Hello hello! Welcome back to my blog assignment number nine. In today's assignment, I am to reflect upon these readings To You, I Belong (Becky Thompson) Our Discourse Community Values What is Literacy? (James Paul Gee) and We Are Many (Pablo Neruda). During my reflection, I am to draw a comparison between the readings and our class.
In class, we spoke about found poetry and how we could use it in this blog. So I decided to do a found poetry for the first reading. The rest will simply be reflections. In the end, I hope that I am able to complete this assignment correctly. Wish me luck. TO YOU, I BELONG (FOUND POEM) Historical memory makes us aware that the past is with us in the present, replaying themselves in various forms in the present. Historical memory can be transmitted, while it can be handed down directly from one generation to the next, it can also skip generations. It can be transmitted in dreams, rituals, and visions. Historical memory resides in the unconscious, yoga can be so useful for tapping into this knowledge. Because historical memory is often unconscious, it can take the form of a haunting presence. Historical memory makes us aware that the past is with us in the present. WHAT IS LITERACY (REFLECTION) Reading this on my own would of been dificult. So it's a blessing that Professor Sabatino was able to read this to us. You see, I'm not part of James Paul Gee's discourse, so I have to try harder to understand what he's saying. Well, what is discourse? I wrestled with this term a lot due to the many ways my professor would use it. I believe a discourse to be the language, the way, and the style of a community. To sum it up, James Paul Gee, explains it as an identity kit. This was a complicated read because I'm not at all a linguist like Paul Gee. But after reading this more than once and finally interpreting his writing, I can say that this reading goes very deep. He speaks about discourse in such a magnified way. Within his writing, he spoke about the discourse of classism, the discourse of language, and dominant discourses. All of these topics interested me. We have a poor, middle, and rich class. And they do all have their own specific identity kit. Dominant discourse was a topic where he spoke about how there's one standard and that standard is the dominant discourse. All in all, this has opened up my eyes on how I view the world. And knowing about discourses, gives me the agency to do great things in this world. You just wait and see what I mean. WE ARE MANY (REFLECTION) Though I haven't disected everything in this poem, I understand the hardship of having certain qaulities within you that doesn't always come out when the time calls for it. We are many is a perfect title for this entire blog assignment. All of our readings spoke about exactly that. OUR DISCOURSE COMMUNITY VALUES (COMPARISON) Even though I may not grasp the complete meaning of discourse, or even fully understand the readings, I do grasp the word community. For I had the pleasure of not attending a normal high school. My school didn't even consider themselves as a school but rather a family. I guess you can say that within our discourse, there was trust, love, connection, and understanding. Those from the public school discourse didn't understand why the students would call some teachers dad or mom. Or why some students were making music videos outside instead of taking a test in a classroom. They wouldn't understand why a blind kid, would bother with giving this little, abandon looking school a sign for all to see. They wouldn't understand because they are not part of our discourse, of our community. Currently I can say, that I am part of another discourse that is similar to my high school one. Our Professor doesn't seem to follow the academia discourse. He repeatedly calls our class a community. A safe haven where there's trust and understanding. I am lucky to have found another place I can call my community. Peace and keep a haller, haller, haller at ya boy! You wouldn't understand, it's a discourse thing.
8 Comments
Sabatino
10/28/2019 09:00:03 am
I appreciate how this post provides the following:
Reply
Bedouens Philistin
10/28/2019 01:40:14 pm
Wow:) For you to have found so much good out of this blog assignment makes me really happy. I felt like I didn't complete the assignment correctly. But now, you've made my day Sabatino. Thank you!
Reply
Shanelll Dodd
10/28/2019 11:04:51 am
I enjoyed the different genre used. I also admire how you used the your high discourse community to compare to your current community. I was able to visualize your comparison. Great Job Beduoens
Reply
bedouens Philistin
10/28/2019 01:35:00 pm
Thank you Shanell. I really tried my best:)
Reply
10/28/2019 03:35:52 pm
Well done Bedouens you more then delivered you did a exceptional job on this blog and believe me you definitely have the concept of what a discourse community is. Continue the great work I see a bright future for you are really talented.
Reply
Bedouens Philistin
10/28/2019 07:03:18 pm
I greatly appreciate your comment Shayla. That comment continued the spark I had for creating, well writing specifically. Again, thank you for these words of encouragement:)
Reply
Sharea Whitmore
10/29/2019 06:46:30 am
Bedouens! I love your writing. I opinion you did a great job with this blog post.
Reply
Bedouens Philistin
11/2/2019 05:15:39 pm
Thank you Sharea. I honestly appreciate that.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
bEDOUENS PHILISTINMy stage name is t.m chozen. It stands for the messenger chozen. And to the world, my stage, boy do I have a message for you. Archives
December 2019
Categories
All
|