Blog Post #1 Prompt Response

In respose to the prompt I feel as if the human behaviour in relation to speech can go both ways. I believe that any young persons use of language can be inflicted by his or  her parents or his or her peers. To explain my reasoning I will use myself. Growing up in a suburb community  with my mother I found myself using terms that made me seem smarter than the average bear.If I used any word in contrast to these I would be reminded by my teacher and neighbors the "correct way " to express myself. In my opinion this was done in an extreme manner. For example, if I would say "can I have some ice cream"  I would be corrected "no,no,no" "may I please have some ice cream". I later moved with my father to a not so suburb of an area In which the schools slang was the norm.I wanted to be like my peers so I started talking like my peers. So my point generally speaking is that I spoke how I wanted to. It was so tempting to speak like my peers not just because I liked to hear myself sound "cool" but because I finally understood the complicated slang language my peers spoke.