Week Seven Readings!

Hey everyone, it's Rebecca. I am so sorry! I seem to have screwed up my dates when I wrote down what weeks I was doing... so I did not know I was scheduled for this week till just a few minutes ago. Sorry again!

The readings this week were definitely short, so I hope you all had a chance to read them.

Just a few thoughts on the readings to think about for this evening:

-As the readings are written from the perspective of a child and an adult looking back on their childhood memories, how might this affect your individual reading of it and the story itself?

-Both stories seem to be told almost through rose colored lens... does this come from the idea that children see the good in even bad situations? How much of what is being said is true/what might be being left out and/or for what reason?

-Would the situations be seen differently by an adult/another race/class/everyone in our class of 2010? What do these different views bring to the table? How do those view points positively and, perhaps, negatively affect our readings and discussions?

-There is obviously a difference in the two stories being told (age, language barrier, living situation, time period), but as they both are about the isolation of a minority group within a particular moment of history, what can be said about this issue and its relation to things happening now? (think about minority groups being banded together through work, oppression, living areas, etc)

As for comments this week, totally understandable if you did not have time. If you do have the time, you can comment on anything you would like. Hopefully you have all found some good things to share with the class on next years topic. See you in just a few hours!

Love,

Rebecca