The practice of moving back and forth between languages is called code-switching. The article ‘Good Grammar Gets the Girl’ by Elissa Englund shows how improper English prevents you from acquiring social attire Also, the article ‘My Goldfish Name is Scaley’: There’s Nothing to Correct”, by Rebecca Wheeler, tries to prove that education should not be perfect if you are able to understand each other, relating to the fact that we are able to code-switch helps us understand each other even more socially and communally. Lastly, the article “The Pleasures of the Text”, by Charles McGrath, states that language we have created in the online world that makes us more antisocial than socially active. All three articles prove that if a student can understand code-switching then he is able to overcome the standard English language. If a person such as a high school student is able to code switch then I disagree that high school students should follow the conventions of standard written English in all text messages, emails, and online conversations. One reason that code-switching is a perfect objective to use when speaking to people is that anybody is able to comprehend and perfect it. For example, “The Pleasures of the Text” by Charles McGrath, states “-acronyms like ubiquitous “lol”, for (laughing out loud), constitute the language of text messaging or text msg, to use the term that txt msg prefer” (2) This proves that if we are able to understand the abbreviations, you distinguish those messages from your normal English language by code-switching. This means high school students should not follow the conventions of standard written English in all text messages, emails, and online conversations. To further prove this, the article ‘My goldfish Name is Scaley’ :There’s Nothing to Correct” by Rebecca Wheeler, states that “Research and experiences show code-switching and contrastive analysis work” (61), this verifies that students are able to code switch and perform basic English grammar, writing speaking and are able to return to a different dialect or language. If a person such as a high school student is able to code switch then high school students should not follow the conventions of standard written English in all text messages, emails, and online conversations. On the counterclaim some people may believe that code-switching is not educational when writing or speaking English. This is a weak argument because it restrains you from
Mollie Norton Mrs. Moody English 102-44 26 April 2012 Virtual Reality Most girls have had at least one boyfriend that would rather play his video games than answer her phone calls. Lucky for those boys, researchers are finding several advantages to the virtual world. The idea is becoming more attractive to more universities and to the workplace. Although this is becoming more accepted and widespread, there are also cons to living in a virtual world. Games like these affect the mind in more ways…
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Odysseus is a tragic hero. He had a hard life of 10 years of trying to get home. Odysseus is one hundred percent innocent and has done nothing inhumane enough for him to be charged as much as he is being charged. I will prove Odysseus innocent with reasons he killed one hundred men, and assaulted the Cyclops. Odysseus is charged with on hundred counts of first-degree murder. He was defending the honor of his family. He could have lost his life trying to fight them. So that means he risked his…
Jonina Tong Argumentive Essay Unit Three, Lesson Eight Music Piracy is Theft Throughout history, music spread through common experiences among people of different cultures. In today’s technologically advanced society, people spread music online, sometimes without an artist’s permission. This can lead to many problems, and music companies are now cracking down on this practice. Sharing music online without permission is essentially theft. Sharing music online prevents recording companies to…
Not only in Canada but in almost all of the western countries can we see the convention of giving tips to waiters and waitresses. Those people who offer services maintain that they can take the money from the customers as a matter of course. So do some citizens think so. However, this custom is, with no doubt, totally an inappropriate behavior which should definitely be banned since waiters do not really need tips and those tips, in some certain circumstances, can cause some serious problems. First…
Nate Gardner Period 3 15 December 2014 Somebody’s Always Watching Isn’t it unfair for someone to watch your every move? So that you have no privacy, whatsoever? People use the tapes from the surveillance cameras to blackmail. For example in 1997, “DC was caught using police databases to gather information on partons of a gay club. By looking up the license plate numbers of cars parked at the club and researching the backgrounds of the vehicles’ owners, he tried to blackmail patrons who were married…
Acceptance of the Anime Community Craig Hampton sat alone in a desk tapping his pencil in utter dismay. He thought of the antagonizing – gut sensation to tell someone the recent unfold of events in his all-time favorite anime, Bleach, but begrudgingly dismissed the idea sitting alone in the classroom. Craig is a regular high-school student the same as everyone else around him. He does his homework, answers questions in class; but the only thing that separates him from all the other students is his…
Researched Argumentive Essay Stacy Alexandria Blandly is a young country girl and with being a country girl there is country food. Stacy has always been overweight because her families daily diet consists of fried everything. Stacy eats fried chicken, pork chops, steak, fries, and any other meat that is smothered with grease and fats. She hates vegetables unless they are fried and fruits are eaten on a rare occasion. Stacy has become so dependent on food that she self-medicates it with her feelings…
The family dynamic in Hamlet is a lot different than the family dynamic now. Families in Hamlet’s time are knitted closer than families now. The relationship between Hamlet and his mother is a very strong one, a lot stronger than the relationship I have with my mom. Hamlet and I both lost our father that must be a big reason he is so close with his mom… She is really the only one he has left. Hamlet’s relationship with his mom is something that I wish I had. My mom and I love each other but I…
Alazhae Beckford Tom S. 3/11/2015 ENG 103 Many young people see going to school as a chore and only go because they absolutely have to. Some will even skip school because they see it as boring and unnecessary. In the essays “Kenyon Commencement Speech “by David Foster Wallace and “Are Too Many People Going to College? “by Charles Murray they express two very different opinions about college . David Foster Wallace expresses how everyone needs school high education up to college to succeed…
