Would it be frowned upon if I quote kids in my essay? My essay is more or less about the savage nature of man as expressed by children, and I was going to quote one kid that said “shut up you weeabo”
Should I avoid this? Weeabo isn’t necessarily an insult but they’re using it in a derogatory way, should I veer away from quoting things like this that kids have said, even if it’s pertinent to the essay?
I am not exactly sure the application readers will know what a Weeabo is. I would avoid it in general. Using insults directly, even if they aren’t your own, can be very tricky to handle correctly.
Sounds like a risky essay in general.
I did something like this at the beginning of my essay and my English teacher said it was fine. My essay is about how I stopped giving into peer pressure. The beginning of my essay is quotes of people saying that I look ugly because I have short hair, don’t have brand name clothes, and don’t wear enough makeup. Then I continue, by saying how no matter what anyone says, I stay true to myself. I’d say it would be fine to quote an insult as long you don’t the name of the person who said the insult and you follow up the insult by relating it back to a good quality in yourself.
But I agree. Maybe weeaboo isn’t appropriate in this instance just because the admissions people are not going to know what that means
I don’t think anyone’s going to understand that insult, and if they look it up they’re going to get pointed to Urban Dictionary and Know Your Meme, which I don’t think you want.