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RaceBannon
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I always knew that ebonics would be back I just had no idea it would happen so soon. Every bad idea gets recycled by the left. Shout out to Trav
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Now imagine Trump or an actual conservative saying that colleges are placing too big of a burden on minority students by expecting them to learn REAL English and grammar.
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Is @Trav_82 hear under a different nom de guerre?
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The Throbber stands wif ebonics and maff and plans to ax some questions as this plan picks up steam.
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The left are the real racists for 1000, Alex
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What do you think an English degree from Rutger's is worth to an employee. Especially, a black applicant who has several grammatical errors on their resume?
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Great lowering the standards for everyone improves society......RaceBannon said:I always knew that ebonics would be back I just had no idea it would happen so soon. Every bad idea gets recycled by the left. Shout out to Trav
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My parents, with broken English, did better in college writing courses than most of their native speaking cohorts. One particularly pissed off professor actually called out my mom in an open comparative lit class when he blurted something to the effect of, "this young woman writes in English better than the rest of you and she just got here." Of course, that would be a micro, or macro, aggression today. But in 1964 it was a compliment.RaceBannon said:Now imagine Trump or an actual conservative saying that colleges are placing too big of a burden on minority students by expecting them to learn REAL English and grammar.
Consequently, their children and grandchildren speak English better than 99.67% of the people whose people have been here for five generations. And that's no exaggeration. -
Reminds me of the old theorem that the longer your family is in America the dumber they get. My family has been here longer than any of you, which explains why I am the dumbest. I am the proof for that theorem. /flexcreepycoug said:
My parents, with broken English, did better in college writing courses than most of their native speaking cohorts. One particularly pissed off professor actually called out my mom in an open comparative lit class when he blurted something to the effect of, "this young woman writes in English better than the rest of you and she just got here." Of course, that would be a micro, or macro, aggression today. But in 1964 it was a compliment.RaceBannon said:Now imagine Trump or an actual conservative saying that colleges are placing too big of a burden on minority students by expecting them to learn REAL English and grammar.
Consequently, their children and grandchildren speak English better than 99.67% of the people whose people have been here for five generations. And that's no exaggeration. -
Colleges that operate like adult daycares are ruining generations of young Americans.
Beyond that, capitulations like at Rutgers are simply lazy. When the administration and professors can no longer explain why standards like proper English are important and worthy of upholding, it's time to fire their asses.
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Rutgers is a solid, though hardly elite, university, so any degree from there will work accordingly. In terms of English, it's still a very solid undergraduate preparation to go forward in a variety of directions. People who can read, write and think critically still do well in this world. They're educated people. And old partner's daughter just made one of those Sillicon Valley private equity rising stars lists, and she majored in History and Spanish ... but at Dartmouth. She could have studied English or Philosophy with the same result.WestlinnDuck said:What do you think an English degree from Rutger's is worth to an employee. Especially, a black applicant who has several grammatical errors on their resume?
Smart and well educated people are good learners and learn new things fairly easily. I see it every day.
