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Van Piercy

Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter - 98.04 - 0 views

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shared by Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13 - No Cached
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Interruptions of family and memory by media. Invasiveness of technology.
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      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      What thought exactly? Is there ambiguity here between the thought of her d-in-law's light skin and her roasted cumin skin?
  • he thought fills her with an uneasy pride.
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  • while disembodied TV laughter echoes through the room
  • Mrs. Basu
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Friend from India, old previous home.
  • Sagar
  • Shyamoli
  • Mrinalini
  • Pradeep
  • bent over a model plane.
  • Molli
  • labor strike, everything closed down, not even the buses running. But you can't really blame them, can you? After all, factory workers have to eat too.
  • Are you happy in America?
  • Mrs. Dutta knows that Mrs. Basu, who has been her closest friend since they both moved to Ghoshpara Lane as young brides, cannot be fobbed off with descriptions of Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge, or even with anecdotes involving grandchildren. And so she has been putting off her reply, while in her heart family loyalty battles with insidious feelings of -- but she turns from them quickly and will not name them even to herself.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      What is Mrs. D. struggling with? What are her concerns? What are her "insidious feelings"?
  • children being allowed to close their doors against their parents.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Culture clash over ideas of privacy and individuality.
  • though the minty toothpaste does not leave her mouth feeling as clean as does the bittersweet neem stick she's been using all her life.
  • "But, Mom, she's in there. She's been there forever... " Mrinalini says.
  • Whenever she lifted her hand to him, her heart was pierced through and through. Such is a mother's duty.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Conflicting ideas of corporal punishment and the role or place (?) of familial, maternal bonds.
  • Mrs. Dutta bends over the sink, fists tight in the folds of her sari. Hard with the pounding in her head to think what she feels most -- anger at the children for their rudeness, or at Shyamoli for letting them go unrebuked. Or is it shame she feels (but why?), this burning, acid and indigestible, that coats her throat in molten metal?
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Difficulty of the culture clash, its costs.
  • alu dum
  • the meat safe
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Notions of privation? Language and terminology.
  • ground fresh by Reba, the maid,
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      The maid!
  • coriander, cumin, cloves, black pepper, a few red chilies for vigor
  • Proper Indian food
  • "cholesterol," "all putting on weight," "she's spoiling you."
  • she might as well admit it a disappointment.
  • For this she blames, in part, the Olan Mills portrait. Perhaps it was foolish of her to set so much store by a photograph, especially one taken years ago. But it was such a charming scene -- Mrinalini in a ruffled white dress with her arm around her brother, Pradeep chubby and dimpled in a suit and bow tie, a glorious autumn forest blazing red and yellow behind them. (Later Mrs. Dutta was saddened to learn that the forest was merely a backdrop in a studio in California, where real trees did not turn such colors.)
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Fake America.
  • A strange concept, a day set aside to honor mothers. Did the sahibs not honor their mothers the rest of the year, then?)
  • others, who thought of her as a shy, sheltered woman
  • being mistress of her own life
  • Even in bed she'd been at the center of the household,
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      The change of her role.
  • Therefore she had no reason to get well.
  • even though they have put away, somewhere in the back of a closet, the vellum-bound Ramayana for Young Readers that she carried all the way from India in her hand luggage.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Sad loss of heritage, traditions, hopes of previous generation.
  • Indian Shyamoli, the docile bride she'd mothered for a month before putting her on a Pan Am flight to join her husband
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Some of Shyamoli's background.
  • And being the only Indian family on the street, we have to be extra careful. People here sometimes"
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Bits of racism.
  • She knew she should not store unclean clothes in the same room where she kept the pictures of her gods. That would bring bad luck. And the odor.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      A basic metaphysical distinction for her: clean, holy versus dirty, profane.  And how it works in her world versus an American's world.
  • wisps of lace, magenta and sea- green and black, that were her panties,
  • he wished the ground would open up and swallow her, like the Sita of mythology.
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Differences in sense of modesty, what to be embarrassed about. 
  • "No, no, no, clothes and all is no work for the man of the house. I'll do it."
    • Van Piercy
      Van Piercy on 31 Jan 13
       
      Old gender roles, but also her sense of modesty.
  • So she has taken to washing her clothes in the bathtub when she is alone
  • Ignorance, as Mrs. Dutta knows well from years of managing a household, is a great promoter of harmony
Todd Finley

A Colorado Conversation - Administrators - 0 views

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21st Century Literacies

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  • Networking: The New Literacy
  • Our students must be nomadic, flexible, mobile learners who depend on their ability to connect with people and resources. As educators, we need to master this as well, we must know for ourselves how to create, grow, and navigate these collaborative spaces in safe, effective, and ethical ways. We need to create our own Personal Learning Networks not only to learn ourselves, but to model these shifts for our students. Come join this session with Friday’s Keynote Speaker Will Richardson as we discuss what steps administrators can take to ensure that they – and their schools – are meeting the needs of our students.
  • Capture Everything: What's worth capturing in my classrooms? My building? My district? Audio? Video? Text-based assignments? Student work? Writing? Share Everything: Where can I share it? With whom? What audiences is our organization working to serve? How will they benefit from these shared items? Who needs to see what’s going on? Open Everything: What are the closed silos of information in our schools that shouldn't be? What things outside of our schools have we closed (blocked)? What can we do to open both of those up? Only Connect: How can I help my students and teachers connect with content, with each other, and with others outside the classroom (students, teachers, experts, mentors, the community, etc.) in a meaningful way?
    • Todd Finley
      Todd Finley on 18 Jul 09
       
      Good TRWP Cumulating Event
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    Great link for an activity on new literacies
Caroline Bachmann

Safety Mode: giving you more control on YouTube - 0 views

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  • Caroline Bachmann on 12 Apr 11
     
    Diversity of content is one of the great things about YouTube. But we know that some of you want a more controlled experience. That's why we're announcing Safety Mode, an opt-in setting that helps screen out potentially objectionable content that you may prefer not to see or don't want others in your family to stumble across while enjoying YouTube. An example of this type of content might be a newsworthy video that contains graphic violence such as a political protest or war coverage. While no filter is 100% perfect, Safety Mode is another step in our ongoing desire to give you greater control over the content you see on the site. It's easy to opt in to Safety Mode: Just click on the link at the bottom of any video page. You can even lock your choice on that browser with your YouTube password. To learn more, check out the video below. And remember, ALL content must still comply with our Community Guidelines. Safety Mode isn't fool proof, but it provides a greater degree of control over your YouTube experience. Safety Mode is rolling out to all users through out the day, watch for the new link at the bottom of any YouTube page.
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