Letter To The Editor

15/October/2016

Dear Editor,

I’m writing to respond to your Article, “Twtr? It's majorly bad! Leading headteacher condemns 'text speak' for eroding schoolchildren’s language skills” 24, March, 2014

Text Language has become, a serious issue that teenagers are not aware of it affecting them, and at the same time affecting their language and studies. I agree with you on the fact that texting has become a serious issue with this generation and that it needs to stop. The reason that it should stop is that the more the children will wear this type of language the more the possibility of them using it in school and assignments increase. This isn’t acceptable for their education and at the same time their future because, this language can’t be used when it comes to important matters such as jobs, interviews, etc. Thats why I totally agree with trying to stop or limit the children of using this type of new language which affects their knowledge on the formal language used everywhere. 

There are many ways that we can try and support the children/teenagers into using correct language while texting, especially now since everything has become modernized. Autocorrect can be crucial and it has been applied to mobile phones and the softwares which makes it easier, and at the same time if its not about the spelling and the length of the word “Apple” have added a knew addition to their software “Word Predictor” which can predict the words you want to type without having to type it all by yourself. Laptops and devices are an easier case because in this generation all students in the developed countries use devices to complete their work needed to be submitted, and the advantage of these devices is that their programs are developed to not approve of Text Language and its easier to se auto-correct. Their are many ways to stop this from becoming a bigger issue then it is we just need to think about it.

Sincerely,

Hassan Khalil                                                                           

     Raha International School 

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Interview with Tupac

As a reporter working for a big magazine like Billboard isn't an easy thing however at the same time there are many advantages to it, one of these advantages is getting to meet many of the famous musician artists. As for myself I got to meet several rap artists, however one interview that I will never forget is the time I got to meet Tupac Shakur. That man was basically known as the man who created rap also known as the "God of Rap", etc. Meeting him was a pleasure and an honor I will remember for a long time.

To sit with a man like Tupac means that no matter what you can't stop talking and asking questions unfortunately I didn't have that much time, I had only 10 min to sit with him so I went straight away with the main questions. I started off by asking the most important question, "What do you think of/about while writing your songs." He replied, "I think about my life, my community, how we're treated, I think about all that when I'm writing my songs because, thats what inspires me to write my songs, when I write my songs I talk about our problems as the black community and what causes our fights, I don't just talk about our problems but, I also talk about how we could unite and solve our problems and face the haters and all that you feel me." Then my second question was, "Why do you think 'racists' would listen to your songs and act better towards you and show your community the same respect they show themselves." Tupac, "Well let me tell you somthin' I don't care who listens to my songs all I care about is whoever listens to it focuses on what I say because, when they do they'll understand our struggles and how we were raised and how the kids now as well were also raised its not the best of life at all thats why I write my songs thats why I don't care if who listens to my songs because if you just imagine how we live then you'll understand and try to help. Unfortunately that was it for the interview thats all I had to ask the man himself Tupac.

As a fan of Tupac's music I realized how deep his music was and what it really meant to him now that I actually sat with him and understood what he wanted the listeners to here. However, it is hard being a "nigga" till this day as racism is increasing and will increase, so having someone like Tupac is important and crucial so that we could understand the Black Community more often and feel how hard it is for them to live.

Hassan Khalil
Billboard Magazine

Analytical Response

Looking back at the stories also can be defined as memoirs that we took in class. The two different memoirs written by two different authors Amy Tan and David Sedaris, they were two different stories however they had one topic and one idea that they wanted the audience to understand and develop. The main idea of both memoirs was to show the issues both authors had while trying to develop and learn a new foreign language however, it went deeper into understanding how it affected their identity as a person in a foreign country trying to learn a new language in front of the public. This showed and proved how difficult it was based on experience and being put in a spot not knowing exactly what to do or say.

Trying to show my understanding of the topic and what I understood from both memoirs I'm going to write an analytical response about how language can always change our identity and how we look in peoples eyes and how they see us, and at the same time how we see ourselves and how we identify ourselves. Knowing ur identity in this case is not about how you act with people or what you do, in this case identity is understood by your name, your language, and where you come from etc. This is what actually matters in this case of knowing your identity when it comes to learning a foreign language in a different country then yours and how people see you in their eyes different then others in your own country would. The reason being is that while learning a new language it can affect you with realizing, that means that you can forget your mother tongue easily by always talking that specific language and not speaking your formal language, thats why its crucial to always keep up with your language and the slangs words etc. because if you don't remember all that you basically lost your identity. From the memoirs written by Tan and Sedaris I got to understand the difficulty of trying to learn a new language and how that can not only affect your identity but at the same time affecting our personality, looking at Sedaris when he went to France he was confident about being able to learn the language and it being easy however, he realized that being in a foreign country having everyone in the country speaking the language your trying to learn is hard so his confidence decreased and when he returned to the US he was less confident especially being separated into leveled classes.

I totally agree with the idea of language being able of changing us in many different ways and especially our identity thats why its always important to understand and develop your identity so that it doesn't change. It is hard to maintain and keep hold of your true identity while learning a language especially when its totally new to you, because you put yourself in the situation of talking one specific language and not talking anything else however thats wrong, and in my opinion you should always try to talk both the language your trying to learn and your mother tongue language cause thats what identifies you as a person.

"Till Next Time That's All Folks"