Merkins

[James Smith]

We should simply tell students that they need to learn
a common language, English.  Isn't it basically what
was done with Ebonics?  Isn't teaching an "official"
French language the way France attempts to deal with
the plethora of dialects and languages spoken there?

Which version of English to teach is another matter.


James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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