Should students be able to use their own language in academic setting?

Patrick Darling
English 1100
9-14-15
Prof. Young

Should students be able to use their own language in academic setting?

     Being told that you cannot use your own language because you are in "America" is the same thing as saying as telling a child they cannot do something just because "you said so." It's forcing someone to not want to do something because you don't want them to is essentially just negative subjectivism and is morally wrong. In a learning setting, you want your students to preform to the best to their ability. If they want to use parts of their own language to help express their explanations in their writings they should be able to do and if you do not understand what they mean, how long does it take to go to Google Translate and type in the phrase. This doesn't advocate for the students to type entire sentences, paragraphs, papers, etc in their language, but just enough to give them freedom of style. Teachers should respect that the student has a certain style of writing, and let them write that way. What they shouldn't do is forcefully try to teach them to write to your standards. Students are not robots for teachers to program.