As you read, note any relationships you see between Gee and Cuddy. If they were to have a conversation, what would they be saying to each other? How might you frame their conversation and enter it yourself? Once you’ve completed the questions, take pictures of your annotations for your writing log.

  1. Underline keywords as you read. See if you can define these in the margins.
  2. Gee offers two controversial theorems (9-11). Paraphrase or put them into your own words, then explain why they are controversial.

Theorum 1 states that when it comes to literacy there are only fluent speakers and apprentices. What he means by that is that there are only masters of literacy and someone who is in the process of mastering the discourse. Theorum 2 states Primary discourses can’t be liberating. What gee means by this is that primary discourses are so limiting because there too simple, too introductory. What I mean by this is primary discourse are initial, it only has itself. It’s the beginning stage towards secondary discourses where then you can evaluate, critic and really analyze.                                                                    “‘Mushfake,’ resistance, and meta-knowledge: this seems to me like a good combination for successful students and successful social change” (Gee 13). Use evidence from the text to explain these concepts. bng

Meta knowledge is when your unable to adapt to acquiring a discourse so you are consciously aware of what your trying to achieve. For example Learning a second language can actually help you better understand your own language because it causes you to become consciously aware of your own language.

They are controversial because Theorem 1 says that you can’t get in or else, which is very black and white, while Theorem 2 the other says that all primary discourses are limited. As in not fulfillment. Theorem 2 says you need meta elements for the  discourse to be truly “liberating”

 

“The body can shape the mind, roll changes can shape your mind ”  Cuddy Gee “you don’t have that identity”

This shows that Cuddy truly believes we can change our mind so much that we can change how we act and live. Gee has the viewpoint of” you are who you are” that you cant form another identity

 

Identify two ways that Cuddy’s ideas might provide some of the tools that Gee recommends. Quote specific language from each text  and explain their connections. (For two examples, you should have a total of at least four quotations).

“Discourse involves ways of talking, acting” Gee

“discourse always involve more than reading and writing”  Gee

“Fake it till you make it” Cuddy

Cuddy is saying you can really fake your behavior and it will embed in you and become part of how you normally act, Gee says that one of the ways to master a discourse is “acting” like it. These two quotes solidify there agreement on the physical part of mastering a discourse

“the type of people that can use this the most are the people with no resources, no technologies, no status no power” Cuddy

” when we come across a situation where we are unable to adapt and accommodate ( as many minority student do with being faced late in the game” Gee

I think in America, you will find minorities that struggle with the mastery of social discourses, and that people of lower status are the types of people that would take the most away from Cuddy’s talk. Those are the type of people that do not have much money and social power, the types of individuals that don’t get access to the kind of discourses privileged people get to experience. These 2 quotations from Gee and Cuddy resonate with discourses and the struggle to attain them.

 

Use your annotations to pose a question of your own: what do you most want to clarify or discuss about these two readings together?

I want to know more examples of people in real life experiences other than a job interview to use the power pose, I want to have those people that used the power pose answer questions right after doing whatever that is they’re being asked to do to see how they felt about themselves after. I want to know if this can work for people of all ages struggling with perhaps “confidence” in their life