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Jeffrey Kendall

Debate: Is text messaging causing the destruction of the English language? - Helium - 0 views

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shared by Jeffrey Kendall on 26 Feb 10 - Cached
  • They've become so used to this informal language, that they cannot write formally when they need to.
  • If you look at texting as a bad thing towards talking and ruining face to face communication skills, then lets take a look at that. If they're texting you, but won't talk to you face to face, maybe they haven't had very good confrontational skills to begin with, maybe that person wouldn't be talk to you at all if he/she didn't have texting as a way to talk to you.
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 26 Feb 10
     
    Debate as to whether or not texting is damaging the English language. Good for anyone looking at the effect of the internet on society
erika webb

Educational Leadership:Educating for Diversity:Why Some Parents Don't Come to School - 0 views

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shared by erika webb on 04 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • From talking with Latino parents and parents in two low-income Anglo neighborhoods, we have gained insights about why they feel disenfranchised from school settings. In order to include such parents in the educational conversation, we need to understand the barriers to their involvement from their vantage point, as that of outsiders. When asked, these parents had many suggestions that may help educators re-envision family involvement in the schools.
  • What most people don't understand about the Hispanic community is that you come home and you take care of your husband and your family first. Then if there's time you can go out to your meetings.
  • Diverse linguistic and cultural practices. Parents who don't speak fluent English often feel inadequate in school contexts. One parent explains that “an extreme language barrier” prevented her own mother from ever going to anything at the school. Cultural mismatches can occur as often as linguistic conflicts. One Latino educator explained that asking young children to translate for their parents during conferences grates against a cultural norm. Placing children in a position of equal status with adults creates dysfunction within the family hierarchy.
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  • Whether it is for social, cultural, linguistic, or economic reasons, these parents' voices are rarely heard at school. Perhaps, as educators, we too readily categorize them as “those other parents” and fail to hear the concern that permeates such conversations. Because the experiences of these families vary greatly from our own, we operate on assumptions that interfere with our best intentions. What can be done to address the widening gap between parents who participate and those who don't?
  • erika webb on 04 Mar 11
     
    This article gives various reasons why Hispanics may not paricipate in community and school events. Reasons vary from cultural, linguisitic or economic barriers.
  • erika webb on 04 Mar 11
     
    Here is an article I found that helps explain some reasons why Hispanics do not participate in community forums, etc, at the same rate as blacks and whites.
Yvonne Garth

How to Study Chinese Online | eHow.com - 0 views

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  • China is the world's most populous country with over 6 billion people. Of that amount, over half speak Mandarin. With more items coming from China, it might be imperative to have some basics of the language.
  • Yvonne Garth on 20 Feb 11
     
    This article offers an online class in Chinese via a MP3 player.
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