“Should Writers Use They Own English”

This a post in response to reading “Should Writers Use they Own English” by Vershawn Ashanti Young. In the article, Young defends the existence of different dialects and varieties within the English language, opposite Stanley Fish, who wishes to remove these…

WP3: The Intellectual Autobiography

Well, you’re here. WP3. You’ve written WP1, created your archive, and you’ve published a deep…

Straight Hair Privilege

Morning middle school volleyball practices were never my favorite part of the…

WP2: THE ARCHIVE

WP2: The ARCHIVE

Well, here we are at the next part of this journey. WP1 asked you to look at HOW you…

Should Writers Use They Own English Response

Reading Vershawn Ashanti Young’s “Should Writers Use They Own English” was surprising to say the least because it was unlike anything I have ever read before. The grammar seemed so familiar yet so different. I loved how I felt as though I could hear…

Dual Identity as Immigrants

When immigrants choose to leave their homeland for another country, they usually seek a better life. In the new country, they devote their time and effort to improving their living conditions. Many immigrants explain that they have experienced a feeling of duality and have…

My Experience With A Problem-Posing Model of Education

During high school, I experienced many different styles of teaching: boring, completely lecture-based chemistry classes to fully discussion-centered English classes, and everything in between. So, as I read Chapter 2 of Pedagogy of the…

Follower or FollowHer

The dichotomy of Ballroom Dance stimulated a case study of interpersonal…

Thoughts on Chap 1 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Before I read Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, I never thought that the oppressor also underwent dehumanization as the oppressed did. I thought that the oppressor possessed freedom themselves, while the oppressed were deprived of liberty…

The Problem with Kindness

About 13.8% of people are known as “pleasers” (Robinson, 2020). This figure…