Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Sympathizing with myself

Deciding which texts to do this paper on has been difficult. Most of the works have mixed messages, whether it's stressing the importance of literacy, pointing out the discrepancies in multicultural education, or even the struggle of being literate in several languages. Every text has its own purpose and there's only so much overlapping between them. For now I'm writing about Rose and Delpit. Rose writes about his experiences teaching the “educational underclass” and the difficulties his students have in comparing to standards today. Delpit sort of writes about the same things, except there's her issue of race and how racial differences affect learning. She also writes about the importance of critical thinking on top of literacy. I hope i figure this out, it's getting late.

1 comment:

K. Mahoney said...

Brian,
I am curious about a something you said in your post. You wrote that it's difficult deciding which texts to work with because the texts have "mixed messages," different purposes, and that there is "only so much overlapping." Why do these issues make it "difficult?" By contrast, what do you see as "easy" or "easier" writing situations?