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Cisneros is the only daughter, her father didn’t approve her writing. Cisneros, her father and her six brothers. She mainly focused on stories of her growing up. She would talk about how her father thought she was a disappointment for her not getting a husband in college. She wanted…

From the reading, I learned that everyone has their own journey and struggles with literacy. They just find a way to deal with it and get to the point where they want to be, for example, Cisneros. She was the only daughter in a family of six sons. She wanted approval with her writing fromContinue reading “9.24.19 3 min reflection”

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A time when I encountered an alien literacy was when I had to say a script in front of my classmates in drama class. I was so nervous at the time because I was afraid of speaking in front of the public. I was unfamiliar with the words and pronunciation of the script. I wasContinue reading “Week 4 Blog Post – Alien literacy”

This reading by Pasqualin was interesting. I liked reading this essay. It made me keep on reading and finish it till the end because it was understandable and easy. I also like how he applied the events that occurred in his life. He used the work experiences and turned them into deeper meanings. I canContinue reading “Pasqualin Activity”

Question #5 from pg. 99 Raymond Branch was a European American male who was born in 1969. He is the son of a professor and a real estate. Branch received a computer as his first gift. He could go to his father’s lab and mess around with computer programming. Not only that but also goContinue reading “Week 3 Blog Post – Branch and Lopez”

Appropriation between Sarah Steele and Carol White

Brandt ideas were kind of surprising to me because it said we are all shaped by many factors and we are a literate person on our own practices and history. Something that spoke to me was about the values of literacy. My sponsors helped me be who I am today.

In this chapter, I was surprised by how there was so much about writing. As I started reading the book, I understood what writing is, what it does, and how it’s more than just writing. I was confused about the CARS model because I don’t fully get what it is trying to say. If IContinue reading “Week 2 Blog Post”

I am having difficulties adapting to this new environment. I have been stress lately by a lot of things but I will get through it. I have learned so much in this little time. It’s confusing to manage this school work because every class has different tools that they require us to use.