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[quote=Anonymous]Big point should be "speak so you are understood," not culture wars, and second point is, be aware of how you are perceived based on how you speak. So - professionally, you have to get above a mumble, keep the ums out, etc. However, I believe that most Americans with any kind of cross-cultural contact know enough to understand AAVE or World War I British Radio English or vice versa. The question of how you are perceived matters, and I want our high school students to be perceived as intelligent people. But come on, adults, don't be racist. If the kid solves the algebra problem and explains his answer in non-TV-standard English, he still solved the problem.[/quote]
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