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DOJ Defends Bad Grammar
A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^
| 18 Sep 2011
| John Semmens
Posted on 09/19/2011 8:29:50 PM PDT by John Semmens
The Obama Department of Justice has ruled that Arizona school districts may not dismiss teachers who have poor grammar skills.
“In an ideal world we would hope that those teaching our children would be able to set a good example,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “In the real world we must make compromises.”
Holder pointed out that “the rules of grammar are only a convention. Non-discrimination is the law. There should be no question in our minds over which takes precedence. Besides, grammar evolves through usage. Who’s to say what will be considered appropriate in the future? What the law says right now is nobody can be fired for how he talks the English language.”
In related news, scores on the reading portion of the SAT college entrance exam fell to their lowest level on record. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan advised that “we not let this seemingly bad news weigh us down too much. The ability to read the printed word is not as critical as it once was. Given the great advances in graphic media we’ve seen in recent years, it should be apparent that a person can get along quite well even if his reading comprehension doesn’t measure up to what his parents were able to do.”
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TOPICS: Education; Government; Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: doj; grammar; illiteracy; satire; schools
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To: John Semmens
I be wanten’ my EBT card Hommey!
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:36:15 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: John Semmens
I wonder which is the bigger problem, that they talk in Ebonics, or they just can’t speak English? In Arizona, it’s probably the latter. In any event, this is one really stupid court decision.
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:36:50 PM PDT
by
holyscroller
( Without God, America is one nation under)
To: John Semmens
..and WHY is DOJ ruling on this???
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:45:57 PM PDT
by
madameguinot
(Our Father's God to Thee, Author of Liberty)
To: John Semmens
Holder would prefer every teacher use ebonics.
To: madameguinot
Re-read the source. It's a satire.
In your defense, the lines are blurred with the current Community Organizer and his 'experts'.
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:48:54 PM PDT
by
JayNorth
To: madameguinot
Re-read the source. It's a satire.
In your defense, the lines are blurred with the current Community Organizer and his 'experts'.
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:48:56 PM PDT
by
JayNorth
To: madameguinot
Re-read the source. It's a satire.
In your defense, the lines are blurred with the current Community Organizer and his 'experts'.
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:49:09 PM PDT
by
JayNorth
To: JayNorth
Does anyone else hear an echo in here?
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:49:59 PM PDT
by
JayNorth
To: John Semmens
How would it be if Holder’s logic were applied to Chemistry—or Driver’s Education.
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:51:31 PM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: John Semmens
You know the present administration is bad when satire is easily accepted to be a truth! lol
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:53:02 PM PDT
by
Netizen
(Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
To: John Semmens
Head shakin’, and eye rolling John. No chuckle. That IS the Liberal mindset. You know them well ;).
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:56:52 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: JayNorth
Sorry-but boy am I relieved!
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:57:38 PM PDT
by
madameguinot
(Our Father's God to Thee, Author of Liberty)
To: Netizen
Yeah! Except that one satire piece about Obama giving the Queen of England an I-pod as a gift was SOOO over the top. Good satire is when you half-way believe it.
BTW - Even though my grandmother was not perfect - I wouldn’t go so far as to call her a bad grammer.
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posted on
09/19/2011 9:02:23 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Obama Recreating the New Deal: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
To: John Semmens
LOL, ya almost got me again, John, I almost popped off with some “grammar” personally tailored to Eric Marxist Holder, but then saw your byline and had to laugh.
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posted on
09/19/2011 9:06:31 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
To: JayNorth
Move the selector switch on your mouse from “three shot burst” to “semi-auto”.
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posted on
09/19/2011 9:09:37 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
To: John Semmens
Once again you almost got me for a second or two. You are good.
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posted on
09/19/2011 9:24:05 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: John Semmens
This is insane! In 7th grade (1957) Mrs. Simmons,our teacher, whom nobody really liked but everyone respected, spent the year teaching us to diagram sentences. We started with subject/verb and by the end of the year were diagramming the most compound/complex sentences. And then the ‘60s happened and everything started to implode.
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posted on
09/19/2011 9:27:46 PM PDT
by
ArmyTeach
(Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB61)
To: JayNorth
To: John Semmens
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posted on
09/20/2011 1:14:50 AM PDT
by
TChad
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