ENGW 1100
September 17, 2015
Professor Young
The right to language in your class.
Yes, I think that student's should have the right to use their own language in class. Even if othersdo not understand the specific language that the person wrote in their essay or something else, it is a
part of their own style and identity. It's what makes them feel the most comfortable in their
environment, it helps express what they can't say on paper. The reason that Gloria Anzaldula had
written some of her book, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" in Spanish, was to express her identity and
show that she wasn't going to be suppressed or changed in her way of writing. Sure, some students
can still write very well without their personal language attached to the story, but if they need their
language to help express who they are and how they write, then they will have problems with how
they do things in general. In extreme cases, their could be students who begin to have doubt about
their own identity, if they re blatantly told they are only aloud to use "American" language in their
essay, and begin to shape themselves into the supposed "perfect" image of American society.
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