Hayden Benjamin Aria S.

Halliday English 106 4/2/14 Joining the Conversation I do not deny the complexity of the issues that Clark I addressing, or the value of theoretical concerns, but I do question the use of language that conceals rather than reveals, that excludes rather than includes. Once again the focus of this article is jargon. This has been the focus of our class for some time, and figuring out the language specific to our majors has also been greatly important. The focus of this paper is on the use of jargon to shut out others from understanding what is going on in the world or specific fields. The argument is that jargon surrounds the most important of the writings, as though the general public is not meant to know what is going on. It is a form of false transparency. I agree completely with this paper in the fact that there seems to be an inner circle of few people that understand the on-goings of various fields. I have always wanted to be somebody who could innovate in the world, but it seems that the knowledge to do so is so far out of reach. Another issue that can be related to this is the fact that the problems the surround the country today is only being fixed by a group of people in the government. I feel almost helpless because it is nearly impossible to keep up with the ongoings of the world. This is in part due to the large amount of jargon created in politics and also the constant flow of news. I agree with the points of this article and believe that jargon should not be used to exclude.