I really enjoyed reading Delpit's article. She brought up a lot of great points that as a future teacher I can really take note on. First off, she is primarily talking about the African American culture (or AAE - African American English), but this also applies to other cultures and ethnicities and how they talk as well. It made me realize that just because they are talking in their own jargon doesn't mean that it is wrong - just different. Different from what we are used to hearing in our own language, or standard language I should say. Ebonics to many non-black people just sounds un-educated. That is harsh, I know, but that is the truth about how many people see it. It is important that we are not quick to judge someone purely based on how they talk. if we can remember this it will greatly improve our society and the understanding of each other. Another thing that I liked about Delpit was that she spoke from experience (with her daughter changing schools and all). It made her argument more credible. She made some great observations of her daughters experiences with her jargon at school.
Edited Response with varying sentence patterns:
I really enjoyed reading Delpit's article. She brought up a lot of great points, and as a future teacher I can really take note on. (compound sentence with coordinating conjunction linking two independent clauses) First off, she is primarily talking about the African American culture (or AAE - African American English), but this also applies to other cultures and ethnicities and how they talk as well. (compound sentence combining two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction) It made me realize that just because they are talking in their own jargon doesn't mean that it is wrong. Just different. (short sentence) Different from what we are used to hearing in our own language, or standard language I should say. Ebonics to many non-black people just sounds un-educated. That is harsh. I know. (two short sentences back to back) But that is the truth about how many people see it. (purposefully starting a sentence with a conjunction) It is important that we are not quick to judge someone purely based on how they talk and if we can remember this it will greatly improve our society and the understanding of each other. (extra long sentence) Another thing that I liked about Delpit was that she spoke from experience (with her daughter changing schools and all). It made her argument more credible. She made some great observations of her daughters experiences with her jargon at school.
** I tried to incorporate a few different sentence patterns into my edited response to try them out. I think that the new version is way better because it has a variety of sentence patterns making it more interesting for the reader to read.
Hayley, to start off I liked your view points on the reading and how you could see yourself incorporating them into your teaching, because I also had the same feelings. Now concerning your patterns of the week. I thought that you used them all in intriguing ways. You used them to make your second paragraph have different sentence flow and it emphasized more on what you were stating. Great execution. You also used each pattern correctly. They all followed the rules in how to apply them and made perfect sense. Overall, you did a great job and hope that our class can incorporate this documents information in the classroom just like you plan too.
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ReplyDeleteOh my god I love your edited response! I honestly was surprised at the many aspects in your writing, specifically when you deleted a dash and made "just different" it's own sentence. I don't have any constructive criticism on your edited response because you did exactly what the assignment called for. As far as your response I also had the same reactions. With ebonics I think it is important to recognize the racist ideologies ingrained in us but to not let them come out against out students. While ebonics is seen as uneducated, we as teachers have to challenge these thoughts and appreciate the rich cultural diversity that students bring to the classroom. You did a great job in this blog.