EFF IT

You are walking down the noisy hallway at school and you hear someone yell "What the f***?!" at the top of their lungs. Without even realizing it, you continue on your way to your next class as if nothing happened. Halfway through class your teacher announces to you and the rest of the class that you all are assigned a one page essay due at the beginning of class the next day. The person sitting next to you exclaims in a low tone "Are you s****ing me??" Others in the class let out somewhat of a chuckle. The teacher hears the remark but instead of taking action towards the student and their vulgar language, she decides instead to scold them and forget about the problem along with the other students. While these may have been small issues of the usage of vulgar language, it leads to the much bigger issue of inappropriate language and its frequent occurrence in our every day culture.

Why is it that we feel the necessity to use such an inappropriate vocabulary day in and day out? Every day we hear curse words being used. It’s not anything new. Could the reason behind our modern day vocabulary be due to the fact that kids today have an enormous lack of self-expression? If you think about it, it is much easier for most teenagers to use an expletive rather than explain the purpose behind their own frustrations.

What most teenagers do not realize is that through the over use of profanity they reveal a negative connotation of their own personal characteristics and morals. Carelessness in their language shows a lackadaisical attitude towards their life in general. Not only does it prove them irresponsible, it suggests that they have neglect towards their own intelligence. It shows that the individual who chooses to use this language is irresponsible because they could not care less about what comes out of their mouth. No intelligent person would walk into a job interview and drop the F-bomb throughout the course of that interview. It would leave a bad impression on the person that is performing the interview. Why then, is it okay for the teacher to dismiss the student’s behavior without taking any appropriate disciplinary action? In doing so, the teacher is simply promoting the student to continue their terrible habit of using such language.

In the society that which we live in, we hear such crude and vulgar language everywhere we go, and in everything we do. It is an example of the negative and rash culture of our up and coming generation. If we as people are not fixing the problem when it arises, than we are just making it known that we approve of such vocabulary coming from the young people of our society. And if in fact we are telling them that it is alright, than they will continue to use this crass and pointless vernacular for many more years to come.