Wednesday, November 5, 2008

RQ response

Since my topic addresses standard english, the Gee, Delpit, and Fecho articles have all been fairly relevant, as are some of the articles on English journal. I think my main problem lies in how each of these writers seems to settle for compromise in each situation; Fecho appreciates his students' inquiries into language, but standard english is not defeated or even given a shared status with other non-standard forms. This is the bias I'm bringing to the assignment, and this may be why most of the articles I've read frustrate me: the writers begin by critiquing the problem, then seem to shrug during its dissection, as if identifying the problem is most of the victory. I don't expect a complete victory, but I don't accept a complete compromise either.