Daniel Ponce

Professor Young

February 21, 2016

ENGW 1100

                                                Homework

            Should college students have their own right to their own language?  Absolutely, if they couldn’t be able too then where is their first amendment being implied? According to the article, “Students Right to Their Own Language” it’s a right students have that was passed on by Executive Committee in 1973 at the Philadelphia NCTE meeting. “The dialects of their nurture or whatever dialects in which they find their own identity and style.” This mean students have the right to speak their mind without hesitating. If it’s part of their identity and is what they believe in then they shouldn’t be punished. We have a right for our voices to be heard even if other don’t believe or agree with us.

            Back in 1988 a group called NWA wrote a song called “Fuck tha Police”. Should we able to write about something that might cause trouble? Yes. Everyone has their reason on calling out people or idea’s they don’t agree on. NWA just didn’t make this song for the hell out of it. They had reason which was calling out the police for their racist and discrimination behavior towards African Americans. If the police at the time treated everybody with respect then there wouldn’t be need for all the drama. You can’t be punished for writing what you believe in. This goes for college students too we can’t be manipulated to follow what other believe in. We need to believe on what we think is right and speak our mind.

            College students should have their right to their own language. People may agree with me or not, but that’s okay we all have different opinions.

Daniel Ponce
ENGW 1100
February 10, 2016
Rasheda Young

                                                             Homework

                      Her identity as a Chicano speaking Spanish woman is important because it's the reflection of who she truly is, and what makes her unique from others.

"I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language, i cannot take pride in myself."
"When other races have given up their tongue, we kept ours."
"I will overcome the tradition of silence."

 

Daniel Ponce
Rasheda Young
ENGW 1110
February 7, 2016

ENGL 1100, Writing Skills Workshop

Reading Response Questions to “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”

 

Directions:  After reading “How to Tame a Wild,” answer the questions in complete sentences.  Your responses must be typed.  All typed assignments must have a heading: your full name, the current full date, my name, class name and section, and assignment title.  The heading goes in the top left hand corner of your paper.

 

1.        Discuss how the opening scene of Anzaldua in the dentist’s chair connects to the overall point/message of the essay and title.

It connects to the overall message of the essay by the girl being strong and prideful of the way she speaks Spanish.

 

2.        Discuss Anzaldua’s use of the Spanish throughout her writing.  Did it make sense?  What was her purpose?

Yes it made sense. No one should tell you which the correct Spanish way to speak is.

 

3.       Can Academic English be defined as Spanish (Standard) and can Chicano Spanish be described as  nonstandard?  Why? What inferences, conclusions, can be made from referring to one identity (language) as standard versus nonstandard?

Spanish (Standard) is a more educated way to speak while Chicano Spanish is found to be a slang/rude Spanish.

 

4.        Discuss the necessity of speaking and/writing in Academic English as an indentity.  Is it necessary?

Yes it’s necessary as the girl mom states how they only hired people who spoke proper English.

5.       Anzaldua describes different types of Spanish, identities.  Discuss the various types of English, identities, you know.

Some English I know are street talk English, Latin English, and well educated English.

 

6.       Pachuco.  Do you use a secret language, secret identity, to communicate to your friends?  If so, what?

Sort off. Our English is different than how adult would speak English as we use more slang and curses.

 

7.       Chicano Spanish can be compared to non-standard English.  What form of English (standard or nonstandard) do you speak with your friends (audience)?  What form of English do you speak when you talk to your mother (audience), professor (audience)?  Why?

I speak a nonstandard English with my friends because I don’t care what they think, but I can’t speak to professor or parent like that because I have respect for them.  Also I find it disrespectful to talk to somebody the same way you speak to your friends.

8.       “I am my language.”  What does this mean?  How does this statement connect to a person’s identity?

She means that she speak the way she wants too and is prideful of the way she speaks.

 

9.       Talk specifically about how the introduction and conclusion connect.

They connect because both part of the story resist being tame from speaking the way she wants too.

10.   Can the language you speak be a part of your identity?  Why?

Yes, because it’s the way you are as a person. It part of the way you feel, act, and think.

 

11.   How important is identity to you?  Does Anzaldua believe it’s important to have identity?  Use some examples from “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” to support your answer.

Identity is important to me because it tells you the way you are as person. “I will no longer be made to be feel ashamed of existing.”(Anzaldua) Exactly you can’t let no one dictate your life and tell you what speak or think.

Daniel Ponce
Professor Young
ENGW 1110
February 7, 2016

Getting to Know You

 

DIRECTIONS: For this assignment, I‘d like you to answer the following questions with honesty.  I want to get to know you.  Once you finish answering the questions, post your responses to your blog.  Add video, pictures and/or music to make your blog yours. For our next class, I will select blogs as models and/or examples for class discussion.

 

1.      If you play a sport, what type of sport do you play?  How long have you been playing this sport?

I have played soccer since I was 5 years old.

 

2.       What are you passionate about?  For example, in your free time, what do you enjoy doing most?

Usually I go to the soccer field and shoot around.

 

3.      What is your nickname and how did you get this name?

Everyone calls me Danny for as long as I could remember.

 

4.      When you write, do you just sit at the computer and allow the words to flow or do you have an outline?

I usually let the words flow to mind.

5.      How would you describe your writing experience in high school?  For example did your teachers allow you multiple times for you to revise your essays to earn a higher grade?  Did you learn grammar rules and structure?  Did you learn about the five paragraph structure?

In high school my teacher weren’t so strict on grading, but I did learn some sort of grammar rules and structure.

6.      What type of music do you most listen to and who is your favorite artist?

I listen to any kind of music, but I prefer listening to rap and hip hop. My favorite artist right now is Future.

7.      Do you use social media and if so how often do you use social media: facebook, Twitter, Snap Chat,  Instagram?

I use Snapchat the most probably every day.

8.      What is most important for you to learn this semester?

I learn to be responsible for my work.

9.      Rate yourself as a writer: A, B, C or D.  Explain why.

I would rate myself as a writer a C because that what I usually get on every writing paper I write.