[goodnesswins]

Ahem...

RANT ON....

1. Does anyone hear remember "diagramming sentences?" Just wondering. (It's about DISCIPLINE)

2. Yesterday, I was walking through the grocery store and the middle school kids had just gotten done for the day and many come through the store....I heard one precious young girl say...."I ain't got no money...." and turning, thought of explaining to her that if she continued talking like that she would NEVER have any MONEY...but...alas, she was black, and I sure didn't want to get in trouble.

3. I worked last year for a company whose sole purpose was evaluating and assessing writing skills of middle, junior high, and high school kids....of course in tough money times these are the kinds of services that are likely cut first. I'm not real hopeful from what I saw....

I think the demand for good writing comes from HOME...the same with speaking skills. (And, it the demand needs to be made by parents of the teachers, too.)

/RANT

[goodnesswins]

hear = here......sheesh.

[Sloth]

I heard one precious young girl say...."I ain't got no money...." and turning, thought of explaining to her that if she continued talking like that she would NEVER have any MONEY...but...alas, she was black, and I sure didn't want to get in trouble.

I see a significant difference between informal communication between peers and situations that call for "good English." There are certain settings where I might very well say "I ain't got no money," or even write it, if I was shooting for a folksy, colloquial tone.