How does incentives and compliance relate to rising cairn examples?
how does literate skill and social viability lead to structural conditions in literacy’s bigger picture?
“focus of literacy studies or applied linguistics should not be language or literacy but social practice” Gee (1) This can relate to literacy’s bigger picture. I think literacy’s bigger picture can have more to do with social practice vs. reading and writing. Literacy’s bigger picture could mean the greater idea of what literacy is there for. I think literacy is a way people can communicate through words verbal and written. It’s a way of people expressing themselves, and bringing their ideas to other peoples attention. Literacy as a whole can change the way people think about things. For example, you might have a strong opinion about a politician’s stance on the economy, from a segment on the news you saw about him/her. If you took the time to really read about why that politician has that certain stance on that can make you understand from that persons example why thats the best option for the people
How does literate skill and social viability lead to structural conditions in literacy’s bigger picture?
Ronnie Mwai- My literacy narrative
“who would have thought the most transformative experience in my middle school life would come from my mediocrity and lack of effort in school” Ronnies effort towards english was the reason why his best friends mom (who was also his teacher) worked with him to put forth more effort which allowed him to excel through his classes and gain a literate skill. Literate skill is the beginning of gaining knowledge towards literacies bigger picture.
Students Nightmare by Wes Spagnuolo
Wes relationship with his grade school teacher Lucy Perky, goes to show that not being able to have social viability with someone can greatly impact your whole attitude like something as big as writing and reading. Wes not willing to cooperate with his teachers ways of doing things. The literate skill Ms. Perky attempts to integrate into her students is challenging to Wes, so much that it blinds him of literacies bigger picture. Wes wasn’t able to handle the structure of the course and struggled because of it. If he acquires some literate skill from his new teacher Mrs. Nelson ” I went to Mrs.Nelson everyday for help and she would sit there and help me with my essay until it was perfect” mixed with social viability, he’s set up for understanding structural conditions of literacy’s bigger picture.
His english teacher in grade school Lucy Perky was greatly involved in the bad relationship Wes had with Literature. ”Not only did she make English that year for me a living hell, but also gave me the single worst experience I have ever had when it came to anything involving literature, at such a young age” When you lack the literate skill for whatever reason, you cannot possibly move onto understanding more advanced things like structural conditions.
Understanding the Teachers point of view-Lucas Doucette
The social viability between Lucas and his teacher Mrs. Nelson helped him learn the structural conditions so that he could succeed in class. “I give full gratitude to Mrs.Nelson because she saw a student who didn’t care and turned me into a student who cares and puts pride into their work” he credits his teacher for recreating his interest in Literature. The interaction between Mrs. Nelson and Lucas fueled his new devotion in english, which allows him to begin to understand the cooperation and structure needed to succeed in his class.
How does incentives and compliance relate to rising cairn examples?
Students Nightmare by Wes Spagnuolo
His english teacher in grade school Lucy Perky was greatly involved in the bad relationship Wes had with Literature. ”Not only did she make English that year for me a living hell, but also gave me the single worst experience I have ever had when it came to anything involving literature, at such a young age” This shows that being able to comply with someone you probably dislike, but very much need, is in your best interest for understanding material needed to progress. Wes also might care more about his reputation in school than doing what’s necessary to get a good grade. This quote resembles, what he doesn’t want to be part of his public image. “being labeled a teacher’s pet didn’t look good on the social rap-sheet and I definitely didn’t want that look.” In his mind he’s associating sucking up to the teacher for a good grade, vs. keeping his pride. The incentive to get on this teachers good side and work with her, isn’t worth it to him.
Ronnie Mwai- My literacy narrative
“With a shift in mindset and a different thought process I became more understanding, realizing no one is the same and we all come from different backgrounds, I became more accepting and understanding.” All it took was one conversation from Mrs. Johnson to completely change Ronnies mindset. He began to realize the incentive to doing well in school and further challenging himself. Ronnie was always willing to comply, he just didn’t see the incentive to work harder because he was keeping up and completing his work with minimal effort.
Understanding the Teachers point of view-Lucas Doucette
Lucas is not willing to comply. So at the time, in his mind, there’s no incentive for him to work hard at all. This quote proves this “I seriously wasted time by not learning the fundamentals of english when they were laid out in front of me”. This way of thinking towards english class snowballed for him, and continued throughout middle school.
The point where he realizes that there is a bigger incentive to understand english better is sometime in his high school career. “I was not aware of my actions back then and it definitely affected my view on english up until this point.” Lucas needed a mastery of an english discourse to ignite his passion for english. He found that in Mrs. Nelson, she opened the gates for his new dedication to english. Mrs. Nelson gave him an incentive to work hard, she made him realize how fun English can be.
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