Students Right to Their Own Language
Ashley Chang
English 1100_35
September 16, 2015
Professor Young 

Should Students Have a Right to Their Own Language?

       “Ashley please revise your essay, the structure is incorrect.” I read on my 

essay that my professor had given back. I always assumed English was more 

lenient; math is about facts and it’s more straight forward, maybe that is why 

I've always been good in math. On the other hand, English I felt was more 

opened to discuss. Everyone can interrupt things differently; it’s just a matter 

of how you choose to view the writing.The picture below made me laugh 

because I find it is true.

Professors analyze writing to every little detail but for one that is not on that 

level of writing they honestly don’t care. Should students have the right to their 

own writing style? Yes they should, a piece of one self should always be left 

behind in everything you do, especially in ones writing.

      Writers like J.K Rowling, Gloria Anzaluda or Stephanie Meyers came to be 

because they all pushed the boundaries of writing to be where they are. “If you 

don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in you wont understand how much 

bigger the world is.” Angelina Jolie. Her quote is telling people to push 

past their comfort level to really get to know your limits. 


      “The claim that any one dialect is unacceptable amounts to an attempt of 

one social group to exert its dominance over another.” This is a quote from an 

article called “Students Right to Their Own Language”. The statement is true, 

no one language is better than another. We do live in America however, 

America is a country filled with many foreigners. It is not right to deprive 

anyone of their home language. If you go anywhere out of America you would 

be uncomfortable if people asked you to speak their language, to talk, 

write and live by their language rules because that is how it has to be since you 

are not in America. It would be wrong and you wouldn’t like to feel stripped of 

your language. Yo ablo español, a el que le moleste, que no me able. I speak 

Spanish, if it bothers you, don't talk to me. I am Peruvian and my culture 

is beautiful, I love and embrace it as Americans love and embrace their 

nationality. If it bothers someone where I am from they are not forced to stay 

in my life. However, I have learned to adjust my Spanish and my writing to the 

way teachers have asked, not to the way I wish it to be because it was a part 

of my grade, I did not wish to fail. Nonetheless, ones writing should always 

include a piece of one's self, whether it be a style, language, anything that can 

represent yourself. Always be proud of your identity.