Benjamin Nguyen Ms. Moccia
1/15/16 Ap Language
Reflection to Orwell's Critique of the English Language Seminar
In this week's lecture, I had originally thought it was going to be very mundane and a simple debate over the simple conventions of the English Language. However, I was surprised to the fact that Ms. Moccia had let us decide the questions for the debate which made it more interesting. During the debate, we talked about political conformity, which excited me, because in almost every case, politics always piques my interests. In the debate, we essentially discussed whether it was beneficial that politicians "sugarcoat" the real issues at hand in order to appease or spare the feelings of the public. I was very strongly against this sugar coating of the English language, because time and time again it has been used to distract or straw away from the real issue at hand in order to garner attention/approval towards one's political party. Especially in an area like politics, you should never sugarcoat the real issues at hand, because there is simply too much at stake, such as the livelihoods and overall well being of people across the globe. This week's seminar was a pleasant surprise, and I throughly enjoyed it.
