‘What the eyes don’t see’ by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, is an incredible book portraying water problems in Flint and how she served her patients of Flint with immense care and support. She identified the lead- water problem and her eagerness to solve that problem gave me chills. Her determination and passion towards the goal of achieving peace and lead- free water intrigued me to a great extent. Making the world a better place and volunteering in something productive not only satisfies you, yourself, but also your peers. Having a safe and clean environment does good to all the living and non-living.
September 2020
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Literacy to me is not only the ability to read and write, but also to grow from what you learn.
My sponsors of literacy were my grandparents. They have supported me and educated me with all the family traditions and life lessons.
When I was little, this was the routine. Me and sister got ready for bed and used to wait for my grandmother to come and read us bedtime stories. She used to go on for almost an hour and a half and we would still be awake listening. This was our routine every time they used to visit us. It was an amazing experience and it shaped the both of us in such a way that reading and talking to our family before calling the night became our tradition. We learnt so much about our family and we used to listen to all the stories of when my parents were little and all their little dramas. I used to learn reading and writing in my mother tongue and that made me grow in such a better person and I have learnt so much about our culture.
Literacy is the most intimate ability that any human being can achieve.
ANDREA FISHERMAN
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A Lesson from Amish by Andrea Fisherman |
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Literacy and Cultural Context: A Lesson from Amish by Andrea Fisherman teaches us how some families do not encourage children to have the freedom to educate and have the ability to read and write properly. She describes how the two families are portrayed by the literate activities like reading bedtime stories to their kids, singing, etc. Children and adults, both, need to have the determination to read and write. No child should be penalized only because their parents could not get the education their children get now. Literacy is a form of expressing your feeling, your inner thoughts and it is all about building yourself to be a better person. |
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Literacy – the ability to read and write. |
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This article connects to James Gee’s article by talking about literacy. |
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What is Literacy by James Gee |
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James Gee defined literacy as a control of secondary use of language. The phrase ‘Acquisition and learning are means to quite different goals, though in our culture we very often confuse these means and thus do not get what we thought and hoped we would’ conveyed a really strong message implying on how the two words show completely different meanings and are thus used as one. When you learn something, you gain knowledge out of what your learned, you know the reason behind what you are in learning and why. On the other hand, acquiring is something you do without any teaching or supervision. It is something you subconsciously expose to and be very eager to do it. “We are better at what at we acquire, but we unconsciously know more about what we learnt.” |
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Discourse – a socially accepted association among ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or ‘social network’. Acquisition – is a process of acquiring subconsciously by exposure to models and a process of trial and error, without a process of formal teaching. Learning – is a process that involves conscious knowledge gained through teaching, though not necessarily from someone officially designated a teacher. Dominant Literacy – is a control of secondary use of language used in what I called above a ‘dominant discourse’. Powerful Literacy – is a control of secondary use of language used in secondary discourse that can serve as a meta-discourse to critique the primary discourse or other secondary discourse, including dominant discourse. |
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How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research? |
This article connect to Deborah Brandt’s Sponsor of Literacy by talking about literacy and how literacy is used as different kinds. |
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Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
DEBORAH BRANDT- SPONSORS OF LITERACY
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Sponsors of Literacy by Deborah Brandt |
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‘Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge. This value helps to explain, of course, the lengths people will go to secure literacy for themselves or their children.’ Reading and Writing play a vital role in the history of life. Rich or poor, male or female, children or adults, literacy is always an act of learning. Writing makes you put your thoughts, imaginations all in one place. It makes you feel much lighter. Likewise, Reading gives you knowledge. You learn new things by reading different kinds or books, news, articles, etc. How Brandt described the sponsors of literacy explains the value of different economies and how they are all equal no matter what categories them. |
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Sponsorship – the act of sponsoring something. It is a link between literacy learning and systems of opportunity and access. Literacy – the ability to read and write. |
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Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
Why are people who are literate categorized? Rich or poor, both of them can read and write. |