Reflection on "Gutierrez, Brumer, Pearson" Reading

These readings cover a lot of controversial and up to date topics that are an area of concern for a lot of people at this day and age.  In Gutierriez article "English for the Children" it spoke mostly about the negative Long Term Effects that proposition 227 can have on english learners. The long term effects are what can hurt us not the short term effects.   This is an ongoing concern and a major change in our educational system of teaching English learners.   

I agreed with Brumer article and I believe that when it comes to the english language. It must be read and written correctly.  Because  a lot of students and people from the inner city have trouble adapting when they leave and go to school because they are so use to speaking and reading in a way they grew up.  I believe the educational system needs to push the correct way of reading and writing and speaking in a correct english manner.  

I know a lot of people from the inner city that can not read or speak when it comes to correct english or in a professional manner.  That is why the school system is very important and needs to be pushed on speaking and reading correctly.  I like this article a lot and i think it pertains to a lot of people and can be applied in our educational system.  

Reflection on Weekend Reading of "Anzaldua, Rodriguez and Tan" Articles

We did three readings over the weekend 1)  How to tame a Wild Tongue  2) Hunger of Memory 3) Mother tongue.  I found these reading really insightful and I loved reading them because I got to hear the struggles of different people educational experience and there struggles with english.  All three of these people had different experiences that people could relate to all over the states.

In Anzaldua article "How to tame a Wild tongue" she covers and speaks about all sorts of controversial topics of literacy and the effects it has on certain groups or individuals.  She speaks about her struggles growing up being bilingual, the how Chicanos  language has mostly a male discourse.  She speaks about the different struggles of growing up and literacy and language.  In Richard Rodriguez article "Hunger of Memory" he speaks about his educational passion growing up in his family and how his family members did not support it passion for education but instead ridiculed him because he read to much.  And how when he got into Stanford they were against him leaving so far and brought up the money situation instead of being happy for him.  Amy Tan essay "Mother Tongue" talked about her passion for language and the influence her mother had on her.  

These articles gave a deep insight on the struggles that come with language and different persecutive of different people.  I enjoyed the Rodriguez essay the most out of all of them because it really showed the growth of Richard Rodiguez despite the support of his family on his education but it was his strong will that influenced him.  I know a lot of people whos family dont support them with there education and it was there will that got them to where they needed to get.  and that it is why i feel the power of this this article.   

Prompt Response: How Was your LIteracy experience?

Prompt Question:  How was your Literacy experience? 

2)   My literacy experience has been a long journey.  I migrated to the US when I was 7 years old and worked really hard in school to learn to read and write.  I was put in ESL (English as Second Language) classes growing up and eventually got better at english and had to stop talking those courses.  English was tough at first for me and it took a lot of practice to get better at reading.  Reading was difficult for me when growing up and I pushed myself to learn to read but it was still tough.  

My reading skills started to really develop and get better when I was in the third grade.  I started to read books that were real long and  and was motivated to become a good reader.  I feel like I had to push myself harder then other students in my class room because I was a immigrant and was steps behind everybody else.  

In high school I started to take English AP classes and wanted to excel in reading and writing.  I feel that immigrants have to work harder at classes like English because it does not come naturally to them at first and because at home there family speaks another language.  Not only do Immigrants like myself have to learn to be good at english but also try to maintain there proficiency in there home language which tends to be a challenge.  

Reflection on "I just wanna Be Average" by Mike Rose reading

This reading really opened up my eyes to the inequalities in education.  I realized that there are a lot of inequalities throughout education and that people who come from poor backgrounds and families are at a disadvantage, compared to those who come from rich families who go to good schools.

Mike Rose talked all about his families history and how they moved around and ended up in different states.  And he also talked about the financial problems his mother and father had to endure because of the closing of the Spaghetti House that they opened.  And He also talked about the bad living conditions of his house.   What this all came down to about his background and being poor was how it affected his education negatively.  He got rejected from UCLA and USC while others around him were getting into good colleges.  

I think that this story about his background and being poor is not just his story.  But a fact that a lot of people share in the USA and around the world.  Its sad to see that because of someone's family financial problems there education get affected in a bad way.  This shows the inequalities that people have to face in the educational system and that we are not all on the same page because some face challenges more and some have more access to resources.  

Reflection on "Young Culture and Digital Media" by Glynda A.Hall Reading

The article "Young Culture and Digital Media: new Literacy's for new times" spoke about the innovations that technologies and children can bring into education.  It spoke about a  after school program named "DUSTY"-(Digital underground Storytelling for Youth)  Randy is one of the youth who shows the everyday things stuff they must indoor growing up.  And this after school program I feel keeps children out of trouble and can contribute to there learning. Not only that, but I feel that this new thing can also contribute to a new form of literary.  

Reflection on "Literacy in Three Metaphors" by Sylvia Scribner Reading

The article "Literacy in three Metaphors" by Sylvia Scribner was an article which primary purpose was to break down and define what Literacy is.  It states that there is different controversies on the definitions of literacy.  It states that some either your literate or non-literate.   

It states that Literacy can be developed by the child in an early age and can be learned.  And social setting can factor into the understanding of literacy that is learned by  young children.  Scribner breaks down literacy in differing points of views and gives three metaphors of what literacy really is.  The first is "Literacy as Adaptation" and this emphasis the importance of children learning in a young age and how it affects there literacy.  It state that the its important o how the child is around town and everyday and moment and this effects them growing up.  And that schools are obligated to equip children with literacy skills to enable them to learn.  

The next point of view that Scribner talks about is "Literacy as Power." This is the the relationship between literacy and a group or community advancement.  It also talks about how Literacy has to do with social class and the power that literacy really has.  Another concept that is talked about is "Literacy as a State of Grace"  and this this covers the religious aspects of Literacy and how it plays in religion.  An example that was used was the Islamic practice of people memorizing word for word, on the words in the Quran.  

Reflection on "What is Literacy? by James Paul Gee" Reading

After reading the article "What is Literacy?" by James Paul Gee.   It made me open up my eyes to a new word I learned which is:

'Discourse':  "A socially accepted association among ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or social network" 

I understand that a lot of what has been say by James Paul Gee is true and I can relate to this reading.  I believe we do as a society put labels on people for speaking a certain way or talking a certain way.  For example, sometimes when a student talks when automatically know that they are from the inner-city or have some influence of the inner city because they speak with a slang. And that can also relate to social class because people from the inner-city  that speak a certain way are from a  bad neighborhood  and tend to be poor. James Paul Gee calls this concept "Identity kit."

And another thing that he talked about that I agree with is that we change the way we talk in different social events.  If we are at the job, we speak different then we would if we were at a nightclub or school.  I agree with a lot of what has been said in this article and that in order for us to understand what is Literacy we must understand Discourse.  

Literacy word of the day

So this is my first Blog of the literacy word of the day and the word I chose is:

Social-Equality