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Passion For Writing The concept which I wish to focus on in Sam Michaud’s paper is the path of the child prodigy. The child prodigy concept, as defined by Alexander states that “students portrayed themselves as child prodigies, they conceived of themselves and their literacy as exceptional” (Alexander, 619). Within Michaud’s paper, the author describes how they found an enjoyment of writing at a young age and wrote stories in their free time up into high school. Michaud states “I…

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  Reading and writing is a skill and commodity which all can master, yet are not all given the equal opportunity to master. Whether this be due to social-economic standards, or due to a lack of motivation or confidence due to a poor history with writing. “Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge” (Brandt, 558). What Brandt means by this is that when given the power of literacy, people…

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  Delpit, Lisa. Literacy A Critical Sourcebook. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001   Gee, James. Literacy, Discourse, And Linguistics: Introduction. Journal of Education, Volume 171 Number 1, 1989. Jordan, June. Nobody Mean More to Me Than You And the Future Life of Willie Jordan. Harvard Educational Review, August 1998

Coordinating  Using a mush fake discourse would be a term used to describe a person who may use some of the information or knowledge which they have from their own discourse, but try to “make do” and function in another discourse. It is a compound due to the separation of “, but” They are represented equally because the first part represents what mush fake discourse is and the second part describes how these people achieve the discourse. Using Gee’s combination…

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Not all human beings are same, there are many different cultures, behaviors, languages, and personalities which can combine to create different aspects of a person. But is there any word to describe how a person behaves? James Gee’s article about what he calls discourses, tackles this concept of describing human behavior by referring to aspects of human behavior as “Discourses” Gee describes Discourses as “a sort of ‘identity kit’ which comes complete with the appropriate costume and instructions on how…

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“A Discourse is a sort of ‘identity kit’ which comes complete with the appropriate costume and instructions on how to act, talk, and often write, so as to take on a particular role that others will recognize” (7). I agree with Gee here because I believe in his concept of discourses and how they can  provide you with an identity. I could use this in my paper as a point where Gee and I agree, considering there are many points…

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After finishing my first draft, my major concern was that I did my paper completely incorrect. And I was correct in that aspect. My paper, though containing the information needed, was written in method which was less than what was required and did not go well with the prompt.  What my peers liked most about my paper was that “I had good information and quotes that explained main ideas” (Jeremy).  They claimed that they liked that I accurately and effectively…

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As stated in the first objection, Delpit originally agreed with most of Gee’s work before she stepped back and looked at it from a different standpoint. Delpit’s second objection to Gee was that an “individual who is born into one discourse with one set of values may experience conflicts when attempting to acquire another discourse”(Delpit 547). This quote is saying that if you are not born within a discourse which you want to be born in then you will have…

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