DW-1a

When I'm with my friends I'm a little lazy with the way I talk. There isn't much pronunciation and most of my words usually run together, but being in a professional environment like work or school causes me to change everything. Well, everything about the way I speak that is. When I'm around my friends or peers I feel more comfortable to be just a 19 yr. old young lady rather than sounding like a 30 yr. old woman. There's nothing wrong with sounding that way because it's the correct way to speak but I want to feel comfortable. I know that when I'm with my friends they won't criticize the way I'm speaking because they're doing the exact same thing.

When I'm at school I feel like I have to show that I'm intelligent or that I have some type of smarts about me. I feel like when you sound uneducated then people tend to think of you that way an they may even think "what is a girl like her doing here, she can't even speak right." So, I begin to separate my words, for instance, instead of saying "won't" I sometimes say "will not." I also try to finish my words, so instead of asking "where you goin" I ask "where are you going." This makes me feel like I fit in with the crowd although like I stated it just isn't who I am, but I do what I feel like I have to do.

I have three jobs and they are all in different atmostpheres. I am a server at a resturant, I work at a hospital as a patient sitter, and I work on campus at Sparty's. With being in these different environments I am able be who I am today and who I might become one day. When I'm older I might just grow out of the laziness and speak and use my word the way I am supposed to, better yet, the way others feel I should. When I'm at the restaurant I can alternate my grammar use. I don't necessarily have be so proper or so prefect with me speech. I do have to pronounce my words more clearly than I would at home but not as much as I feel like I should in class, because the people that come in sometimes speak the way I do at home on a regular or maybe they just feel comfortable and feel like they don't have to speak so studious at dinner.
When I am at the hospital I try to be the best I can be because there are a lot of doctors and very important people around. I try to use Standard English an use what I was taught in grade school. Now, because I work on campus at Sparty's I can speak with comfort. The customer are usually around my age and they might even feel the same way I do about the whole "Standard English" situation so there isn't much pressure to be more than what I want to be at that exact moment.

Writing is a little different for me. I've become so accustomed to being lazy and not saying or spelling my words out all the time, that I sometimes find myself abbreviating my words in my papers for class. This is not a good thing. When I'm on networking sites or even text messing different people. I find myself saying "wanna" instead of "want to," I use the sayings "um" and "like" way more than a normal person should. This affects me more than a person would think. I believe they way I read and write affects the way I speak in a big way. I even spell "omg" as to say "oh my goodness" or "bff" for "best friend" verbally.

I'm not "dumb" or "unintelligent" because of the words I choose to use in my everyday speech but this world is a crazy place to be and there are people that will push you out or label you because of the grammar you decide to use at a certain time or place. That's why the saying "there's a time and place for everything" never fails. I try to make my decisions wisely- whether I'm at home, work, school or even when I'm text messaging or emailing a friend or a professor. This could be important, I'm glad I'm only 19 yrs old.

IAR "It bees that way sometimes"

What is invention? (What activities did the writer have to engage in to create the text?)

• Discuss the differences between "Black English" an "White/or/American English"
• Discuss how the Black language could possibly face "extinction" in the future
• Give examples on ways Black English is used and the same for White English

What is being invented? (What ideas, practices, arguments, etc. are created by the text?

• Discuss the way certain statements are made in Black English and the way they would be properly stated in White English.
• Specifies the ways the word "be", "been" and other simple words are expressed through the two languages.
• The way the "th" is sometimes omitted an replaced with a "d" an how it'll always be in certain words such as "thought" and "thing"
• Discuss and give examples of the ways that different people speak such as the Mayor and the choir director.
• Discuss the difference on how the words are/ may be interpreted

What is being arranged? (What is being put in relation to what?)

• Black English compared to white
• Black English in the twentieth century to current days
• Differences in language an "style" of language
• From grammer to the way words are pronounced
• The way the pattern works in short poems

What is arrangement? (How are things being put in relation to one another?)
analogy/ or statement/example to application

• things being compared and also contrasted
• examples given
• going from a general aspect to a more specific aspect

What is being revised? (What is the writer trying to change (e.g. what ideas, practices, etc.))?

• The readers outlook on Black english
• The thought the Black english has no form or any kind of rules to follow
• Changing the thought of Black english not being a language and proving that it's just the same as White english

What is revision? (What strategies are engaged specifically to help the writer achieve the revisions?)

• Use of citations
• Use of lifetime examples (real people)
• Use of poems for examples
• Use of Black english styles and white