Double Entry Journal #2

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"But I also know whether we interpret differences among children -- or adults -- as deficit or difference depends primarily on our preconceptions, attitudes toward, and stereotypes we hold toward the individual children's communities and cultures."   (Purcell-Gates 2002)

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When I read this part in this article it really made me think about how you can judge someone just from your first impression of them. I will admit there have been people I have met and I automatically thought they were not intelligent because of the way they talked. Now looking back at this I realize it was wrong and I should judge someone because of the way they talk. I should listen to more of what they are saying not how they say it. Its just like the old saying "don't judge a book by its cover." Not only should I listen to what that person is saying but I should also take into account the differences between us. As Gates talks about throughout the article, when children start school and they have been read to and been around people that write everyday they are going to pick up on these qualities much faster than someone who doesn't see that in their day to day lives. I feel that when we are talking about students, as teachers we need to try to give everyone a fair chance to succeed and that means we need to take into account the children that have never been exposed simple things such as reading and writing.

    

Related Resources:
This website talks about many different ways to promote literacy in young children. It talks about being including your children when your reading something to expose them to it. Here is a link to the website


References:

Purcell-Gates, V. (2002). "..as soon as she opens her mouth!". In the Skin that We Speak, Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct

Double Entry Journal #1

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"College professors began to use them as textbooks in sociology classes."(O'Brien, 2003).

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After reading this article and seeing the college professors were using stories that viewed as journalistic accounts and used them as textbooks. I find this to be very offensive and completely inappropriate. It truly amazes me how college professors would take exaggerated stories written about "backward people" and use them in their textbooks. When these stories were written about the people from Appalachia the authors made these people look like "violent moutain folk" just because of where they lived. The people of Appalachia were manipulated due to the valuable resources on their land. These people were pushed off of thier land and forced to give up what they had worked hard for.

Related Resources:
I found this article talks about CBS wanting to cast a "Real Beverly Hillbillies" reality show but was not aired due to various advocacy groups. (Keeling , 2007 ) This article also givies good information about the many different sterotypes that come with living in West Virginia.
Here is my link to my resource.


 References:

Keeling , J. (2007 , December 4). West virginia stereotypes: don't believe the hype. Retrieved from http://www.abetterwestvirginia.com/2007/12/04/west-virginia-stereotypes-dont-believe-the-hype/

O'Brien, J. (2003, May 5). Tall tales of appalachia . Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html