@WifexOfxAgony I’m sorry to hear this. No one should be made to feel this way and I hope you are able to move through this and find an opportunity soon. You do amazing work
Won't wear a mask. Won't give up vapes. Won't listen to disabled people. Won't stop buying and upgrading tech. Won't boycott. Won't make accessible educational materials. Won't add alt text. Won't stop using AI. Ok wtaf are you willing to do for revolution & better worlds then.
You all, including myself, could learn how to engage with people who don’t know as much as you know. Yes, there are disingenuous people wanting to cause problems, but there are people who just don’t know, and we gotta hold them with a specific care and kindness.
in the West, literacy functions as a gatekeeper to resources, social mobility, & basic rights. By centering literacy—specifically, the ability to read & write in standardized ways—as the primary metric for intelligence or worth...
The West sees people who are illiterate as a lost cause, and it shows up in all educational systems in America. College-access focused representation politics when there are whole people that will never even come close to reaching an education that allows them to even consider.
As an adult literacy teacher, I completely agree. Most high school or college educated people absolutely refuse to acknowledge the humanity of people who are illiterate. You theorize their actions, organizing, and voice, but include them only as a talking point for yourself.
in the West, literacy functions as a gatekeeper to resources, social mobility, & basic rights. By centering literacy—specifically, the ability to read & write in standardized ways—as the primary metric for intelligence or worth...