Quote
"School is no
longer necessarily a place to instill a sense that linguistic rules (or even
linguistic consistency) matter."(Baron 2009)
Response
When I read this I was a little
concerned in what the quote was trying to promote. While it is clear by reading
these articles that all languages change. I still believe that learning proper
grammar and punctuation is important. I understand that the way people text has
created an accepted form of slang and abbreviations. However, I don't
think that just because we have socially accepted
these abbreviations that we should put all our eggs in one basket.
The way we abbreviate things change. For example at one point LOL(
Laugh Out Loud) was the "cool" thing to say, which eventually lead to
LMAO (Laughing My Ass Off) which became the new LOL. While we understand what
these abbreviations mean, why would we want to teach them in a school, especially when they are changing in such a short amount time, when we can focus on
teaching children to say "that is funny" or "that made me
laugh" which will be understood even when LMAO has became out dated. In the second article which I did not pick a quote from, I found it
interesting that Benjamin Franklin suggested changing the alphabet, but I did
not find it surprising. I completely understand that some of the
English language is outdated and that spell check does make grammar
skills seem unimportant, but I personally still believe that we should still study proper
English in schools.
Photo Connection
This is a photo that I feel relates
perfectly to the articles I read. Along with this photo is a critique by the person who posted the cartoon
on the website, not the person who drew the cartoon. I agree with the author, of
this critique.
Bibliography
Baron, N.
(2009). Educational leadership: Literacy 2.0. (6 ed., Vol. 66, pp.
42-46). Retrieved from
Media-Changing-Language¢.aspx
Muller, S. (2012,
March 19). Untitled [Web log comment]. Retrieved from
http://chscats.com/wordpress/?m=20120319
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