Blog Post #4 Opinionated Blog Post

In the story, Tan indicates a situation where her friends do not understand her mom's English but Tan herself does. And she even indicates that it happens occasionally. Does that mean her English has been more influenced by her mom? or does that mean it has been more influenced by her peers who are mostly English-Fluent?

Here is my question. which of the two groups do you think it is more influential on your language? Peers or Family?

In my opinion, peers impact your language development than your families by some reasons

First of all, history has revealed the importance of friends/peers more than it did of families. This means that as the world modernized, people became very busy working and lost their free times that they used to have. This phenomenon also spread among students which led them to make more friends in schools and different communities but led them to deviate away from their family relationships.


https://www.pinterest.com/pin/536843218056974677/

This evidential image shows how average high-schoolers mostly spend their time of the day. As seen in this image, the total hour's students stay at their homes are around 4.5 hours excluding sleeping time whereas hours spent at schools are around 6. Most certainly, there are variations among every student: Some might spend more time at schools or some might spend more time at home. However, according to the pie chart above, the majority of the students spend at schools where their peers are waiting for them. And since they spend more time with their peers than family, they are more influenced by the ways their peers use.

Second, the 'ubiquitous world' brought an immense upon language development of students. Ever since the SNS (Social Networking System) was introduced, the communication between people improved. Hence, mostly influencing the teenagers who are most adaptable to 'new technologies'. Through the use of SNS, teenagers or students have spent more time with their friends because they have been able to access with their peers neglecting time, place, or any other conditions. And since time is always constant, it requires a loss of something in order to fulfill the other. As a result, time spent with their families has been sacrificed as an opportunity cost for time spent with their peers
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http://www.techcastglobal.com/-/the-ubiquitous-broadband-era

After all, this phenomenon will be continuous for the next 10 years and 100 years or even more. As the world develops, people will be more occupied with diverse friends than their families which I see it as an opportunity a 'diversity of language'