tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post9017017464619666052..comments2024-03-19T04:21:59.320-07:00Comments on Mike Rose's Blog: Working with Working-Class StudentsMike Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14013622839240394965noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-62845381400985595232010-12-10T03:54:54.400-08:002010-12-10T03:54:54.400-08:00Regardless of social classes, I really admire peop...Regardless of social classes, I really admire people who strive hard just to finish education. To parents who work almost all their lives just to send kids to school. It's a given fact that sometimes, working-class students may not feel the belongingness or may feel a little alienated, but whichever way you look at it, they are all students and learning the same thing. <br /><br /><a href=Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058384849692162268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-90831029797973363352010-11-19T07:42:03.631-08:002010-11-19T07:42:03.631-08:00I couldn't agree more with this entry, especia...I couldn't agree more with this entry, especially the end where you recount the story of having to sort of re-experience what it's like to discover an important text or idea for the first time. In my work with developmental students (some of whom are working class -- and certainly, not all working class students are developmental!), I am always having to question my assumptions about whatLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281359691867172252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-70696490673996379952010-11-17T09:02:02.979-08:002010-11-17T09:02:02.979-08:00Working class students' families and backgroun...Working class students' families and backgrounds, as much of Mike's work shows us, are not only obstacles and deficits, but also often a huge wellspring of love and support and funds of knowledge which, while they may not directly support success in college, can be drawn on as general support.<br />School situations that pathologize or make strange students' home experiences can make Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484449469972492489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-90378206126710052722010-11-16T12:59:09.135-08:002010-11-16T12:59:09.135-08:00I have read both Lives on the Boundary and Why Sch...I have read both Lives on the Boundary and Why School, and appreciate reading your work. <br /><br />I definitely think that the issue of prior knowledge/study skills combined with the fear of speaking up in class or outside of it to ask for help is a huge issue for students.<br /><br />Thank youBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397998184920804597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-5067055467793626132010-11-16T10:27:00.102-08:002010-11-16T10:27:00.102-08:00The discourse of the academy can easily be lost on...The discourse of the academy can easily be lost on the working student. We need to keep using the 'talk' so that students eventually become familar with it -- in the event they go beyond 2/4 years of college. Yet we should always remember to make the link between that discourse and real world expectations. We can do this as teachers, if we remember those days when we held jobs outside Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042321021143475229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-78354939758304474892010-11-16T00:39:38.522-08:002010-11-16T00:39:38.522-08:00Applying in any college is just getting in arena o...Applying in any college is just getting in arena of higher education. Your professional <br /><br />career depends up to a higher extent on the quality of education you get in your college <br /><br />life, so a good college is indispensible to quality education. You should be very keen to <br /><br />search and choose a good college for quality education.Visit this site for help and advice.<br /Dan.Eliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887100495665141345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-14429026894707853302010-11-15T14:40:39.901-08:002010-11-15T14:40:39.901-08:00Do you remember "We Make The Road By Walking&...Do you remember "We Make The Road By Walking"? It's the "conversation" Myles Horton & Paulo Freire had about facilitating low-income, low-skilled adults' learning by focusing on their life contexts, and helping them analyze their and their classmates' myriads of real-life experiences to construct new meanings and practical new answers to their current "bkaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051383291461747199noreply@blogger.com