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Can you write down the specific words or phrases you usually use to greet?

For your friend: Hi! Wazzup?


For your father: Dad, I’m here.
For your professor (in the hallway): Good morning, Sir.
For your School dean (in her office): Good afternoon, ma’am.

1. How would you react if your parent converses with you in the language you use with your friends?
Would your reaction be similar to that of the son in the attached comic strip? Why or why not?

If my parent would converse with me in the language I use with my friends, I would be
speechless in disbelief, slightly similar to that of the son in the attached comic strip. It’s because it
would be foreign to my ears and would never happen in my wildest dreams.

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