First Assignment

Summary

 

      The most important idea in the Brandt reading is that people don't become literate on their own. Instead, literacy is sponsored by people and institutions that make it possible for a person to become literate. The sponsored are often oblivious to the exposure of literacy. Literacy is becoming more and more important nowadays because people are expected to be better at reading and writing. Being good at reading and writing will help you be successful in this competitive world. Sponsorship shows us how people from different walks of life have different literacy practices, which then leads them to different paths in life.

 

 

 

Questions for Discussion and Journaling

      Branch and Lopez had two different paths to literacy. Branch was gifted, and because of where he grew up literacy was mandatory and was taught to him at a young age. On the other hand, Lopez was born to a poorer, blue collar family where literacy was not mandatory. Because of this, she had to teach herself to read and write in Spanish. because nobody would teach her.

 

Applying and Exploring Ideas

         My literacy history would be more comparable to that of Branch. I was exposed to literacy at a young age much like Branch. My primary literacy sponsor was my school system, but I also would consider my church a minor literacy sponsor. These two sponors taught me both academic and religious literacies. I would consider these sponors adequate in teaching literacies.

 

Opinion

   I had a mild interest in this article. It raised some interesting points and gave some good insights into how many different factors there are in the world that affect literacy and how your literacies affect the outcome of your life.