Blog Post #1

I have always noticed a distinct difference in the way I speak when compared to my peers. From elementary school all the way to high school I had difficulty communicating with my peers. The reason for this difficulty seemed to stem from both the size of my active vocabulary and my more standard use of English. The way I speak and form sentences has been greatly influenced by both my mother and several friends of my family. The most readily apparent trait that all these people share is that they are writers. At a young age I had access to a vast wealth of vocabulary and creative thinking focused around the English language. 

When I was younger my reading skills were considered to be subpar for my age, the reason behind this was I felt uncomfortable using words that I didn’t feel completely confident in using. After I had widened my comprehension of English I had a small explosion of language. Eventually, I found a more comfortable medium between the non-standard English in use at my schools and the standard English at home. Obviously I veered more heavily toward the language spoken at home by my parents. Looking back at the past and observing my own speech patterns now I can find many parallels to my mother and a few close friends that I interacted with a great deal in my infancy and adolescent years, I think more than anything it was this group that formed the way I talk.