Woke California k-12 educators agree that correcting a child’s pronunciation of the word “ask” is “white racial superiority”

[Weatherman2020]

Since you axed. Sending your kids to public school is child abuse.
Good thing they get 65% of the state budget!

 

[jbrownson0831]

Since you axed. Sending your kids to public school is child abuse.
Good thing they get 65% of the state budget!

Actually, it's grammar pronunciation superiority.

 

[LuckyDuck]

Since you axed. Sending your kids to public school is child abuse.
Good thing they get 65% of the state budget!

No matter where you go in the world, including African nations, those individuals in the other nations, have better opportunities when they speak the dominant language of their nation, fluently, whereas, those who don't tend not to excel, unless they have some inherent talent that sets them apart from the average individuals.
As for the word "ask," it's THREE SIMPLE LETTERS, in one syllable. If you can't pronounce the word "ask," your school and parents failed you.
As for the word "ax," it's a tool used to chop wood.
If you think it's spelled "aks," you're dyslexic.
Get a good education, be fluent in the predominant language in the country you live in, work hard and succeed.

 

[Unkotare]

Young people may be exposed to incorrect pronunciation via popular media more often than they are exposed to proper English. I spent the better part of all last year getting one student (a very intelligent young man) to pronounce "ask" correctly. It kind of became a running gag for the whole class. He got it.

 

[Seymour Flops]

After consideration, I'm going to say that in this case, the woke are the proverbial stopped clock. I didn't watch the video, so I don't know if I agree with the reasoning of those particular ones. I'll give my opinion about the topic and then watch it.

I have several pet peeves about language use, with "would of," instead of "would have," and "based off," instead of "based on," currently tied for first place. We all have such peeves. Since "axe you a question," is an error almost exclusive to one race, we should think carefully about making that our pet peeve.

To the child, that is not even an error, it is the English language as they learned at home. The teacher says "ask," because that is what the teacher learned at home, not because of the teacher's superior education. It's a pronunciation difference, which is entirely cultural. A kid who grew up in a redneck home will likely drop his g's in words like "cooking," and "sitting." They may pronounce sitting as "setn."

Yes, saying "axe" during a job interview will reduce the person's chances to be hired. Being named Jamal, or LaWanda, will also hinder those chances, but we don't change a kid's name at school. Black kids need wise black adults to teach them about the hazards of being black in a white world. A black person can tell a black child the truth about how to do well in a job interview: dress and act white. Especially if the interviewer is black, because they got into management by dressing and acting white.

Black kids don't need to be grinched at by white women for talking like their mom and dad talk.

Plus, I have a life skills teacher at my school who has bounced back and forth between being a nurse and a teacher. She is highly educated and has mastered two professions. She says "axe" because that how she learned the word from her parents. She is a great role model for our black students.

 

[Unkotare]

.... Since "axe you a question," is an error almost exclusive to one race,....

No, it's not.

 

[Seymour Flops]

No, it's not.

I hope you bothered to read the rest of it. It was mainly for your benefit.

Making correcting a black child for talking like his family into a year-long "running gag," sounds like a good way to have your ticket pulled.

But you do you . . .

 

[Unkotare]

... A black person can tell a black child the truth about how to do well in a job interview...

So can anyone else who knows.

 

[Seymour Flops]

So can anyone else who knows.

So you're going to tell your black student that he should act white to succeed in life?

 

[Unkotare]

I hope you bothered to read the rest of it. It was mainly for your benefit.

Making correcting a black child for talking like his family into a year-long "running gag," sounds like a good way to.....

Sounds like a good way of helping that student recognize the difference between the correct and incorrect pronunciation of the word in question so that he can make informed and deliberate decisions about how and when to speak a certain way. And I didn't say the student in question was black. And I didn't say his parents pronounced the word in question incorrectly. And my students know that I respect them because I tell them so at least once a week. You need to establish trust before you can joke with each other (and I am about 90/10 on the receiving end of running gags that everyone in class understands, you presumptuous douche). You're just full of assumptions.

 

[The Duke]

Since you axed. Sending your kids to public school is child abuse.
Good thing they get 65% of the state budget!

And if you 'ont know? You betta axe somebody!

(or call 1-800 axe Gary)

 

[Unkotare]

So you're going to tell your black student that he should act white to succeed in life?

I tell ALL my students the same things, which have never included nonsense like "act white." Your obsession with skin color is starting to feel very suspicious.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Sounds like a good way of helping that student recognize the difference between the correct and incorrect pronunciation of the word in question so that he can make informed and deliberate decisions about how and when to speak a certain way. And I didn't say the student in question was black. And I didn't say his parents pronounced the word in question incorrectly. And my students know that I respect them because I tell them so at least once a week. You need to establish trust before you can joke with each other (and I am about 90/10 on the receiving end of running gags that everyone in class understands, you presumptuous douche). You're just full of assumptions.

Alright, my man. I offered some teacher-to-teacher advice, but you did not ask me for it, so of course I can't be surprised if you don't take it.

 

[Anathema]

Black kids don't need to be grinched at by white women for talking like their mom and dad talk

Then maybe mom and dad should come in and take the English class as well. It’s not like there’s a high probability the parents are at work while the kids are in school.

 

[Unkotare]

...It’s not like there’s a high probability the parents are at work while the kids are in school.

That's exactly what is usually the case.

 

[BackAgain]

I love it when certain folks say, “let me ax you a question.”

And by “certain folks” I don’t mean black people. I mean New Yorkers and some people from New Joisey.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

A black person can tell a black child the truth about how to do well in a job interview: dress and act white. Especially if the interviewer is black, because they got into management by dressing and acting white.

Why make it about race? "Acting white" has nothing to do with it; Talking, dressing, and acting as though the person is educated and has respect for themselves does.

 

[Toro]

Since you axed. Sending your kids to public school is child abuse.
Good thing they get 65% of the state budget!

SMH

 

[there4eyeM]

Why even bother to teach at all, given the cited "reasoning"?

 

[Weatherman2020]

After consideration, I'm going to say that in this case, the woke are the proverbial stopped clock. I didn't watch the video, so I don't know if I agree with the reasoning of those particular ones. I'll give my opinion about the topic and then watch it.

I have several pet peeves about language use, with "would of," instead of "would have," and "based off," instead of "based on," currently tied for first place. We all have such peeves. Since "axe you a question," is an error almost exclusive to one race, we should think carefully about making that our pet peeve.

To the child, that is not even an error, it is the English language as they learned at home. The teacher says "ask," because that is what the teacher learned at home, not because of the teacher's superior education. It's a pronunciation difference, which is entirely cultural. A kid who grew up in a redneck home will likely drop his g's in words like "cooking," and "sitting." They may pronounce sitting as "setn."

Yes, saying "axe" during a job interview will reduce the person's chances to be hired. Being named Jamal, or LaWanda, will also hinder those chances, but we don't change a kid's name at school. Black kids need wise black adults to teach them about the hazards of being black in a white world. A black person can tell a black child the truth about how to do well in a job interview: dress and act white. Especially if the interviewer is black, because they got into management by dressing and acting white.

Black kids don't need to be grinched at by white women for talking like their mom and dad talk.

Plus, I have a life skills teacher at my school who has bounced back and forth between being a nurse and a teacher. She is highly educated and has mastered two professions. She says "axe" because that how she learned the word from her parents. She is a great role model for our black students.

A black person can tell a black child the truth about how to do well in a job interview: dress and act white.