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• What Does It Mean To Be A High School Writer? Different theories effect how literacy influences adolescents today. In 1980, many scholars believed memorization was the way to literacy in England (Rigby pg. 459). In Rome, learning phonics was the path to a literate life (Bertonneau spara. 4), Now, Riesland argues over whether writing is even necessary to be considered literate (Riesland para 9). Knowing these alternative teaching methods we are urged to conform to each teacher's classification. High school writing is a game, we start playing it at a very young age. The purpose is to write according to what you think the teacher find acceptable. We write with caution since the finished result will be picked apart and inspected. When in class, everything that we do is based on the grade. We take notes, not on what we believe is interesting, but on what we think the teacher believes is important, our own ideas are pushed aside to make room for the instructor's thoughts. The whole concept of high school is to obtain an 'A', even at elementary level, when students are given a task they reluctantly grab a pen and halfheartedly jot down something, anything apt enough to obtain the grade that they want. Will they write to their fullest potential if they already wrote what will get them a satisfactory grade? No, they will simply leave their paper as is, total “bull” (Perry.); lacking the “umph” it needed to be an honorable piece of literature. We lack motivation and are too lazy to think. “Thinking, as Voltaire avowed, is a very tedious process which men or women will do anything to avoid.” (Hunt) We need a society that does not just look at grades. William Perry, a scholar who studied the relation between education and the development of personality, concluded that universities are looking for a black and white answer. Perry contrasts two epistemologies, one he calls “bull”, and the other known as “cow”. Essentially, bull is more analytical, and does not involve data or facts. Conversely, cow is pure textbook fact. According to Perry, “the grades which we assign on examinations communicate to students what [the professors beliefs] may be” Who is to judge if your paper is literate or not? According to Gee, literacy is based on your social context. If you can “[use] language and [make] sense in [your] speech and writing” you are considered literate. (Gee.) Is the paper fully cow or is it pure bull, and how does one decide which acquires a better grade if they are both deserving of E's? High school writer is being locked into a specific definition for the word 'literacy'. Different areas have different expectations, Street argues that there is no definition for the word literacy; it “is not a measure… of skills, but [of] social practices that vary from one context to another.”(Street.) Riesland says that the “definition of literacy is outdated and that the new definition must account for the technologically evolving landscape.”( Riesland para. 2-3) A variety of people will judge what they think literacy is differently. A wealthy Maine Line teacher's idea of it is going to be extremely dissimilar to an elderly teacher in Uganda. Literacy has to do with relativity of people and the context they use it in. After delving into the many different pieces talking about literature I feel that I am more lost now than I was when I started writing this paper. Gee, Hunt, Street, and Perry are all intellectuals with totally different perspectives on the topic of literacy. I learned that there is no correct way of measuring if someone is literate or not. A high school writer is just conforming to their teacher's theory. I hope after you read this you will learn to think outside of the box, no one thinks in black and white, so do not be afraid to write in color. Students should stop cheating themselves of insightful work. It is better to argue something and find challenging questions, than to accept something as is. Even if you never get hold of an answer, it is more rewarding to know you strived for it. That sense of accomplishment is the best feeling you will ever have. Works Cited Bertonneau, Thomas. "Phonics, "Whole Language," and Literacy: the Alphabet and American Education." Michigan Education Report 10 Feb. 2000. 29 Feb. 2008 <>.http://www.mackinac.org/pubs/mer/article.aspx?ID=2697>. Gee, J. “11 Orality and Literacy: From the Savage Mind to Ways with Words” (2004): 169-169. Hunt, D, "Misunderstanding the Assignment." (2002): 62-65. Perry, William G. "Examsmanship and the Liberal Arts." 51-54. Riesland, Erin. "Visual Literacy and the Classroom." New Horizons for Learning. Mar. 2005. 29 Feb. 2008 <>.http://home.blarg.net/~building/strategies/literacy/riesland.htm>. Rigby, Stephen H. A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages. Blackwell, 2002. Google Book Search. 29 Feb. 2008 <>.http://books.google.com/books?id=H4gfZGPDuu8C&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453&dq=literacy+memorization+of+grammar+scholar&source=web&ots=DwHi_URu6Z&sig=UHU8BdSk7ICyRDzQBIBKtoq8bZ4&hl=en>. Street, B. "Literacies Across Cultural Contexts." Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy 2 (2008): 2-3.

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  This is a very well written piece, however, i totally disagree with it. It is very difficult for a teacher to conform to everyone. The teachers best interest is at heart when grading a paper. It is not easy to have a completely unbiased view. My uncle is a teacher and struggles every day with people who argue his grading style. I believe that the student should conform to what the teacher wants, the teacher is the elder who is employed at the institute for a reason. They must have some knowledge of what they are doing.