While reading Literacy with an Attitude, I found some main points that resonated with me while reading this article but also some connections with some of the other texts we have read. Finn talked about how “slower” students get more attention because of the smaller classroom environment. The teachers who have difficulty with misbehaved students want to get rid of them and send them to different classes because they do not feel like helping them find a solution, but to just send them away. Finn also talked about how working-class students obey authority more likely and understand the social cues of the school setting. We discussed this in class about how some students did not grow up where they were questioned but in fact, were told what to do and needed that structure. Lisa Delcpit also discussed the ideas of differences in language and tone of voice in The Silenced Dialogue.
The article also made me realize that some teachers are overworked and do not put as much of a choice in the students. There is very much a controlled environment going on and this may be the problem why students have no interest to learn, they have no choices or opinions. Some teachers want things their way and want to get things done and look good on paper but are not giving students the choice to create and learn in ways that are best for them. There also seems to be social segregation in the article and is clearly shown that students of the same class and the same opportunities or the same situations test and perform the same. Social segregation was a big part of Beverly Daniel Tatum’s article Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and can be seen in Finn’s article.
Great connections to Delpit and Daniel Tatum.
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