Professor Young
English 1100
09/16/2015
Restricted Thoughts.
The freedom of speech is one of the most valuable
rights granted to us as thoughtful individuals. Why is it so important to
express ourselves as our own personal characters through our words but we are
pressured to speak a certain way when we are in an academic setting?. This
makes no sense to me, we should be able to express who we are in all aspects in
all different types of settings. If a teacher or professor is asking for my
opinion on a certain topic, why should I pull back on what I want to say due to
the fact that she or he might considered it "inappropriate or nonstandard
English"?. There should not be guidelines to my writing, there should not
be restrictions to my thoughts.
"Do this", "don't do this",
"remember this", "don't write like this". I understand there
is a certain way writers are supposed to write but why should I be locked in a
box when in reality the less rules the farther the mind can go. As a student I
want to be guided but also pushed and motivated to be the best that I can be in
that specific area being able to show who I am as a person through my
work. We should have the right to our own language in an academic setting,
it only makes sense to let me be "me" so that as a teacher you are
able to get that "masterpiece" that you would not be able to find
anywhere else.
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| Trapped. |
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