I thought Jordan's essay was better than the other essay. I felt that I could not relate but feel more from the students in the essay. Jordan's essay gives us an inspirational view point at what she wrote and she also gives us the serious outlook on life. It was great how her students learned what they did, and how they enjoyed doing it. By adding the story about how Reggie got show was kind of a reality check as to how racism and violence is still present today.As Becca stated in her blog, Jordan had a more powerful way of getting the meaning across than Delpit. Delpit focused alot on herself in her essay rather than the kids she taught . Jordan's essay focused very much around her students and like Willie's story, serious issues that happened in their lives.
Threee sentences that caught my eye...
1. '2. Clarity: if the sentence is not c lear it's not Black English.'
I liked the second guidline for Black English. I just thought it was funny how they said if it wasn't clearn then it wasn't Black English. Plain and simple.
2. 'Rule 4: Forget about the spelling, Let the syntax carry you.'
This rule stuck out to me. It made me think, not about spelling, but life. Kind of like roll with the punches. Just go with it. Alot of people make life more complicated than it has to be. It should be more like..'go with the flow.'
3."At the end of one of the longest, most difficult hours of my own life, the students voted, unanimously, to preface their individual messages with a paragraph composed in the language of Reggie Jordan."
When I read this sentence it just made me smile. I was happy to see that all the students wanted to do this for Willie, in memory of Reggie.
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