The Importance Of Swearing

Conventionally schools are trying to promote success and positive student image. Using profanity in the classroom through literature can promote a negative mentality.

Despite that students now use profanity in their public schools and even more out of school, this could cause more children and teens to use the offensive language around their peers.

In today’s society curse words and insults are used in many people’s regular vocabulary. Most of these insults, if not all, are being said without prior knowledge of the meaning behind the word. An example of an insult like this is porch monkey, a derogatory term for African Americans. The people that use derogatory terms like this are often ill-informed and unaccepting of other cultures.

Besides literal uses for cuss words (as verbs), over two-thirds of all swearing is linked in expressing some kind of emotional connotation. These help with expressing the speaker’s anger, frustration, and surprise (“son of a bitch”, “f*ck me!”, “holy shit!”) which are done in emotional outbursts of these single words, also known as epithets. In addition profanity has a direct connection with emotional response in that when one utters one of these “worser words” it helps increase heart rate and work as an analgesic, showing how it can help manage emotional pain as it has a direct connection. One such emotional connection could be noted in the use of “FUBAR” (F*ucked up beyond all recognition) in the movie Saving Private Ryan to help the convey the soldiers emotions in how sick of they were of the war. Commonly physical fights take place to help express emotional pain or anger, these are normally avoided by voicing this anger through these taboo words. For example one can use name calling (bitch, asshole), or curse in the form of a put down (eat shit and die) all spur emotional responses and can help avoid physical confrontations by giving a voice to inner feelings. This is commonly seen in rap songs where many cuss words are used to unveil inner feelings. Such the rap group NWA used

    Everyday we read and hear profanity from books which we should shelter our children from having to learn more about the awful things we have in life. Having profanity in our everyday lives affects us in a negative way because if our children hear the foul language then there is a greater chance that children will pick up the words we would not like them to say. In the article “Potty-Mouthed” by Martin Chilton, states that swearing in Young Adult fiction is a controversial and complex issue. Young Adult fiction is controversial issue because some parent let their children read books that other parents would not agree with based on the language, violence, suicied and sexualactivity. A lot of teenage books have very mature points of view that some or most of our teens can not even

Swear words are commonly thought to be a way to express oneself and to ‘let the stress out’ however tests have shown that swearing actually activates the

Inappropriate language can change the meaning of a message or something you want to say, making a negative impact on the listener which can cause distress and trouble. Using unsuitable language reflects on you character as disrespectful and rude. This language can be reduced by trying to ignore language such as swearing and aggressiveness as much as possible. Try to control your speech whilst communication especially if it is formal communication within a workplace or

I love this saying from Washington he states something that I believe is true, profanity usage commonly used on a day to day is out of control. What one says and practices daily is who they are.

46% of teens swear on a daily basis, multiple times a day says Chicago tribute. Almost 80-90 times on average. It’s not like these teenagers haven’t heard a swear or two in there life time either from their peers or parents. Teenagers should be exposed to swearing in their lifetime because when they are older it is

Profane language weakens a student's communication skills because they have limited vocabulary which leads to using improper language. Kim Asch, an author of an article writes profane language is over used in schools. The article states, "Swearing is not only bad manners, Mr. O'Connor says, it's poor communication that shows a lack of imagination and a limited vocabulary. And in a time when even students can be accused of sexual harassment, the earlier they clean up their vocabulary the better." In the moderate days, people has been very sensitive with many of these words used by students in school because many people do not appreciate this behavior.

The vulgarity that rolled off our tongue behind our teachers back was astounding. We knew every curse word in the book and used it with flair. However, we also knew what would happen if we did not use our own personal off switch for this type of talk in front of our parents and teachers. Almost everyone switches how they speak in their day to day lives due to certain situations and what the context of the community they are in is. This process has been commonly referred to as “Code-Switching” .

Lady Gaga, Lebron James and the 2008 film “Tropic Thunder” all have used the r-word as a slur with a demeaning context. Why would any young child think it was wrong to use to r-word to describe something when their idol is using it? Or a movie there watching or hear in the other room? Both Gaga and Lebron later issued apologizes(Fuoco), but that doesn’t change the fact that even people who are used to being in the spotlight and are supposed to be educated in public speaking are using the r-word casually. The film “Tropic Thunder” used the r-word over 20 times (Fuoco) and was so offensive that The Special Olympics and other advocates for for those with intellectual disabilities launched a protest against the film to bring attention to and explain the evident issues with using the r-word casually in popular media. The Special Olympics is a sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and launched “therword.com” in 2008 in an effort to raise awareness and combat the causal and hurtful use of the r-word. Other organizations launched campaigns such as the “Spread the word to end the word day” for the same goal: raise awareness of and reduce the casual and hurtful use of the

“Sticks and stones may brake my bones, but words will never hurt me”, goes one old playground rhyme. We are usually taught to ignore a person who uses foul language, but everyone knows that words can really hurt a person. When someone uses hateful words against us, it can hurt just as much as a slap or a punch. When people start to use obscenities with ethnic or racial slurs, it can push some sensitive buttons. Racial slurs used in a joking manner leads to others using it in a condescending manner, which ultimately leads to violence and feelings of hatred. From my experience, racial slurs can cause the most extreme negative reactions in people.

One letter can make a difference as to how people address their closest friends or how they use one of the worst insults in the English language. Nigga. Nigger. What is the difference? Various forms of the well known N-Word can be used as a term of endearment as well as a derogatory slur. The N-Word has become a popular and positive term used between black people and throughout entertainment. Who can and can’t use the word without it being somewhat offensive is debatable. Some argue that no one should even say the word, no matter who the person is, because the word still has the power to trigger and oppress. Others say the word has been reclaimed and is okay to use in a positive way. The N-word is a derogatory slur used as a term of endearment

Why are the Americans do not want to evoke the history of mistreating the African Americans with the use of the “n-word” to the next generation of younger children? The controversial issue about the unfair treatment towards African-Americans was dealt when the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was established with the rise of criticism. The author Mark Twain faced critics that shows criticisms of the language he has written in his original edition discussing about morals and slavery. Critics are questioning whether The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should still be presented to children in its book original form, to be replaced with another written work of literature, or to have Mark Twain’s diction, the “n-word,” to be replace with