Questions for Discussion 1. I do not think this is generally the case for everyone, for many children are influenced by their parents since an early age—well before high school—to nurture a love for reading. 2. She means that the experiences of a teenager are very limited compared to the experiences offered by an ageless book, and I agree with her because by exploring the scope of those experiences—instead of the student’s—teachers could broaden their intellectual horizons more than they are now. 3.
Weikun Lu 09/16/2014 EAD II, Section 21 1.2 Professor Kalteissen Title Literacy transmits an ability to screen negative and positive while growing and it may help people change their life. Literacy always plays a key role in daily life from past to present. Sherman Alexie is the writer of “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”. Alexie was born to a US family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington State and his family has[had] very poor living standard[s] but his father is[was] never miserly with books. In his essay he described[s] how he became a competitive student through reading books and gaining knowledge.
I didn’t realize this book went over so much different things, like how the Ku Klux Klan got started, and Drug dealers living with their parents, I would recommend this book for everyone to read it was very interesting to me. I didn’t realize Macroeconomics would fall into this. One thing that I didn’t know was that teachers would cheat to get there grades up to get a better bonus; I guess I just came from a small school. I would have to agree with the Author of this book, that there is so much stuff that goes on in this world that we don’t think about. We stay in our own little community, and not think what is going on outside of it as long as we are happy and safe.
Abbys Lament Reaction Paper Every day, society is changing by setting new laws, political structures and upgrading everything around us. Who’s really in control of this power? After reading Abby’s Lament: Does Literacy Matter by Robert P. Yagelski, it seems correct that at a young age kids are all “irrelevant” after all, what’s the purpose of learning to read and write if it has little power in the life outside of school. I agree with Yagelski even though Abby feels irrelevant in the “political and institutional society” there is no reason for her to stop her education “Literacy does constitute power.” (pg. 4) I remember in elementary teachers would tell me “You can be anything you want to even the President of the United States.” I know I’m sure not the President now, but that did not stop me from pursuing a higher education and moving forward.
My favorite thing to do in my spare time is read a book and watch crime shows. My strongest subject is English ,and my weakest subject is Math. I love to help people out even if I don't know them i will still lend a hand. I'm very quite , but I'm trying to come out of that an learn to be more talkative. Ever since I was in Elementary school I never really liked math maybe because I really didn't understand it.
Francine Prose states, "Traditionally, the love of reading has been born and nurtured in high school English class." I disagree with this statement only because of my own personal experience. My love of reading was stimulated by my own passionate mother who instilled in me from a very early age that reading books frequently is important for any educated individual. I was very startled to find that other children weren't as lucky as me, relying primarily on their school education to teach them how to read and to love reading. By the time that we were in middle school, the majority of my friends felt that reading was a chore and turned their noses up at any books I'd suggested to them.
It is not uncommon for children to carry laptops or similar devices in their backpacks, but what happens to the children whose families simply cannot afford this luxury, which seems to becoming a necessity. With the advancements in technology, and the growing use of computers in schools, under privileged American children are suffering more and more from the digital divide. “Pencil to paper may soon be a thing of the past for students,” (Canan, 2011). Students across the country are becoming more and more dependent upon computers and the internet to get their school work done. Not too many years ago, it was not uncommon to see children turning in hand written assignments, but in today’s society it seems having computer access both at school and at home is a necessity.
He believes that at modern technology is detrimental to literature because “A childhood largely spent watching television yields to adolescence with a computer.” I agree that my generation does rely on computers and televisions but I disagree with his assessment of how great a threat this is to reading. Many people read extensively on the internet and e-books and the quantity of television is improving with literate shows on public broadcasting or cable shows. We also are exposed to Shakespeare and other great authors at school, that don’t necessarily need to read in our own time. In conclusion, Bloom is stating the only
• To find out how the gender roles of the men and women in the books affect the children in their primary and secondary socialisation. • Find out how children are/not aware of gender specific content of picture. Why I am interested in this topic? I am very interested in this topic because in the society in which I live in, boys and girls seem to have their own way of living in different aspects of their social life such as education, family, media, jobs and literature. A common past time for many young children is listening to stories read from books, particularly illustrated books.
The bad thing about that is the fact that if teens and preteens start handling cell phones, which they already do, they begin to text more often. This starts another problem. We send our children to school to be able to teach them how to read, write, spell and think. School is basically another way of saying we are sending our children off to a building with adults who can teach them how to think in an advanced, more complex way. They learn and memorize methods and build their way of thinking; however, texting interrupts the simple aspects of learning how to spell.