Where you go'n to college?

In homeroom, I had my students work on a special project for me (which is a euphemistic way of saying, "I outsourced work to unpaid laborers"). In an effort to make the college search process more accessible, I offered to request college information for any interested student in the school. Toward this end, I wanted smart-looking posters for the hallways; students could sign their names and list colleges of choice and, in turn, I would email those schools for them.

"I want you to be as creative as possible, because you guys are much more creative than I am," I said. "But the posters have to say, 'Where are you going to college?' as the heading." I then gave them markers, colored pencils, poster paper, the works.

Later, Beth Banks had a question. "Mr. Vonn, is it all right if we make these a little ghetto, like, can I put, 'Where u go'n to college?'"

Me: "Well, I'd really rather you not, I mean these are for colleges...we want good grammar, right?"

Beth: "All right, all right."

Later still, Beth's group finished. "Here you go, Mr. Vonn, we're done." I examine the poster. Beth predicts my question and goes on: "Yeah it says 'Where are you go'n to college,' I mean, you know we had to keep it a little ghetto."

Fair play.