The blog, “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why” by Kyle Wiens, he argues on how he refuses to hire people with “poor grammar”. While reading this I definitely felt he was a bit too aggressive and perhaps over the top. As someone who refuses to have poor grammar, I can understand his annoyance with this, but I never have taken it that far. For example, I recently had a conversation with my girlfriend about the correction setting on iMessage— I have mine off while she has hers on. I refuse to have this on my phone because I would hope that I am right when it comes to my spelling and grammar. If I have any doubt, I rely on Google as extra support. On the other hand, my girlfriend states that she has poor grammar and relies on the correction setting. She claims it helps her out with spelling and grammar. Not everyone has good grammar which is totally okay. I would never shame someone for having that setting on their phone and or needing extra help in that department. I think Wiens was awfully harsh and rude about grammar. Instead of offering extra help, he went ahead and forces his employees to be perfect and refuses to hire people for a mistake. People make mistakes all the time, I know I do even though I like my grammar skills to be perfection. I truly wish his employees good luck and patience because they probably need it.
On the other hand, the article “African American Language is Good English” by Zachary Martin, he explains and shows examples of how African American Language is truly Good English. Many people often overlook the African American Language by calling it “sloppy” or “improper”. As Martin stated, “The first argument that might come to mind is that “It’s too hard to read or understand,” but odds are if ya’ made it this far you’re readin’ it just fine”. Based on the evidence provided, difference is okay. The English is slightly different, but that doesn’t mean it is unreadable or something so difficult you cannot read. The English Language alone is already so complex that I feel as though one set of rules cannot apply to the entirety of the language. Another piece from the article that stuck out to me was, “It’s like a a Puerto Rican talkin’ to a Columbian, both of ‘em speak spanish but there are slight differences between the two dialects and adjusting to those differences might be hard for some. You’ve gotta put more effort into sayin’ somethin’ the right way instead of focusin’ on what you have to say.” I agree with this statement because as someone who speaks Spanish I can say that it varies in every country. There are words that one country says differently than others, one word that most say very differently is ‘straw’. My country, El Salvador, we say “pajilla”, others say “popote”, and the other many different ways to say one word.
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