When rereading all of the Literacy Narratives from Rising Cairn and the descriptions from Alexander/Brandt/Williams, it is very easy to see what defines a victim narrative from a non-victim narrative. I think that the narratives that I have chosen from Rising Cairn are a good example of what a victim narrative really is. I also think that a lot of students over react about their teachers and how they have been treated. Teachers have to deal with a lot of…
These are two of the literacy narratives that I looked at from Rising Cairn that were perfect examples of teachers that have made students feel like victims in their high school classes. When going through all the victim narratives that I saw in Rising Cairn about teacher to student relationships, I noticed that a teacher can have a huge impact on how students do in that subject. If a student has a bad teacher and is taking the same class…
Based on the evidence that I have provided in my draft, I believe that my peers will expect me to affrim when speaking to Alexander/Brandt/Williams and the reason for this is because I have spoken so much in my essay about how the discriptions that Alexander and Williams add to the essay about Victim Narrative is spot on with the way the Narratives that were chosen in Rising Cairn show victim narratives. I don’t believe that there is other evidence…
In David Lee’s victim Literacy Narrative, he talks about his life and when he was in high school he had to take a really long test and he corrected it and he got a answer wrong but it was really right. “The popularity of the victim narrative in student texts indicates that students associate school-based literacy practices with oppression and even cruelty.” (Alexander). Alexander goes over how even know students are trying to learn they are met by cruelty. Even…
The reason that I am interested in reading about victim narratives is because when people talk about the thing that affected them the most in their life, it can be very interesting. I seem to think that when I read about the things that have happened to other people that were bad, it can sometimes make the things that have happened to me over my lifetime seem not so bad. The 6 Literacy Narratives that I believe will all…
Emily Mcdonald Michaela Fischer Lindsey Webb Ben LaFreniere
