First week of Class: August 25-27th

                   August 25th was the first day of class, and on this day everyone made themselves name tags. Using construction paper of the color of our choice, we then decorated them with pictures and symbols that represented who we are and our interests. We then went around the class and introduced ourselves and explained what we put on our name tags and why.

                     On the second day of class we discussed our first assigned readings. Mentioned in the discussion were the debate over Ebonics should be considered a language. Several (including myself) argued that it should not be, but our teach Dr. Johnson proved us wrong and explained why it is in fact a language and why it should be considered one. He explained how agencies, companies, and people  use the dialect in their daily lives, and I am now convinced that this is  a language. Anything that is spoken by groups of people should be classified as a language.