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Originally posted by ktsnake
What is "correct" grammar in conversation. Written is one thing. Professional interaction is another. However, interaction within a given culture.. How are you going to tell THEM what is right and wrong? A little arrogant I think.
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When I was little, my teachers used to tell me that going to school was my job, just like my parents went to work. I still tell that to my students when I teach. School is the breeding ground for future professionalism. Yes, it's also a place for children to learn social interaction within their peer groups. However, there should be a difference between the way these children speak in the hallways between classes, at lunch, and at recess, and the way they speak to each other during class and to the teachers. I don't waltz up to my boss or the president of my university and say, "Hey, babe, wazzup?" nor do I say that to my friends when we're at work, etc. This is the way I address my peers when we're by ourselves, not the way I address my superiors or my friends in a professional atmosphere. And yes, in a classroom situation, teachers are "superiors."
So Cash78mere is not trying to tell her students what is or is not appropriate in their given culture. She is trying to show them the way the world works. She's trying to teach them to conduct themselves in a way that will be conducive to their success in later life. What they do after class is their own business.
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