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Originally Posted by thetygerlily
^Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. I think the law/policy/whatever means well- I know when I'm learning a language, I am very particular on the accent because I want to get it right. And I do think that a teacher using proper grammar is important. But good intentions are often taken too far. This piece in particular got to me:
So what about Bostonians who pronounce harbor as "haba", southerners that say y'all, or Minnesotans that say you betcha, doncha know, or end questions/statements with eh? I'm overgeneralizing, I know, but still. We have a lot of accents in this country and they come from a lot of different areas of the world.
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Exactly. I'll be interested in seeing how this is enforced. I agree that students should have teachers that are understandable, but the terms need to be very clearly defined if they're going to be removing teachers from classrooms.