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.
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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...
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