every day you read and write all kinds of things that you probably rarely talk about in school and that you might not think about as literacy practices or forms of literacy
This shows that literacy is part of my everyday life, not just something I do in school. I use literacy when I text people, use social media and communicate with others
Experts who study literacy typically think about more than the ability to read and write. They refer broadly to fluency or expertise in communicating and interacting with other people in many different ways. Thus, it’s more accurate to speak about literacies when thinking about what it means to be a literate person.
I like this idea because I usually think literacy only means reading and writing
It’s not the time to critically undermine student self-efficacy with spurious labels.
This is important because college students are still building confidence and figuring out who they are. Negative labels can make that harder
How could I have been accurately evaluated by a test that eliminated that normal, extended writing process?
This makes me question whether a timed writing test can really show how well someone writes
I began to enjoy doing difficult work
I like this because difficult work helped Brisa become more confident instead of making her feel less capable
What we were called and what we were actually doing in class just didn’t add up
If the students were doing college level work, why were they still being called remedial?
not-good, fake, damaged, unlikely to succeed.
it shows how the students started to connect the word remedial with many negative ideas
I allowed it to consume me and become an obsession, the reason I got up every morning.
! its interesting because Arturo used the negative label as motivation to work harder instead of giving up
I felt ashamed
This shows how one label can affect a student's confidence and feeling of belonging
The word remedial hit me like a brick
I can understand why this word hurt Sonia. She was accepted in college, but the label made her question if she was good enough to be there.
institutional language constructs students
This is important idea because the words a school uses can change how students see themselves
50–80% of first-year students enrolled on its twenty-three campuses as remedial writers
its surprised me because very large number of students was being labeled remedial. It makes me question how accurate this test really is??