Ferguson’s article struck several cords in that I understand her point from a detached, academic way as well as from a more frustratingly personal viewpoint. She mentions that studies have shown that African American males in schools all over the…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Believe The Hype
by Mike • • 2 Comments
“don’t believe the hype” (by Ann Ferguson, early 1990’s) This article is an ethnographic analysis of racism, but it is also an ethnographic “memoir.” Ferguson gives an account of the interplay between the “institution” (Rosa Parks Elementary), and the black…
Commentary #9
by arussell • • 2 Comments
Adam Russell Poverty Institutes the Division Probably the most disturbing observation Ferguson makes in “Don’t Believe the Hype,” is when she points out the disparity between students at the Elementary level that continue onto high school: “Many of the…
Hip-hop and “The Creature”
by Keri • • 3 Comments
In the first chapter, titled “Don’t believe the hype,” of her book author Ann Ferguson confirms my belief that students live up or down to the expectations placed on them by the school system and larger society. I remember from…
Rhetoric, Professionalism, and More Rhetoric–Matsuda Commentary
by Kathy • • 0 Comments
I want to thank Dr. Devries for including the article by Paul Kei Matsuda, “Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor” in the class readings. The article presents a history of how teaching English as a second…
Vico Commentary
by Keri • • 0 Comments
This chapter begins with a chastisement of the thoughts of Francis Bacon, who according to Vico acted like a “potentate of [a] mighty empire” that upon reaching the highest ranking available lost all sense of reason and practicality in a…
Commentary # Emig
by Keri • • 0 Comments
In her article, “Writing as a Mode of Learning” author Janet Emig argues that the writing process helps “higher cognitive functions develop most fully only with the support system of verbal language” (Emig 122). This article seems to be in…
Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts Tyteca
by sbahadur • • 0 Comments
Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts – Tyteca Chain Perelman and Olbrechts Tyteca have given useful insights on the theory of argumentation. Perelman and Tyteca’s focus is on Rhetoric. Both focus on the ancient rhetoric, which was the art of Public…
JUST VIEW IT AND FORWARD IT!–NOT!
by Kathy • • 1 Comment
In our last class meeting Mike suggested that the “light bulb” should be coming on for us by this time in the semester and Dr. Devries responded, “We would hope”. That got me thinking about what I have learned from…
Emig, Flowers, and Hayes – 3D+
by Kathy • • 0 Comments
After reading Janet Emig’s article “Writing as a Mode of Learning” and Linda Flower and John R. Hayes’ article, “A Cognitive process Theory of Writing”, I feel like I’ve finally put on my 3-D glasses at “A Bug’s Life” at…