1. What difference did you notice in your choice of topics in the first part of the class versus the topics found in the texts My California and Train Go Sorry?
The topics that I chose for the first part of the semesters class were topics about California's history and culture. Some of the topics that I chose related to me directly such as my city choice of San Francisco and others did not, such as the California missions. In the texts My California and Train Go Sorry the topics were more of a personal testimony. The books both related to California, however it had more to do with things that happened to the people in the stories directly.
2. What difference did you notice when you read your classmates work regarding the same topics versus your own opinions? Did their works make you think of something different?
I think that anytime I read or see someone else's work it always makes me interpret it differently. So, yes when me and my classmates wrote about the same topics they made me think of something different as I read their stories. It was fun and interesting because we all have our own experiences and our own visions. Even when some of our facts were the same, what we learned and what we felt may not have been.
3. How would Freire and the idea of dialogue and scaffolding play into your answers?
Freire's non-traditional way of teaching includes interacting through dialogue. He feels that the teacher must be ready to present his or her ideas to the student as well as being open minded to hear different ideas from students. This is exactly what we did in Humanities through our blogs. The dialogue that we wrote and read about each others topics and our interpretation of them is what I think Freire means by dialogue and scaffolding.
4. What was your overall experience with these topics?
My overall experience with these topics as well as with this class has been very informative. I learned a lot about not only California's history and many things that are in the state that I had no idea about before, but I learned about people's own experiences with the state and there love for the state of California. I also learned about deaf culture and how the deaf community struggle and survive in the hearing world. This is not something that I have ever really thought about because I have never been directly affected by it. However because it exists than I am happy to now have some knowledge of it. I really enjoyed this class and the topics, it has been a fun journey.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
5bReflection
http://katyhuman7.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
I learned from Katherine that deaf people view themselves two different ways. If they speall deaf with a lowercase “d” they view themselves as belonging to the hearing society and do not feel they are of a separate culture. If they view themselves as Deaf and use a capital "D" to spell the word then they view deafness as a culture identity rather than a disability. This allows them to separate their culture and identity while maintaining them both. When I read this I thought it was a very interesting fact. I wondered how it could be possible that both the uppercase and lowercase letters had two different meanings? I guess every culture can and probably does have their own way of interpreting things differently and this isn't any different.
http://jennifer-humanities7.blogspot.com/2009/04/assignment-5a-train-go-sorry.html.
In Jennifer's essay she states that "many hearing people think Deaf would want to hear and regret loosing the sense. However, the Deaf think it is just a trait they have and live with and most love themselves for it. Learning ASL is just like learning to speak English or another language."
As I read this it made me think of the people who are born deaf and people who loose their hearing at a very young age. I know they must feel very differently about their disability. I think that people who are born deaf know nothing other than being deaf so it becomes as natural to them to learn ASL as one one learns to speak the English language. However if you know how to hear and later loose your hearing, I can only imagine what a significant loss that would feel like. I feel sad for those people.
http://racer-humanities7.blogspot.com/2009/04/5a-train-go-sorry.html
A fact that I read from Lori's essay that I didn't remember reading was that American Sign Language was not accepted as a legitimate language until the 1950's. Prior to that it was considered an inferior language and a sloppy english language substitute, and people who promoted oralism, felt that signing actually brought people to the level of animals. It's amazing how far ASL has come and how much it has opened up so many doors and possibilities to many people in the deaf community. I can't every imagine thinking of someone using ASL as being thought of as animals. My children are not deaf and I have been using some sign language to communicate with them since they were babies. I am glad that we as a nation have come so far to see signing as just one more incredible way of communication.
I learned from Katherine that deaf people view themselves two different ways. If they speall deaf with a lowercase “d” they view themselves as belonging to the hearing society and do not feel they are of a separate culture. If they view themselves as Deaf and use a capital "D" to spell the word then they view deafness as a culture identity rather than a disability. This allows them to separate their culture and identity while maintaining them both. When I read this I thought it was a very interesting fact. I wondered how it could be possible that both the uppercase and lowercase letters had two different meanings? I guess every culture can and probably does have their own way of interpreting things differently and this isn't any different.
http://jennifer-humanities7.blogspot.com/2009/04/assignment-5a-train-go-sorry.html.
In Jennifer's essay she states that "many hearing people think Deaf would want to hear and regret loosing the sense. However, the Deaf think it is just a trait they have and live with and most love themselves for it. Learning ASL is just like learning to speak English or another language."
As I read this it made me think of the people who are born deaf and people who loose their hearing at a very young age. I know they must feel very differently about their disability. I think that people who are born deaf know nothing other than being deaf so it becomes as natural to them to learn ASL as one one learns to speak the English language. However if you know how to hear and later loose your hearing, I can only imagine what a significant loss that would feel like. I feel sad for those people.
http://racer-humanities7.blogspot.com/2009/04/5a-train-go-sorry.html
A fact that I read from Lori's essay that I didn't remember reading was that American Sign Language was not accepted as a legitimate language until the 1950's. Prior to that it was considered an inferior language and a sloppy english language substitute, and people who promoted oralism, felt that signing actually brought people to the level of animals. It's amazing how far ASL has come and how much it has opened up so many doors and possibilities to many people in the deaf community. I can't every imagine thinking of someone using ASL as being thought of as animals. My children are not deaf and I have been using some sign language to communicate with them since they were babies. I am glad that we as a nation have come so far to see signing as just one more incredible way of communication.
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