ugh.
i am so frustrated. i try and try to teach my students (4th grade) correct grammar and what do i get? nonsense from rap songs that they think is acceptable!
they tell me they "went to get their hair did" like in that nasty song. i try to tell them they "went to get their hair done" but it's like they don't believe me because they heard the other way in a song so that has to be correct. it drives me crazy.
then another student told me that her brother's "baby mamma" came to visit. i said no, it's the mother of the baby, not a baby mamma. literally, a baby momma is a mom that is a baby. they look at me like i have 4 heads!
ugh
i swear, these kids will NEVER pass the freaking 4th grade ELA when they write and speak like this. wake up parents and correct these kids like i am trying so hard to do in vain! there are NO EXCUSES for this nonsense! it's one thing to not know correct grammar, but it's another thing to be ignorant.