Tara Melton

This Twitter Account is for my Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice course at UAA(-:

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

"Self-directed literacies are rhetorical in that they express the identification of the reader or writer with other language users and suggest identities and positions in the world." This quote suggests that literacy outside of school expresses the individual #433S18 #DuffyCh6

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

It's cool that literacy can serve as a means for individuals to understands themselves. The many way we can use literacy is astonishing. #433S18 #DuffyCh6

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

Duffy's discussion of the public schools teaching the Hmong the identify as Americans was particularly interesting. I think it's absolutely true. #433S18 #DuffyCh5

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

After reading about the christian church taking in the Hmong, you see an example of a literacy sponsorship from religious leaders. #433S18 #DuffyCh5

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

It's crazy that the Hmong culture had literacy sponsors. I mean, I thought individuals had literacy sponsors, but I didn't think it was possible for entire cultures to have sponsors. #433S18 #DuffyCh4

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

"There is no individual identity that is not historical." It's crazy to me that every individual is a result of ALL of the history of their relatives. Your identity isn't just from your life; it's from your ancestors lives too. #433S18 #DuffyCh4

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I think it's interesting that preliteracy I represented as a characteristic of societies, cultures, and individuals. I wouldn't have ever thought of that. #433S18 #DuffyCh3

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

The idea of "ore-literacy" or "non-literacy" is interesting to me. I can't imagine growing up without a writing system like what I grew up with. #433S18 #DuffyCh3

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I think it's interesting that governments in China and Southeast Asia viewed literacy as something that diminished ethnicity and promoted national identity. #433S18 #DuffyCh2

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I think the quote at the beginning of the chapter was an important thing to note. Cultures, like the Hmong, that lack a writing system, don't do so because of a lack of interest. #433S18 #DuffyCh2

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

The Hmong literacy development, as well as other culture's, was intermixed with warfare, missionary work, migration, and exile. #433S18 #DuffyCh1

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I agree with Duffy that the histories of literacy are also the histories of peoples. It doesn't make sense to look at literacy development without the cultural development as well. #433S18 #DuffyCh1

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I agree that sociocultural theory further purports that an alienation from reading and writing can be based on the disconnect between school literacy and every experience #433S18 #Juchniewicz

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I really like that Juchniewicz is talking about how to act when encountered with a homeless student in the classroom. #433S18 #Juchniewicz

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

It's interesting that the discourse of student-centered pedagogy and the discourse of adolescence are so entangled. #433S18 #FindersCh5

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I agree with Finders that "it is within the complex weave of social relations that students learn." #433S18 #FindersCh5

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

It's interesting that the mothers of the cookies are trying to teach them to become self-reliant, yet they are reliant on their mothers.. #433S18 #FindersCh4

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I saw a lot of tough cookies, like Cleo, in high school deny peer influence and connections. #433S18 #FindersCh4

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

After the ICLP, I understand Fetterman's statement that fieldwork is the hallmark of research. #433S18 #FettermanCh3

[Tara Melton @LittyRhettySP]

I think the idea of selection and sampling for ethnographers is interesting. I mean, if you want to study only one specific subculture within a culture then you can.. If you want to study a pair of best friends within a culture, you can. It's all up to them #433S18 #FettermanCh3