Student Rights to Their Language 

           “YOOOOOOOOOO!” “Whats up?” “She was so deadass.”  These are all examples of how non-standard language is used nowadays. “Yo” is now a greeting and also could be a word that people use when other people say something that is outrageous. “Whats up?” is a term used for “How are you?” or “What are you doing?”. “Deadass” has multiple meanings, they include it meaning “Are you serious?” and “I am serious.”. This one word can mean a question or a statement. A lot of nonstandard words have more than one meaning.  I agree that students should be able to use their won language to a certain degree. This is why boundaries need to be set. 

                A lot of people who don’t use slang   Not everyone likes the sound of it and not everyone will. Even though I agree that students should be able to use their own language in their writing, I also believe that there should be boundaries in place so that one student doesn't go over the fine line between expression and inappropriate. We must write for every audience including the ones who don't find slang appropriate just as they write so we can understand. I agree with this because of the changing society, we must conform to certain things. Today’s language is different and evolving as we speak. Words, phrases and acronyms are created and changed everyday by millions of young adults. As writers of a “new form” with a new language we have to show that just because we use different words does not make us any less educated and mature. Our jobs as new writers is to be the good change and stick up for our language, show that we have confidence.