They say I say

In the book They Say I say Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein write about the ways to help college students better their writing. One specific chapter they use to show their point is chapter nine. The title to the chapter is "Ain't So/ Is Not, Academic Writing Doesn't Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice." Within the chapter they write about how students don't have to use large words and sound highly intelligent in their writing, the person can be themself. Many people, myself included, find themself feeling as if they must write in a way that doesn't portray who they are. I sometimes , when writing an essay, find myself questioning what  I've written for I don't know if it sounds good enough to be a college students paper. Even in high school i questioned myself because my teachers always wanted us to write with more academic writing than how one would normally write. However, both Graff and Birkenstein wrote that's not necessarily the case when writing. People can write the way they talk, they just need to not use a lot of slang and still use some academic language in their writing, it doesn't have to sound highly intelligent and use huge words to be good. Everyone has a voice, and each is different than another and we need to use our individual voices to not only speak aloud but on paper too.