Jacob Gallagher

English 1100_3J

September 11, 2015

Opinion: 

 Do Students have the Rights to their own Language?

      Students should defiantly be able to use their own language  in an academic setting. As Anzudula said, language is a part of identity. By writing their own language students are able to express themselves clearly. Not everyone likes to use intellectual word sin their writing, and honestly no many people I know use intellectual words in their everyday conversation. Those big words could make the writer seem fake. Everyone's writing should be different in style because if we all used the same intellectual style it would be pretty boring to read things. Sometimes in an academic setting, it is good for a student to write in an intellectual way. Some people need to understand the rules of writing. So in academic environment, a writer should learn to write clearly but still using their own unique style. There is a certain extent to where a student should not be able to use their own language in an academic setting. A student should not be able to just use a bunch of slang and bad words in their academic writing. Academic writing should show the best version of language that the student knows. By using slang, the writer could make the reader feel like he or she is reading trash. Not everyone appreciates that a person’s identity can be shown through the way they write. Most people like to read writing that shows intellectual words and no slang. I feel that a student should be able to write in any way that he or she feels comfortable.