Lisa Delpit..a sympathetic voice...

After reading, Delpit's voice on "Black English" and sympathy towards Philadelphia's minority , educational system, I better understood the difference between teaching students "skills" in learning, and teaching them how to be "fluent". Throughout Delpit's, teaching experience, she tries to differeniate between why some students can be fluent in literacy, but do not seem to aquire the proper guidlines for literacy, and vice versa. She understands and sympathizes with her students and collegues to see every view point, the inside, deeper effects of teaching methods. I came to learn, that many minorities are "fluent", in some aspects, the way they talk, and how they choose to be fluent, but some may not know how to put their voice into skillful and successful ways in writing. However, the point is, to help minorities understand that they can still be themselves in their voice, but also comprehend traditional English values as well. As Delpit mentioned, I to hope teachers, black and white, Irish or Italian, would accomadate to everyone one of their students of all colors, in all degrees.