Teaching Equally

In the Lisa Delpit reading, Lisa explains her troubles with teaching young students of white and black race. Lisa was brought up in a strict catholic school as a child where every wrong saying or mispronunciation was immediately corrected. During the story, she notices that her white students excel in her classes while the black students struggle. She tries to incorporate the skills needed for them to succeed in life rather than them just having fluency. Though the black students struggle, they show extraordinary talent through raps, jump rope songs, and poems. However, these characteristics went unnoticed by the rest of their community.
Throughout this essay, the she shows her conflicts and expresses how she feels about the school system. She uses dialogue and personal stories so that the reader can feel what she is going through. She writes about her early teaching experiences and how she came to a conflict with how she can teach so that everyone can learn the material. The best thing she does is talking about her experiences with Standard English. She is trying to advance the writing process project for her students. Her voice is dedicated and sincere because she continuously tries to find a way.