Thread: Afro pick in ebonics, shall we?
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Old 04.07.2006, 11:20 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by noumenal
some students who were otherwise very smart, would write the most insane ebonicisms on their essays. I didn't know what to do, so I just counted it all wrong and told them that they needed to learn how to write differently than they talked. It sucks and it makes life hard, but that's the way it is - people won't take you seriously if you write like that.

yeah that's racism and discrimination unfortunately. "ebonics" makes perfect sense-- so your students weren't "otherwise" very smart-- they were just smart.

think more like you trying to write an essay in middle english.
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