Writing Entry #1: Language

Read the following quote, Reflect on its meaning, and respond to it in a three paragraph entry. Number (#1) and Date your entry 9/11/2019), skip lines, and write in blue/black ink. You may also type your entry.

“If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.”

Confucius
Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)