Should schools ban slang from the classroom? (Transcript)
Johns: Michael, street slang is an anathema to me (.) and I want it kept out of the classroom, because for me, and with the young people I mentor down in Peckham in South London, I c-, I tell them language is power. (1) when I hear young people speaking street slang (.) they sound as if they’ve had an exceedingly painful frontal lobotomy, with all the innits , you get me bluds , yeah , basically, they sound stupid (.) and uneducated. I want the young people I tutor to be taken seriously by those who have the power (.) uh (.) to take decisions which can affect their lives for the better (.) uh (.) for the better or for the worse (1) Ed Milligan’s and David Cameron (.) do not speak street slang. Rosen: Well (.) it’s uh (.) its very interesting . If you like, I agree with some of that from the point of view that we want young people to be empowered (1) but first of all let’s go back on your (.) not...