Wow I really wish we had read this in the beginning of this class, it would have been really beneficial. To have the reaffirmation that it’s totally ok to write something that sounds bizarre and senseless and it’s ok because nobody else is going to read it. She states that going into drafting it’s important to drop […]

In June Jordan’s Nobody Means More to Me than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan she discusses Black English not being recognized as a language in America. Black English has many rules and guidelines to it. Languages have many different “sub-languages” within them. In the UK people speak differently based on the region. There are […]

James Baldwin states how much white people take from black language and culture. “Black Language” was born due to black people not getting a good education. It came from systematic racism. Black Language still however gets white washed. At first I was intrigued by this idea of how someone from Paris would not understand someone […]

My eyes were only ever fixated on the clock above the door. Impatiently waiting six o’clock to roll around, my teacher’s words drowned out like hearing someone speak from underwater. I had never felt so lost and disinterested in an academic environment. This surly was not the fun play time I’ve heard the other kids […]

I really appreciate how much Zinsser stresses how important writing about yourself is. It’s a great way to sort out one’s mind and make sense of what is going on in life. Zinsser describes writing about yourself as a “liberating journey”, picking apart your brain, getting to the root of that one thing that’s been gnawing away at your brain. Just […]

My eyes were only ever fixated on the clock above the door. Impatiently waiting six o’clock to roll around, my teacher’s words drowned out like hearing someone speak from underwater. I had never felt so lost and disinterested in an academic environment. This surly was not the fun play time I’ve heard the other kids […]

For Joan Dideon, keeping her notebook is a sort of reality check and form of self expression for herself. All of the random thoughts she has goes directly into her notebook. The pages are a good depiction of what goes on within Joan’s mind. In On Keeping a Notebook, Joan is trying to make sense of […]

Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue, was a wonderful informative story that spotlighted the struggles of growing up with a parent who speaks “broken English”, and her experience with language and how people are perceived based off of how they speak. Through her writing, she educates the reader and gives them a new perspective on language. Amy kicks off […]

“The English language only has six vowels”

Interview with my Girlfriend about Language