Your Voice Matters

A language is someones identity and is what makes them who they are. In writing, students should have the right to use their own language in an academic setting because their language is a piece of their identity and writing can be an escape to reality. Using your own language in an academic setting is another way of expressing your style. Style is the way you express your emotions or writing or form of art. If a student has a chance to express that then why stop it! Writing is another way of voicing your point of view on a topic, issue or to express your emotions. Striping away someones freedom of speech is like trying to take candy from a baby. Like in the text I previously read, How To Tame A Wild Tongue, the author Gloria Anzaldua, the protagonist was being stripped from her identity because of the language she spoke. For example, in the story the author began the story with a scenario where the dentist was "Cleaning out her roots". This was a metaphor that society was trying to strip her of her identity (roots) because of the language she spoke. I also believe that your language should be allowed in your writing because its able to paint a vivid picture for your readers to understand your story. Its like taking away someones freedom of speech away from them. Rights to your own language shouldn't be stopped in an academic society because its your creative style that you choose to include your language in your writing. If a person is restricted on being able to write and include their language then they are going to be submissive to the restrictions and not know what their own voice is.