Luke's response to Payne and Reinventing English Ch. 1

I read Payne's second and ninth chapters. I found the chapter on sociolinguistics to be helpful, but mostly a review of things that have already been brought to my attention. The ideas that Payne was writing about weren't very new to me. I would like to read the relationship chapter (chapter 9) again to try and get a better grasp of it. I found it a bit hard to draw application from. The part that stuck out to me was when Payne gives the table of "Deposits made to/withdrawals made from individual in poverty," particularly the distinction between using the "parent voice" and the "adult voice". I think I understand what Payne's getting at here. Sometimes as teachers we will have kids in our class that we notice are obviously not having their needs met at home, kids that we will wish we could fill that void for. Without meaning anything bad by it, we might start to talk to that kid like a parent, instead of like a caring adult, because there is a real distinction. Using the parent voice is not only condescending, it is a violation of boundaries in the teacher-student relationship and should be avoided