Mayor Bloomberg to Kids: Learn to ‘Speak Grammar’ or You Won’t Succeed

Politicker ^ | June 7, 2013 | Jill Colvin

[NotYourAverageDhimmi]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg–who previously suggested so-so students skip college to become plumbers–dished out some more advice to young people Friday morning during his weekly radio show.

Mr. Bloomberg, whose own syntax has sometimes been the butt of jokes, warned kids to pay attention to their grammar lessons or risk losing opportunities later in life.

“Kids have to learn to speak grammar,” said the mayor, in response to a caller who suggested kids weren’t being taught the subject in schools.

“If you don’t speak good grammar–English with good grammar–you’re not gonna get the kind of jobs that you want,” said the mayor. “You can make an argument that it shouldn’t be the case, it’s not fair, whatever, [but] people judge each other by how well-spoken they are. And if there’s a lot of jargon, and if you can’t–double negatives and things like that–they hurt your career prospects.”

That’s one of the reasons, he argued, it’s so important to have good schools. “It is an English-speaking country and, like in My Fair Lady, we do judge each other based on how well we speak.”

Host John Gambling said he hoped that message was getting through to young people.

“People think it’s cute to jive. And it may be for entertainment, but you just still have to have a command of the English language,” concluded Mr. Bloomberg, who admitted he was never good at the subject at school.

“I could never figure out a dangling participle,” he joked.

[NotYourAverageDhimmi]

First, Bloomberg was right when he said that this 'everyone should go to college' mindset is crazy, and some kids would be better off learning a trade. Now, Bloomberg is spot-on saying that you'll get nowhere in America speaking jive or Spanish. It's odd to say, but Bloomberg is on a roll.

[Signalman]

I ain’t got no use for no inglush books.

[newheart]

However, you could become mayor of NYC. Apparently, proper grammar is no prerequisite.

[umgud]

Bloomberg is one of my least favorite humans, but he is right on this.

[sergeantdave]

Bloomberg is a neo-Nazi traitor. When it comes time to hang traitors, I guarantee you that Bloomberg the Nazi will be begging for his worthless life.

[Parley Baer]

Sounds racist to me.

[BitWielder1]

Then why don't we require that all citizens and immigrants learn and become fluent in ENGLISH (that's what it's called Bloomie) so they can be functional in society, schools and the workplace.
The #1 step out of the slums and ghettos is to know the language and customs of the nation you live in, not just your immediate 'hood.

[NotYourAverageDhimmi]

Bloomberg is a neo-Nazi traitor. When it comes time to hang traitors, I guarantee you that Bloomberg the Nazi will be begging for his worthless life.

Bloomberg may be a totalitarian, but I'll go out on a limb and suggest that BloomBERG is not a Nazi.

[combat_boots]

I think he’s wrong.

I’d be having my children learn Chinese.

[VanShuyten]

“Kids have to learn to speak grammar.”

Umm... That word is “grammatically”. I’ll let the use of the word which means “baby goats” when he should have used “children” slide.

[dinodino]

...but at least using proper grammar.

[Still Thinking]

Mayor Bloomberg to Kids: Learn to ‘Speak Grammar’ or You Won’t Succeed

Larn yur grammar gudly or you could grow up to be a leftist tyrant busybody!

[goodwithagun]

If Weiner wins the mayoral race, can we call him a dangling participle?

[Still Thinking]

Rectum, hell, damn near killed him!

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Learn to speak and more importantly learn to worship freedom. For example don't focus on banning soda, smoking, eating while at the same time fanatically promoting bicycle riding to kids because then people will know that you're a power hungry despot who doesn't give a rats ass about the publics health.

For example this.>>> which I see almost everyday in the news about NYC....

Bicyclist dead after being struck by taxis

[rockinqsranch]

Judy Holiday in “Born Yesterday” reminded of I am.

[bmwcyle]

What an Idiot.

[max americana]

When we listed an ad for a position in our Hollywood company, we got hundreds of applications. Unfortunately, 80% of it was ‘text’ language and most of these grads do not have a professional command of the English language. It pissed us off to no extent.

The good part was that we discovered a few gems from applicants from small schools in middle America I’ve never even heard of.

[Still Thinking]

It pissed us off to no extent.

None at all?

[kabumpo]

Re bicyclist dead:
one less.