When I was in school we had to use the correct tenses of verbs and use the correct nouns and spell correctly, not in slang. Many people on yahoo answers talk in slang and use terms like "why is they" instead of why are they" and I wonder if they do this in their everyday life? Cultural differences aren't an excuse and neither is ebonics or anything else. If I used improper English when I was in school, I would have gotten a bad grade regardless of my cultural upbringing. School is supposed to teach us to use correct English isn't it? Am I missing something here?
2006-08-24 05:53:05 · 7 answers · asked by reallyfedup 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I agree. As a person really grateful for spell check, I feel like what I write here represents me as a person. I don't want to appear ignorant. I want to appear to be the educated person I am. Usually I end up ignoring the entries filled with slang. The author might have something really important to say, but its just garbled letters to me.
2006-08-24 06:08:54 · answer #1 · answered by L J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way people who can not read make it through school, they simply slip through the cracks. That is why, dare I say NCLB is a good idea. It will eliminate a lot of those kids from continuing to slide through school with little to no skills. Also, parents need to be held accountable for their childrens education. All of the responsibility need not fall into the lap of the government.
2006-08-24 05:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by asmithisluv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people who use casual chat on the internet, don't actually write that way in school. I know where I live (Newfoundland) we all talk with horrible grammar because it's part of the accent but I write pretty normally.
I saw an article on the news one time about kids who would write in school reports with chatspeak...that...was horrible.
2006-08-24 05:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by Adam G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea. They should learn to speak proper English and write using correct grammar and spelling.
2006-08-24 06:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by Andrea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Social promotion!
2006-08-24 05:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Wounded duckmate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck, I graduated with kids who didn't know their times tables. I think the teachers just pass them on through so they don't have to deal with them.
2006-08-24 05:59:08 · answer #6 · answered by S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im still trying to solve that puzzle
2006-08-24 06:04:40 · answer #7 · answered by Max Power 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋