Points of Praxis

My Blog Reflects on Visual Rhetorical Theory and Disability Rhetoric and their Connections to Classical and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

A quote I found that I wanted to share for all those students and parents who complain that teachers should leave their political and social views at the door (although Aristotle might argue that since Rhetoric has no subject unto itself, we have no choice but to discuss political and social views):

"English teachers delude themselves when they argue, as many do, that they are not bringing political and social issues into their classrooms. Such a delusion actually makes one more, not less, political. A teacher insensitive to the social and political role of dialect is likely to tell or suggest to a student that her many 'mistakes in English' are the result of ignorance, derived from an uneducated home" (16).

White, Edward.  Teaching and Assessing Writing.  San Francisco:  Josey-Bass, 1994.

posted by: rgregory at 03:06 | link | comments (2) |

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#1  01 November 2006 - 07:05

 

I'm all for politicizing the classroom. We have to do something to counterbalance all the Bob Jones and Oral Roberts Universities out there.

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#2  01 November 2006 - 20:57

 

Amen.

RDG

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