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i think that there is the assumption that people who speak with a dialectic slang do so all the time.
i am filipino and i grew up in scarborough, my "black-cent" can be thick, especially when i am talking to my friends that have also grown up in scarborough.
but i am also a graduate of teacher's college and will be teaching english and history. i have taught for 3 years and when i am in a classroom and when i write my essays my language is perfect.
on the other hand i have had to mark and edit hundreds of essays and i cannot tell you how many times students who can speak english well end up writing papers with atrocious grammar and spelling mistakes.
to make the assumption that someone who DOES NOT speak "proper" english CANNOT speak "proper" english is very misinformed and unfair to the individual.
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