Wardle Summary:
In her article, Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces, Elizabeth Wardle argues that it's important to know your identity and position in your workplace. She explains how our identities and authority effect our writing. She backs up this claim by explaining a man named Alan and how he struggled finding his identity.
QD 3-7:
3.) I think that there were not positive results because he didn't want to change the way he writes. He could have made it a positive outcome if he would have tried to change the way he writes.
4.) I agree that sometimes people use language unconsciously because I know that sometimes I talk without thinking about it. When we do use language consciously, we focus a lot more on what we will say before saying it.
5.) I would agree with Gee because Alan didn't get accepted into the new discourse community. He wasn't accepted because he wasn't willing to try to change the way he writes.
6.) I think that he is being used as a tool because he was going to be part of the community to help mend together the broken pieces within the discourse.
7.) I have had coaches from my teams that treated their players with disrespect and they were reported and fired.
AEI 1:
I think that this means that when you have authority over texts and within discourse communities, that the members will look to you for advice. I have had experiences regarding having authority within the community. I was a coach for a hockey team and whenever I thought one of my players could improve on something I would let them know what it was and tell them how they could fix it.
Reflection:
I thought that this article was an easy read over some of the other articles we have read. She explained all of her points very well and backed them up with good explanations which made it very interesting to read.
For your answer for #1, a positive result also could have happened if the people in the workplace had tried to make some changed to where they were in agreement with Alan.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the answer to #3 as well. Change comes in one form or another. It would have been better for Alan not to resist. Maybe his change wouldn't have been so negative.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with your #2 because I know I say a lot of things without really thinking about it and sometimes it's pretty hard to control.
ReplyDeletefor #7, I never really thought about it like a coach. But that's a really valid example. Coaches are expected to be a role model of respect, and when that's broken trust usually goes with it. I thought about it like when a teacher makes a spelling mistake. It's hard for me to take them seriously when they cannot have the grammar/spelling that I am expected to have. However, they're not perfect, and neither am I.
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