Post #9

 Semester Highlights

1. The first reading that really stood out to me was Delpit and the card game that we played in class. Reading this at the beginning of the semester gave me an important lens to look through in regards to how the culture of power impacts us daily. Delpit allowed me to see that not every group of people is provided the rules and codes of power, and we really do have to teach it to people to ensure some sort of equality.

2. The Rodriguez reading-centered activity where we could not verbalize our thoughts to classmates, had to write our ideas down, and listen to directions through hand motions also stuck with me. I think this partially ties into Delpit's idea of the culture of power. As someone who fits into the culture of power and understands its rules/codes, this activity humbled me as soon as I could not understand what language Dr. Bogad was speaking. I got to understand how some English language learners feel in our society.

3. "When students begin school in such different systems, the odds are set for them" is a quote from Literacy with an Attitude that will definitely remain in my mind. This quote not only encapsulates everything we have learned this semester, but emphasizes the idea of how hard it is to move up in society. We need to stop making children feel like their fate is whatever idea society has set out for them, and we need to encourage them to feel like they can do achieve whatever they want.