The author, Richard Rodriguez, argues that children who don't speak the "public" language where they live have to trade away some of their private life and private language in order to learn the public one. He argues that while it isn't easy and can be very difficult, especially for a young child, the payoff of being able to speak the language of others in public will be worth it. Despite most of his writing leaning towards the negative side, he does conclude that the overall benefits outweigh the negatives. In the text, he recalls his experience with language at home. He describes how only being able to speak English affected him and his relationship with his family. He says he was angry and frustrated with them, but later on realized the value learning English had and was grateful to be able to speak the language of so many other people he lived with.
Monday, May 5, 2025
Blog Post #6
In Shalaby's "TroubleMakers" she describes how some students are labeled as "troublemakers" without giving them the benefit of the doubt. Throughout my experience through school, I've witnessed many students who struggle with this experience. Many of my friends had a difficult time in school just because they didn't like it. Some people knew they wouldn't want to go to college and thought school was a waste of time. They acted out because of the fact they didn't want to be in school. It was these students that constantly got in trouble or became a disruption in class. Reflecting on it now, many of these people have been very successful, whether they went into a trade or some other job where school wasn't required. When these people were out of school they were well behaving and good people. It was just in school that they actd like this because the system did not work for them. Teachers would give up and send them to the office nearly every day or have them miss out on lessons or interactive experiences and asignments. This text resonated with me because I've seen people I know very well be a victim to this system and way of thinking, and teachers and administrators should do more to try and fix the problem without harming the student in their growth and development.
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The authors, Shannon Renkly and Katherine Bertolini, argue that schools need to change their model from a deficit model to an asset model. T...
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In the text, Delpit argues that there is a “culture of power.” She describes this in five steps. The theme of these five steps are that the...
