In Taylor Mali's poem, "Like Whatever...", he shares his thoughts about speaking with conviction.
Taylor starts with indroducing the fact that "It doesn't seem popular nowadays to know what you're talking about." He goes on to speak about how the "thing" seems to be speaking interrogitavely and questioning your own thoughts. In other words, most teens ramble on like a bunch of stoners, thinking they sound smart, but in reality they sound very unsure of what they are saying or asking. Questions turn into statements, and statements tun into questions. Taylor thinks that this is rather silly.
I agree with Taylor in this situation, even though I am guilty of it myself sometimes. In my case, however, I tend to speak "like whatever", when I'm feeling nervous, or stressed for a reason. (ex- my mind is on something else and i'm caught off guard.- or, I am unsure of what I feel.) I don't just do it all the time, because I'm an english honors student and like to sound professional when i speak. Taylor's way of sharing his thoughts on this every day problem is funny, and he does a good job imitating it. I can say that he does a good job because I sit in class with people guilty of this every day.
Angie
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