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" He says, "As long as you're in my class, you're going to write properly; however, if you wish to use Ebonics outside of the classroom, that's fine with me"."

That's better than a teacher who thinks he/she has a right to tell your children what they can/cannot do outside of class. The kids have a right to speak the way they are comfortable outside of class unless the parent wants it differently. The important part is that they are atleast taught the correct way of writing and speaking. A teacher can't be a substitute parent.

Alot of teachers think they are substitute parents. Mostly because they are told that when there values conflict with parents values, what they believe should be taught over the parents beliefs. It creates a culture of arrogance. I have several friends who are teachers, they are good people (one of them is a liberal, but she teaches grammer). However alot of teachers, simply aren't that good. I had to write out an explantion when his class was asking about "Monica Lewinsky" because he didn't want to say exactley what happened.

My explanation was simple. The president was being sued for something he alledgely did when he was governor, they asked him questions, and in his deposition and in his grand jury testimony, he lied, what he lied about is irrelevant. He also asked other people to lie too. This is called perjury and obstruction of justice. People like you and me go to prision when we do these things. People in congress felt that since he broke the law, he should be removed from office. He was impeached which is like being indicted, however, he was not convicted, so he stayed in office.