July 19, 2005
Ebonics in Schools - Whaddup wid dat?
Liberals can feel good inside because a government school system has implemented an Ebonics program ""to improve black students' academic performance". Of course, it doesn't matter if this actually hurts the students in the long run, because no one is being "judgmental" about how someone else speaks or writes. Employers will just have to get use to it. Yeah. Let's stand in a circle and light candles.
One can only feel badly for these students whose education and opportunities are being thrown away by people who mean well but actually make problems worse.
However, if this becomes a trend and if you're an educator in need of Ebonics language lessons to teach, you can go to this on-line course. You could be the most popular teacher in da hood. (Be careful of strong language and don't go to any links.)
All joking aside, this is really sad and not the direction that any schools should be taking.
Posted by GM Roper at July 19, 2005 04:00 PM | TrackBack