Q: In a paragraph. define and explain what an education means to you.
A: An education to me is very valuable. In today's economy its hard to be successful in life and be able to take care of a family without one. Some people's education background comes to them by their parents pushing them or making them finish high school or go to college. Some people have to overcome many obstacles in order to pursure their education. Either way I think its very important to have. You never stop learning.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Oct. 1st
What questions still remain?
I still need to ask him what it was like living with me and being able to go to school versus living with mom and living that abnormal lifestyle to where he couldnt go to school.
How did it go?
It went good. Kind of hard for him to talk about it but I think it did some good beyond this just being a paper that I have to write.
Where did you conduct it?
Our house
What did you learn?
I just learned how he felt about the whole situation.. we have never really talked about that part before.
What concerns do you have?
The only concern I have is taking the interview and putting into format for my essay, to where it makes since.
How do you expect to overcome them?
I will overcome them by paying attention in class, writing several drafts, proofreading and revising.
I still need to ask him what it was like living with me and being able to go to school versus living with mom and living that abnormal lifestyle to where he couldnt go to school.
How did it go?
It went good. Kind of hard for him to talk about it but I think it did some good beyond this just being a paper that I have to write.
Where did you conduct it?
Our house
What did you learn?
I just learned how he felt about the whole situation.. we have never really talked about that part before.
What concerns do you have?
The only concern I have is taking the interview and putting into format for my essay, to where it makes since.
How do you expect to overcome them?
I will overcome them by paying attention in class, writing several drafts, proofreading and revising.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sept. 29 - Five questions I will ask my subject and why
1. Describe a typical day at school?
The reason why I am going to ask my brother this is because he didnt have the typical loving mother to send him on the 'normal' school day. He lacked care, nourishment, socialization, and love.
2. How did you feel when you came to live with me and was encouraged to get an education, opposed to living with mom and being kept from getting one?
I feel this is an important question to ask him because thats a huge change of life-style and its on something so innocent as education that most of us in life will never experience.
3. In spite of being disabled and being kept from going to school, how did you keep such a positive outlook and drive to finish school?
This is a good question for him because not alot of people could overcome a situation like this, especially with the diagnosis of Intellectually Challenged and years of being taught that it wasnt important.
4. Tell me about a time that you had to 'sneak around' to go to school or do something that was not what mom wanted you to do?
This is important because it will paint a clearer picture of what it was like for my brother to have to go to these kind of measures to go to school. Most of us just do it as a part of everyday life growing up.
5. Tell about your experience of graduation?
This is important because obviously he had some type of goal that he wanted to reach because in spite of whatever my so-called mother did to him to prevent him from going to school and encouraging it upon him he managed to get through and he still graduated from high school in the end.
The reason why I am going to ask my brother this is because he didnt have the typical loving mother to send him on the 'normal' school day. He lacked care, nourishment, socialization, and love.
2. How did you feel when you came to live with me and was encouraged to get an education, opposed to living with mom and being kept from getting one?
I feel this is an important question to ask him because thats a huge change of life-style and its on something so innocent as education that most of us in life will never experience.
3. In spite of being disabled and being kept from going to school, how did you keep such a positive outlook and drive to finish school?
This is a good question for him because not alot of people could overcome a situation like this, especially with the diagnosis of Intellectually Challenged and years of being taught that it wasnt important.
4. Tell me about a time that you had to 'sneak around' to go to school or do something that was not what mom wanted you to do?
This is important because it will paint a clearer picture of what it was like for my brother to have to go to these kind of measures to go to school. Most of us just do it as a part of everyday life growing up.
5. Tell about your experience of graduation?
This is important because obviously he had some type of goal that he wanted to reach because in spite of whatever my so-called mother did to him to prevent him from going to school and encouraging it upon him he managed to get through and he still graduated from high school in the end.
Sept. 27th Casa: A Partial Rememberance of a Puerto Rican Childhood
Questions for Reflection and Writing - pg. 136
1. Why are the cuentos in Cofer's memoir particularly women's stories? What would be the equivalent of these cuentos for the boys in the family? Who would tell them?
I think that they were women's stories because its the women who typically like to sit and gossip. The equivalent for the males would probably be to watch out for certain females. I think it would be the same, just from their viewpoint. I think that the fathers would tell the boys of these.
1. Why are the cuentos in Cofer's memoir particularly women's stories? What would be the equivalent of these cuentos for the boys in the family? Who would tell them?
I think that they were women's stories because its the women who typically like to sit and gossip. The equivalent for the males would probably be to watch out for certain females. I think it would be the same, just from their viewpoint. I think that the fathers would tell the boys of these.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)