It can be very amusing to contemplate what America has “matured” into as of 2014. Throughout the course of the 18th century, young America had just snugly fit it’s feet into a pair of it’s own shoes. After escaping the wrath of England with bloody taxes and prim and properness, we steadily strayed from what manners we had left. This uninterrupted process continued until we stand here today in the twenty-first century. Our nation went from gleeful conversations that spoke of little criticism, insults, and complaints to a country that is rude and brash. With growing politics and freedom, much of the population finds no setback when speaking their mind. This occurs on a day to day basis in high school. As a freshman in highschool it’s only a matter of time before you conform to the scheme of others. My closest friends drop like flies as they attempt to convince the returning students that they hold significance by using these words.  Many examples can be named, but one of the worst situations that affects all of mankind is cursing. Profanity, bad language, or whatever you call it, cursing has denied our elders to help continue respectful manners in youth in our society.

At first curse words were reserved for private conversations or in the incident of stubbing your toe. Although, over the past few decades they have immigrated into our pop culture. Everything from television, radio, and music. There was a time when anti-cussers would replace the actual word with a knockoff like frick, dang it, shoot, or hail no. Of course once high school rolled around it was time to drop that fraud and step into the big league. With parents not around it was an unrestricted game of “maturity”. Who can fit the most cuss words into one sentence? In early stages teachers would not tolerate this language, but evaluate classrooms. Today it’s just another conversation while the teacher is talking! I stroll down the halls and never successfully not hear profanity.

Has this really become what we love and know as American English? To express our feelings and anger through harmful words taken for granted today? What happened to reform and tenderness toward others? The Golden Rule too! No one stands shocked at the sound of odious language. Some find it amusing and hysterical. Don’t get me wrong, we do have the freedom of speech that applies to us since the beginning of our country, but do we necessarily need to freely express such rasping language? If only such traditions from our older generations were able to be upheld and conveyed.