DW 1(a).

a) For your first writing exploration, you will construct a literacy autobiography or narrative of 1-2 significant events in your life that identifies and analyzes the differences between the way you use language in school and the way you use it at home. Be sure to describe not only scenarios that deal with the differences between the way you speak at home and school, but also, note experiences with how your use of language to read and write differs from the way you read and write both in school and at home.
-For doing this literacy autobiography assignment for the WRA 125 class, I thought deeply about how different the way I read and write the language at home compared to the way I read and write the language in school. I clearly saw some differences between the ways I read and write the language in two different places (home and school).
When I am at home, I usually interact with my family or my friends with whom I feel more comfortable. So, I use loosely formal words and ways of speak, read or write. Specifically when I write e-mails or send text messages to my family or my friends, I use the words like for example "Hey," "What's up?", "Yo" and etc. Also, I don't really speak in a way of established form necessarily. Another difference is that when I speak with or write to my family or friends, I could begin my conversation with the main topic.
However when I am in school, I usually interact with professors, advisors, or classmates. I don't feel comfortable as much as with my family or my friends. So, I use formal words or try to use formal words possibly every moment when I speak with or write to professors, advisors, or classmates. I could say that I use different types of words or phrases when I am with them. When I had a meeting with my advisor before every semester to talk about my class schedule, I used mostly formal words or phrases, such as "Would you suggest any classes to me?", "Hello, professor ...." and etc. I feel like I need to use formal words or phrase, if I can, every moment I speak with or write to professors, advisors, or classmates. I feel that way not only because I do not feel comfortable as much as with my family or friends, but also I think that using more formal words or phrase would show respect to those people (professors, advisors, or classmates) from my understanding. Also, when I begin my conversation, I don't usually start talking about the main topic I want to deliver to them (professors, advisors, or classmates). First I ask about how they are doing and bring the brief reason why I came to meet or talk to them.
Therefore, by looking at even these two simple and similar situations with totally two different groups, I use totally different way of language when I speak with or write to those two different groups of people.