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My comments:
- Awarding marks according to the labor input rather than the achievement is straight Marxism.
- Chomsky's views about universal elements in all human language would negate the proposition about correct English being racist. But Chomsky is wrong.
- The prime function of language is usually given as communication. If thoughts are not communicated, why bother? Complying with formal grammar helps this, and certainly adds to an impression of professionalism.
- Another way to look at what they, the post-modernists/progressives/marxists, are doing is that it actually encourages poor language. Poor language adds victimhood cred.
1. Communication- conveying ideas, instructions and thoughts to others
2. Problem solving- as you said, getting thoughts in order
3. Emotional relief- what you say after hitting your thumb with a hammer and when hurling bad language at others
(An inarticulate cry or howl may not have been a word, at first; then, later, when one got the ideas of "offensiveness" or other such things, it may have turned into a sort of curse, or swear word.)
The manifestation of the intelligence level of some groups. I won't name them. Of course I am a racist for pointing it out.
On another point, you are correct there is no melody in rap. There is only a "beat" that appeals to some other instincts. Rock n Roll combines melodies and a beat.....long live rock n roll.
Beatles, Foreigner, Beach Boys, The Eagles, just to name a few.
Don't make the mistake to compare it to classical music. It is a different genre.
In rap, there is nothing else but the beat and a monotonic cadence of text that best can be described as the sound of tennis shoes in the drier (as one of our colleagues here characterized it perfectly earlier).
Not to mention the kind of "lyrics" rehearsed that are not fit for publication.
---Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed Huckleberry Finn, and read it over and over. But Twain's intention was not to convert all Americans to speak like Huck; he was not presented as an ideal speaker, he was an ignorant boy, raised in a racist society and had a racist father, and, despite his handicaps (emphasis: handicaps), learned to rise morally above them.
I suppose it is all right, occasionally, to let one's hair down and use sloppy grammar. I do, sometimes: "he don't", "I ain't", etc. But I do not do that when I write a letter to the editor of a newspaper. People need to know what correct grammar is, and, especially when expressing ideas, they need to be able to do so with precision.--And if one is supposed to wear oneself out in getting to college, only to be told that grammar is "optional" and unnecessary, what in the h**l is the use in going?
The population of emojis is becoming almost as numerous as the Chinese language, with its 40,000 characters, so it's possible to create messages using emojis to the knowledgeable that are more like hieroglyphics.
Cursive writing is disappearing from many schools, treated as unnecessary art. That shows a lack of respect, or at least indifference to the written word.
An illiterate society is easily controlled, since they can't discover whether the government is telling them lies or not. That society also likely has little respect for drive and initiative, and so long as their basic needs are provided, aren't likely to complain too much. Think about it.
Who is John Galt ? Hmmm.
Go Reardon Go Francisco Go Dagney
"a kiss, a kiss" ?
One of my majors was English, and I saw that ed majors in a few required Eng. courses, had the worst grades in the class in English. Now, we are to accept that they must only feel about math, just try at English, and thye can't communicate with verbal methods with the people with and for whom they work. It just gets worse and worse.
Having a degree should racist to start with.
After all, isn't the natural state of existence the one in the cave? Why education? Laying around all day, doing nothing is what makes for a happy life.
Working and putting in an effort is racist. It is all in the white man's head.
While really much of what you did was plagiarize from the Internet...
And the more socialist you are makes you more worthy to live on this getting sillier and sillier planet.