"Disability's presence, like the presence of students with race, class, or gender differences, is not a problem but rather an opportunity to rethink our practices in teaching writing" (148). What is your opinion about the statement above?
"These scenes are singular in terms of their being my own story, but I believe that they are also plural, constituting experential data that I share with many" (30). What is Royster trying to prove with this statement and why?
Hey Dami,
ReplyDeleteFor your first question I would definitely agree with the author's statement. The presence of disability in the classroom begs us as teachers to consider new ways to communicate and resonate to individuals with unique life circumstances. Since everyone certainly deserves equal opportunity to education, then we as educators must take it upon ourselves to insure that our methods of communication don't fall short with certain groups.
Hey Dami,
ReplyDeleteI think Royster is talking about a cultural group's common/shared experience versus an single person from that group's individual experience, in order to illustrate her "house" metaphor even further. Every person has their own history which exists inside the history/context of their people, culture, or race. Often prejudice can occur not only against an entire group, but also because someone can view a member of a cultural group and assume that must inform who they are as a person, which can be true, but very reductive. The big takeaway for me was that we have to both recognize the community people are coming from, but also them as an individual, and how that exists in the context of their cultures.