Sam Andrzejewski

MAE Student at Truman State University, focus is on Secondary English Education

[Sam Andrzejewski @AndrzejewskiSam]

From Appleman: "Feminist/gender literary theory invites us to consider a wide variety of issues of gender, of 'the living situations' of men and women as we read. Feminist/gender literary theory asks us to attend to the cultural imprint of patriarchy as we read" (70). #TSUEngMAE

[Sam Andrzejewski @AndrzejewskiSam]

Reading through the activities we've come up with for the DBP, some had students provide their own definition of a woman. I was curious as how you might handle students with potentially problematic/stereotypical perceptions; how might you challenge those perspectives? #TSUEngMAE

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From Appleman: "This manner of binary construction--Western/non-Western, civilized/uncivilized... necessarily reduces everything and everyone it encounters. It diminishes not only the complexity of the colonized world, but its legitimacy as well" (92) #TSUEngMAE

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#2 on our DBP recommends that we don't hand students the iceberg page from Thier and have them do it all at once; I was curious as to how y'all would relay the info from that graphic without simply handing it out. What are some strategies you implement in your class? #TSUEngMAE

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To quote Robinson again: "All teachers occupy a position of powerful privilege to some degree, and one way we can leverage that privilege is by opening doors to truly authentic assessment, those that inspire courage and nurture communities" (30). #TSUEngMAE

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From Bradley Robinson regarding an LGBTQ multimodal assessment: "transferring power to students through authentic assessment can be a strategic means of supporting social justice in socially unjust contexts" (30). #TSUEngMAE

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Read this from NPR; this sort of action explicitly works AGAINST a socially conscious, social justice centered classroom and neglects the perspectives of diverse peoples and cultures in the US. What do you all think about this? #TSUEngMAE
https://t.co/TR2aMEtpLW

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sj Miller writes about queer literacy framework (QLF) and how it "stabilize[s] futurity for (a)gender and (a)sexuality justice; as individuals leave schools, they can remain autonomous and embodied by an internalized safety as they navigate their life pathways" (43) #TSUEngMAE

[Sam Andrzejewski @AndrzejewskiSam]

I was thinking about this Gainer quote: "Organized people are dangerous to oppressive institutions, and critical digital literacies offer a powerful tool to unify large groups around democratic causes" (17). What do y'all think of it, considering recent events? #TSUEngMAE

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While his article focuses more on elementary student reactions to LGBTQ texts, Paul Hartman's acknowledgement of potential "promises and challenges" when incorporating LGBTQ texts in classrooms is something for all teachers to consider with their students (80) #TSUEngMAE

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From annotation: "While the concept of agency is one that certainly resides in self-motivations... participants' conscious desire and decision to be allies, it is also consistently informed by what specific people, spaces, and moments make possible" (Shelton 294). #TSUEngMAE

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Oluo's analogy, that "being a person of color in white-dominated society is like an abusive relationship with the world," is so appropriate, with "a new little dehumanization" happening every day throughout the course of American history (19). #TSUEngMAE

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In regards to including LGBTQ texts in classrooms, some teachers list potential risks of doing so; Ryan Schey states this "undermines the rationale for queer curricular inclusion" of "transforming schools so that they are more compassionate and queer-affirming" (39). #TSUEngMAE

[Sam Andrzejewski @AndrzejewskiSam]

Was interesting reading Beach, Thein, and Parks after Sims Bishop; have to make sure we aren't "framing difference in terms of shared humanity" in our future texts to avoid recreating "a reflection of color-blind racism that ignores institutional racism" (68-69). #TSUEngMAE