[Teachers] should recognize that the linguistic form a student brings to school is intimately connected with loved one’s community, and personal identity. To suggest that this form is “wrong” or, even worse, ignorant, is to suggest that something is wrong with the student and his or her family. (p. 33)
To me this quote is touching on about how each student talks in a certain way and how it can be directly connected to their family and the area they grew up in. I agree with this quote and how judging a child for how he or she speaks is wrong and disrespectful, but it is a teacher’s job to prepare a child for the rest of their life.
People tend to believe that how they do things is the only correct way to do them. I think they same goes with the words people choose to say. As an educator, it is important to have a respectful vocabulary and think before speaking. It is also important to actually get to know the student before making any judgments about him or her, since they are most likely different from you. Teachers are supposed to be a strong role model for their students, and if they are quick to judge, so will the other students. “Loved one’s community and personal identity” are extremely important to kids because it is all they know, and it what they go home to every day.
Only after a teacher gets to know the student is it acceptable to correct the way a student speaks, without forcing the your way on a kid. Outside of school, others may be quick to judge a person how he or she speaks so it is important as an educator, to teach a child what is socially acceptable. The ability to speak in a respectable way will take a student farther in life.
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