Blogpost 4

[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)

It is very important for teachers to understand this quote. Teachers need to understand their students and their backgrounds, not immediately come to the conclusion that they are incorrect. Saying that a student is ignorant is never okay, no matter what. Just because some children make speak differently or act differently than you, doesn't mean that they are wrong, it means they were brought up and raised differently than you were. Everyone is not the same and that needs to be accepted; we are individuals for a reason. Teachers can't automatically judge a student just by the way he or she speaks; the teacher needs to know that there is nothing wrong with the student if they have a different linguistic form then them. They need to learn that everyone is different and are raised differently, and that it will affect the way that the children will act, but it doesn't mean that in any way are they wrong or ignorant.