vs when offensive slang enters a conversation. In this case, we're talking about "retard" used as a disparaging term for a mentally retarded person, or for a person considered to be foolish or socially inept.

I really am pretty normal. Just happen to hate that word.
No big deal.