----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 9:50
PM
Subject: Re: Great site, run by a
brilliant Black lady
Actually I am a linguist - certified in 3 foreign languages plus English
certification plus history certification - and have lived in Europe and Asia.
My views are not outdated, they are correct. Oddly enough I teach Spanish
literature in Spanish classes and French literature in French classes and
German literature in German classes, why don't English teachers see the
necessity of doing the same in English classes? You could always tack on
tidbits of multiculturalism in classes named Multicultural Literature or some
such. Perhaps English teachers view themselves as missionaries, propagandists,
or social workers rather than specialists in teaching the English language and
its literature. False advertising?
Cheers,
R.Reis
----- Original Message -----
From: Gretchen
Lee
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000
9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Great site, run by a
brilliant Black lady
In a message dated 11/28/2000 4:47:24 PM Pacific Standard
Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:<< Lot's more fun for English
teachers with
low I.Q.'s and axes to grind than teaching grammar, logical
thinking, and
classical literature. >>
Oh, dear.
This is the kind of rhetoric that reinforces the widening chasm
between
"traditional" grammarians and "English teachers." What a pity
that
the argument (diatribe?) isn't couched in terms that invite an
English
teacher (me, for instance) to discuss the
issue.
Sigh. Lucky I'm not the sort to rail against grammarians
with outdated views
of literacy and rather naive views of the relative
value of Western Civ in an
increasingly global and wired world . . .
.
Gretchen in San Jose (who teaches _Beowulf_, Greek mythology, and
_Tom
Sawyer_ in addition to _The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963_, and
material by
Gary Soto and Kyoko Mori - and wearing another hat - world
history)
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