Questions for a Second Reading: 1. In my opinion‚ the introductory story Pratt is telling about her sons and their baseball cards not only gets the reader interested in what is to come‚ but also gets them thinking a little about how worthy their education system. It sparked my interest to learn that her sons were learning their phonics not in school‚ but by reading the names and statistics of players on baseball cards. Later on‚ Pratt relates a story about Guaman Poma and his manuscript. She states that
Premium Education Learning Culture
something basic like what they did today‚ through other’s words. Some individuals are confident enough to write about themselves and talk freely to the public. In both cases‚ Mary Louise Pratt and John Wideman show these forms of speaking known as “ethnography” and “autoethnography” through their writings. Mary Louise Pratt uses many ideas and terms in her work “Arts of the Contact Zone”.
Premium Writing Psychology Writer
is where people have established their life‚ their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt‚ Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one’s national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where people are meeting other cultures‚ and they have to remember
Premium Culture Palestinian people Cultural assimilation
came to when I first read this text‚ but it was not until later that I came to understand this societal pressure to write in a certain way is still just another form of oppression. To define this type of oppression‚ I reference this section from Mary Louise Pratt’s "Art’s of the Contact Zone": "....in order to lay out some thoughts about writing and literacy in what I LIKE TO CALL CONTACT ZONES. I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often
Premium Black people Race African American
people in different positions in the contact zone.” (page 492) I found this passage difficult because it uses many terms that I was only introduced to when I started reading Mary Louise Pratt’s essay. It is hard to follow because it uses difficult terms and packs a lot of information into a small amount of writing. Mary Louise Pratt introduces several concepts in the same passage‚ which was both overwhelming and distracting. It was difficult to understand the passage in its entirety the first time I
Premium Culture Writing Cognition
Kelly & Pratt (1992) – Purposes and paradigms of management accounting: beyond economic reductionism Introduction The paper suggests that management accounting is seen as fulfilling a multiplicity of purposes which can only be understood by analysing the actions of the management accounting actors involved. Background Management accounting grew out of cost accounting around 1950s. It was grounded in the neo-classical economical theory of the firm: if each firm acts to maximize its profitability
Premium Rational choice theory Decision making Economics
College Education What makes college education so important? College is not just a choice‚ it’s the beginning of a lifelong journey‚ one that will shape and determine future choices‚ decisions and purposes. College is going to help you determine a career that you want to pursue. It will help and guide you in the right direction but you have to be the one to put in the effort. But some may say college is a waste‚ and will not make their life any better. Some will ask what makes a good college‚ what
Premium Higher education College Academic degree
College Education Soon after we graduate from high school we look to the immediate transition; college. We stress and stress the importance of college‚ and how it is the road to the development to the rest of our lives. Examining the effectiveness of college may vary for some but can overall serve the same purpose and cause the same effects. College enables students to examine being an adult and expanding ones education on a career path that ideally you will take after graduation and completion
Premium High school Higher education Education
College Education It’s important to get a college education not only to be successful in the future but also to think for yourself and gain freedom through education‚ we can accomplish this by being educated liberally. Like Cronon‚ I think “a liberal education is about gaining the power and wisdom‚ the generosity and the freedom to connect” (Cronon; paragraph 18) to the real world. Finding a purpose to attend college should go beyond college itself‚ you should be motivated to learn something
Premium Education History of education Higher education
College College‚ an experience you will never forget. College is supposed to be an amazing step towards your future. There are many hopes and fears about starting college. Achieving your hopes and letting go of your fears is what’s needed most. I believe that I have the same hesitations about college as most high school students. I have several concerns about being out on my own and not knowing what to do when I encounter difficult situations or decisions. Financial worries and the burden it
Premium Higher education College University