Reading Response (Delpit)

In her article, "The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse," Lisa Delpit explains that even though she agrees in a lot of aspects with Gee's theory and ideas about Discourses, unlike him, she believes that enculturation is not absolutely necessary to acquire a new Discourse. She thinks that students can be taught and Discourses can be acquire in a classroom if the teacher is committed enough to teach them what they need to learn and in the way they need to learn it.
I liked what she said because I felt the same way when I read what Gee thinks about people not being able to completely acquire new Discourses. I like the examples she uses to prove her point and how she shows that people can learn new Discourses without loosing their identities.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND JOURNALING
3. I agree with what she's arguing because I believe that people's identity is important but is not the only thing. People should learn about other things besides their own history and values without loosing them and I believe Delpit explains this really well with the examples she uses.
4. She thinks that teachers should acknowledge and respect their students' backgrounds without limiting their work to it. They should be committed to teach.