ebonics = off-topic

[many waters cannot quench love <lisa@technomancer.com>]

Poster: many waters cannot quench love <lisa@technomancer.com>


> Poster: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>
>
> Some school boards should also be fired wholesale and replaced with people
> who are more concerned about giving our children a proper education. Don't
> get me started on Ebonics or the lowering of the SAT scores. And for the
> record, my sister is a school teacher and is as outraged by these things as
> I. Please let's not get into this discussion. It's a very sore subject with
> me and way off topic for this mailing list.

i agree - and this discussion of its relative merits is pretty likely to
start a flamewar, from the looks of things. the discussion of the
evolution of languages is both entertaining and informative, but i think
it'd be nice to nip this sub-thread in the bud.

				just my opinionated $.02,

							melys

lisa lorenzin  |  lisa@technomancer.com  |  http://www.1000plus.com/lisa/
of what avail is an open eye if the heart is blind? - solomon ibn gavirol

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