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March 16, 2003 |
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Don't Give it to War!
FOUND by Dave Mcguire
in Chicago, Illinois
Found a block from the Old Town School of Folk Music. Written on musical notation paper. Maybe this was an assignment for some sort of class on protest songs.
There's something to be said about avoiding moral arguments and getting straight to the point: war costs money, and I want the money instead.
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to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
nah, i think its anti-war.
Maybe she should graduate from high school first...or at least take an English class
There are school teachers with horrible grammar. The point of the note is that higher education is more important than war.
Shot, I'll give her money. She clearly needs a better education. (using sheet music paper was a nice touch)
Dudes! Did you ever consider that maybe they were just careless mistakes, not necessarily a fundamental grammar problem? Even Red has that problem sometimes, I bet...
I'm a 30 year old white/Indian man who need money for beer.
Don't give it to education!
I love Matt.
that's a cool find. i wonder what drove her to write that? obviously, she can't afford college, but what pushed her to the breaking point?
interesting, and sad.
she doesnt deserve money for education if she cannot figure out that the word would be needs not need
I was going to give her a check, but as she doesn't even know the basic rules of grammar, I'm just going to make out the check to "War" instead...
i've seen this in adbusters magazine and colors magazine.
I love the handwriting.
If more people played music instead of of playing war the world would be a much better place.
To all you haters:
I study writing/composition, English, and linguistics, and her use of the word "need" is grammatical in African American English, which is itself a systematic variant of the English language. It's pretty much agreed-upon that one needs to master Standard American English in order to get ahead in, say, the business world and many other aspects of American society, but this sign is clearly a personal expression; this girl has as much right to speak in her native dialect as you have a right to speak in yours.
Please, PLEASE become a little more aware of your surroundings and wake up to the fact that not only do you not know everything, but you know less than you think. And then stop judging others by the standards imposed by your lack of understanding.
(If you want to read a little more about how there are many varieties, all of them with complete systems of grammar, within the English language, it would do humanity a little good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_
After all, Standard American English is itself only a variety of English.)
haha this is what i've been saying! except make it a 19 yr old white chick.. ps stanford just announced they're waving tuition for kids whose rents make <100k. the only reason i didnt go there two years ago was cuz i couldnt pay ): but yeah, war = dumb, education = win.
a bird in the hand is an idiot.
african american english...native dialect...that's horse shit. so you're saying that if someone uses poor grammar it should just be accepted because that's "the culture".
sure ill accept it...as being idiotic.
Who gives a shit about the grammar a person uses? You're not perfect either. Far from it, I'm sure... Don't be so fucking judgemental.
Amen, whatev....
Sick of some of these condescending @$$3$ on here...
I've encountered many kids of all colors who use all kinds of crazy spelling and grammar.
Stop turning this into a race thing.
The kid's just trying to make a statement about American priorities, for chrissakes.
Also, many of these kids get $#!+ from their peers for "talking white" or "acting white," i.e. conforming to standard English. No wonder these kids have issues.
Get over yourselves, some of youse.
(Note: Any "non-standard" English in this here message is intentional, y'hear?)
I have to agree that poor grammar is just not acceptable. First, as far as "being white" it does not seem like a genuine urban thing to go to college either. At least be consistent. If you aspire to go to college, then begin to express yourself in the way you need to in college. Second, I strongly condone non-standard English in the proper situation. I don't correct my friends in casual conversation but I do correct my students. And woe to any student that tries to tell me that their grammar or spelling errors are acceptable because of cultural license. The point is that use of nonstandard forms is good as long as it is by choice and not because you don't know any better.
I work with an African American fellow who, when conversing, is extremely difficult to understand.. I can seriously understand only about one third of what he's saying- and just pick up the rest from the context (and from his animation- he's freakin' hilarious!!).
Anyway.. the other day he had to call his wife at her place of business, and when the person on the other end of the line gave their standard business-phone-answering greeting, he said, "Yes, Hello. I'd like to speak with ********* ****** if she's available please," In perfect non-Ebonic "standard" English. I was blown away. (and laughing uncontrollably.)
If you're begging people for money for an education you should at least pretend you deserve it.
Come on, folks--you know that if it's covered by Wikipedia it's indisputable.
I hope I never accidentally forget a letter at the end of one of my political random thoughts.
YEESH!
Whoever wants to go to college should be able to go. Sadly, they can't afford it. Grammar is NOT being taught in schools anymore. Plus, they encourage "creative spelling" and such stupid things. The fact that this girls wants to go to college means she wants to learn and that makes her cool as hell to me. So she left the "s" off of needs, so what? It could have easily been an oversight.
The war is costing us 10 billion dollars a month. That is the real disgrace.
people are really mean to her just because she forgot an s?
(hpoe my gamermr was rtie)
I agree with Naz and bird in hand. This is her style of expression. I personally think it is an idea for a song, which everyone here is familiar nonstandard phrases used by a variety of singers irregardless of their ethnicity!
Shit I am white and I need to rely on spell/grammer check!
Let's just agree to disagree?
I'm a 41 year old Black woman who NEEDS money to finish my PhD. So, to make that money, I am working as an English teacher. I used to see grammar errors all the time, along with spelling errors, when I was teaching or working for corporate America. And from all races and ethnicities, including white people! The argument about "Ebonics" should go right along side the one about whether British or American English is better. We, unlike the French, don't have a standardization board in our government.
However, rather than being petty, I just want to know why we don't admire this girl's awareness of the situation of the world beyond her doorstep and of her desire to become formally educated?
I hope she got a scholarship and is playing her music somewhere, beautifully!!!
Everybody deserves an education, regardless of their use of grammar or spelling. It really saddens me that this sort of small mindedness still exists in the world. What about people who have dyslexia, should they be denied an education purely on the basis that spelling is more challenging for them?
In my country every child has the right to a free education, including studying at university. It is devastating to think that in the most powerful country in the world their is still a fundamental lack of human rights.
Also to Mike in Georgia, your complete lack of capital letters and misspelling of the word 'I'll' render your argument somewhat hypocritical and devoid of meaning.