Teacher gives students a list of 30 slang words and phrases they cant use,is it anti black?

[Diyhai]

she can teach whatever she wants to teach. that post in the op is not teaching. it's telling her student of the rip how they will be punished for using what may be common sayings and telling them they are unintelligent for saying them. major difference.

plus wasting precious "teaching time" giving them a list of 30 phrases to remember not to say only in her class when they can actually be learning something.

It’s called discipline and setting a standard
It’s an academic environment
It’s time to learn and not socialize
Talking wasting time that’s a 3 min read

 

[Max Power]

It’s called discipline and setting a standard
It’s an academic environment
It’s time to learn and not socialize
Talking wasting time that’s a 3 min read

You're talking to one of if not the dumbest people on the entire website.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

It’s called discipline and setting a standard
It’s an academic environment
It’s time to learn and not socialize
Talking wasting time that’s a 3 min read

no. k-12 is definitely a social environment. it's how the majority of kids get socialized, which is a major aspect when considering home-schooling is how the kids will be socialized. they may have a moment when her basic ass says "ok get in groups of 2-3 and do this assignment" that's part of school socialization. and they are just talking to another kid and naturally say something on the list, then have to waste time doing her stupid assignment which helps nobody.

and reading 30 things and remembering 30 things so you don't have to be punished behind them is 2 different things. duh

 

[The Half-Blood FKA Prince]

Lowkey once cacs have a literal list of slang words thats mother nature's way of letting us know they ran their course.

 

[KingSol81]

she can teach whatever she wants to teach. that post in the op is not teaching. it's telling her student of the rip how they will be punished for using what may be common sayings and telling them they are unintelligent for saying them. major difference.

plus wasting precious "teaching time" giving them a list of 30 phrases to remember not to say only in her class when they can actually be learning something.

It is pretty hilarious she gave them a list of words to learn for the intention of not saying them.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

It is pretty hilarious she gave them a list of words to learn for the intention of not saying them.

just showing how useless she is. now if she gave them alternative phrases to use, that would be somewhat impressive but apparently actually teaching something is asking too much from some teachers

 

[Still Benefited]

I generally wouldn't have a problem with this but the justification has to be meaningful.

The explanation the teacher gives is that there is a correlation to slang use and being a good writer and I just don't buy that. Many good contemporary writers have written great books using the popular slang of their times.

Additionally, much of the slang listed are verbal expressions. Not exactly the type of things that are useful in writing outside of informal communication like text messaging.

If the justification was simply to encourage the expansion of vocabulary, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

But I don't necessarily see the correlation between good writing and slang use as an inhibitor so it does come off as a bit anti-black.

Dont you think overly/primarily using the same slang constantly as sentence filler,could be a sign of a lack of vocabularly? By getting rid of these kids langauge crutches,this will hopefully force them to use more words.

Using slang doesnt neccessarily mean you lack vocabulary,but it can. It can also make you cling to those words based on familiarity.


Plus like I said earlier,its different today. We used slang of course, but it seems like alot of people speak in catch phrases and slogans these days. Like they couldnt form a full sentence if they wanted to. Without sayint "like","feel me", "know what im saying" "breh" as filler. Not exclusive to black people either to be clear.

I stand with this sista doing her job,now that we know shes black. Chances are she means well.


If Joe clark was white,Lean On Me is a different movie entirely

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Who is the teacher?
Is this real?
This could be some made up shyt.
If it’s real I don’t care

 

[sportscribe]

It seems like an English and/or Creative Writing class.

Seems like it was also done tongue-in-cheek, but with a bit of seriousness to help the students communicate properly in an Academic setting.

Probably written by a black teacher too I'd say..

 

[Rollie Forbes]

Kodak Black's teacher should've given him that list.

 

[Still Benefited]

If this teacher wasn't lazy, they'd teach the kids how to code-switch and why it's important instead of just doing this blanket ban on words shyt.

This is a lazy teacher with zero teaching skill or imagination who makes teachers in general look bad.

Now see,I called teachers lazy for not burning the late night oil,trying to find ways to make kids learn easier. Or find ways to reach kids to make them want to learn. But I can appreciate this black teacher finding another method if the old way isnt working.

All I remember is thecoli telling me its the parents jobs to make sure their kids learn,and I disagreed. I put that on the teachers.


Now making sure kids know how to code switch? I feel like thats something thats on the parents. Because thats a matter of formality,having respect for elders and certain authority figures.i wasnt even a good student,but I had more respect than to call my teacher "breh". But adults dont watch their language around kids either. So how can you expect kids to know better?I dont think you can teach code switching if people dont respect formality,or respect elders/authority. You could argue what the teacher is doing is a start to that

 

[KnickstapeCity]

I don't blame the teacher

They were probably tired of hearing meme shyt all day

This fakkit always living up to his name.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Bruh being the first word got me dying!

Pretty sure the word Bruh, breh started here

 

[invalid]

Dont you think overly/primarily using the same slang constantly as sentence filler,could be a sign of a lack of vocabularly? By getting rid of these kids langauge crutches,this will hopefully force them to use more words.

Using slang doesnt neccessarily mean you lack vocabulary,but it can. It can also make you cling to those words based on familiarity.


Plus like I said earlier,its different today. We used slang of course, but it seems like alot of people speak in catch phrases and slogans these days. Like they couldnt form a full sentence if they wanted to. Without sayint "like","feel me", "know what im saying" "breh" as filler. Not exclusive to black people either to be clear.

I stand with this sista doing her job,now that we know shes black. Chances are she means well.


If Joe clark was white,Lean On Me is a different movie entirely

I don't disagree with anything you've said and I get what the teacher is trying to do.

But as an English or writing teacher, I would expect them to be effective communicators. But as it stands, what is being communicated as the "why" for the ban on slang usage is weak and furthermore not meaningful.

And one needs to be very critical on how they communicate the "why" for such things, especially in this day and age, because it could reveal that their logic or line of reasoning is flawed which could lead people to perceive it as being anti-black.

I don't care how altruistic the "ends" are, I can't support the means without the *right* justification. A "why" that is meaningful.

The teacher could've simply said the aim of the class is to nurture an expansive vocabulary which is the foundation of good writing.

And to not outright ban the words but to do what they do in Toastmasters, help the kids reduce their reliance on the words by bringing it to their attention, and then helping them think of creative ways to express the same ideas using other vocabulary.

But I want to be clear, a lot of slang usage is VERY creative and so the purpose of nurturing an expansive vocabulary is not to be exclusionary but inclusive.

And I'm saying this as someone whose grandmother graduated from the University of Chicago with an English degree and, after popping me in the mouth every time I said "ain't", would tell me "that's what ignorant n-words say."

But the usage of "ain't" evolved from upper class southern English.

 

[ISO]

Crazy that entire list comes from Kai Cenat, Sexyy Red, City Girls, Blueface/LA gang lingo, and Atlanta trap rap