After reading the SRTOL and examining both sides of the argument, I would have to agree with teaching only "standard" English in schools. I respect the idea of allowing everyone to speak in their most comfortable discourse, however that would not work out because teachers/professors are not familiar with all different dialects in this country. In California, Spanglish might be very popular due to the population being mostly Latino. However, in other states the diversity might not look the same. In a perfect world, we would all be allowed to speak in the language that we most feel comfortable in, but if we plan on being successful we must learn how to speak English like a White individual.
Unfortunately, I feel like those individuals who only speak English have an advantage over people like myself who were forced to learn English as a second language to simply fit with society. Because English dominates this country, it is essential for all students to learn perfect English, in order to allow us all to be equally competitive in the real world.
As for the assignment three, I am having such a hard time finding the appropriate articles to back up my argument. I am glad that we are extending this assignment in order to fully develop a well written argumentative argument. I prefer this, over having a new assignment every week because I feel like I rush my ideas as well as my writing. I hope that with this assignment I can get extensive feedback from both our classmates and teacher in oder to better my writing.
You have a very good point. Teachers from other parts of the world would not be able to understand all these different dialects. I agree that if we plan to be successful we must learn how to speak English but not as a "white individual." We can all speak English without necessarily labeling ourselves as a white person. I feel you for assignment three though.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ella95 comment because there would be teachers from other parts of the country that would not understand the specific discourse of some students. I disagree with the part that "if we plan to be successful we must learn how to speak English but not as a "white individual" ", I think we need to learn how to speak and write English like a "white individual" because if whites are the ones that are more successful in this country. Implying that one must follow their steps to get in there level and they try to get our next generation up their eventually leading ones family out of poverty or to the 1%. But overall I think you hit some good key points.
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