Standard written English should DEFINITELY be taught in school. Understanding and correctly using standard written English makes it is easier for the student to communicate their ideas to others during their lifetime and also makes it easier for other people to understand them. Miscommunication causes lost job oppotunities, injuries, fatalities, useless arguments, and the list keeps going. I feel that our country's current economic crisis could have been prevented if there was better communication, which can be achieved through teaching people standard written English.
S.W.E. should be taught at an early age in grade school as its own class, but only at first. Around third or fourth grade when students are asked to do more creative writing, S.W.E. should be enforced in their written work. S.W.E. should be applied enough to make sure that their writing is clear and understandable, but the teaacher should not be so picky as to discourage the student. For example, the outdated rule that prepositions can't be at the end of a sentence should NEVER be enforced since it is a silly useless rule. Proper verb tenses, good punctuation, etc., should be the rules that are applied to the student's work and should be mentioned to the student respectfully when they are misused.
I think that pretty much sums it up. S.W.E. shouldn't be that difficult to agree on how it should be taught and applied. So, why does it seem like grammarians are sucking the life out of the issue?
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I feel that our country's current economic crisis could have been prevented if there was better communication, which can be achieved through teaching people standard written English.
Do you really, really believe this? If so, can you expound?
I think that what you said rings true for any time, present or past. There exists the possibility for less confrontation with better communication.
I agree miscommunication is a major source for many of the problems we face. I also feel it would be best to start teaching SWE at an earlier age. In my educational psychology class we are discussing how it is easier for children to learn a different language at a young age. Why would this not work for his/her native language SWE?
Tommy,
Yes. Back in 2005 McCain went before the Senate and told the House what some of the financial experts had discovered; that discovery was a preventable economic crisis that is affecting our country today. In his speech McCain made valid points that an economic crisis would be a result of poor business choices made by the major companies that need the $700 billion bail out today. However, I think he may have been to vague and spoke in a manner that must have been incomprehensible because at the time the majority of Democrats said they listened to his arguments, but could not see how his statements were true or in some cases relevant. Last week on CNN some of the same Democratic Senators publicly stated that there were indeed warning signs they would have been concerned with but they were unable to see it at them time. Perhaps if McCain had better explained himself some of the other Senators would have saw the problem that he saw and the coutnry could have taken preventitive action. If this is not the case, and the Democrats understood there was a problem 3 years ago, then they blatantly chose to ignore it. I seriously doubt this is the case though because the Democrats are atleast as upset by this whole ordeal as the Republicans.
Christi,
I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly. Are you asking why I think it is easier for younger students to learn an entirely different language and its rules opposed to an older student trying to master SWE of their own langauge?
Thanks, Ray. I agree; better communication overall would mean less stress on everyone everywhere and that conecpt has been been: true, is true, and will always be true.
Holly, if it is easier for children to learn a second language before they start school then I think that maybe we're starting too late on teaching SWE. I am guilty of miscommunication my words never come out right.
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