Kyle Wiens wrote a very passionate article, though in my opinion, was a bit aggressive. I understand wanting to hire people who are qualified for the position, but shaming individuals who may have dyslexia or grammar issues may be quite offensive and insensitive. I do not agree with him saying, “Applicants who don’t think writing is important are likely to think lots of other (important) things also aren’t important” (paragraph 13). I think that people can have specific morals and believe that certain things are important without finding one specific thing important. I do not agree with most of his arguments, and I thought that the paragraphs were repetitive and not really well written at all.
On the other hand, Zachary Martin has a completely different approach. Martin starts off with quotes from Shakespearean sonnets or songs. This is a much more welcomed approach than Wiens article. Martins main point is that AAVE is considered correct English, since it was the way that certain groups of people were taught how to speak. He brings up the point that writing in AAVE may make the writing more personal and create a more relatable outcome. I agree with this point, all the writing or poems I have read that use AAVE feels I am speaking directly to the writer. I also agree with his point that states AAVE has rules like any other form of language, it is not just unorganized words scrambled together. At the end of this chapter, I can conclude that I have learned a lot about the AAVE dialect and why it is used in writing.
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