5/4/2019 3 Comments Final ReflectionMy author identity has definitely changed throughout this course. I started out thinking I couldn’t become a better writer or even if I was one at all. I didn’t think highly of my work and everything inside of me told me my work wasn’t good enough to present. I went from not having any confidence in my writing to now having confidence. My mid-term reflection was poor I was lacking a lot of the material needed for my website, and could’ve easily given up after not hearing the feedback that I wanted and needed to hear. That was my wake up call to prove myself to my professor and push pass my doubts of myself and express it through my writing. That’s when my author identity changed, and the moment I felt like I could do this. It was my moment of clarity, before I would’ve never cared. That’s when I realized my author identity changed…my purpose/ mindset changed.
This course has changed my theory of writing in so many ways. The concepts Professor Mangini introduced to us that suck with me throughout this course is being a part of a discourse community. I never heard of the term until this course and like how he used it in a way to make it easy for us to be able to open up to each other and communicate with one another. I truly appreciate this effort because it was one of the things that helped me open up a bit during this course. I felt like I stepped out of my comfort zone. I use to view writing as just throwing some things together for a grade. Now I view writing in a different light and kind of enjoy it. I’ve watched the growth in my own work and notice that I’m more descriptive, focused, and passionate about the topics I’m writing about. My past writing experiences are really different then my present. Mainly because I’m a completely different being, I am not the same person I was ten-twelve years ago. I evolved from a young girl into a woman, so my outlook and mindset has changed tremendously. Before I didn’t really care to learn, I had a lot of self-doubt and I didn’t work hard, high school in all honesty was a joke. I now have a goal that I’m trying to obtain, and a clear direction of what I want to do in life. I have supportive people around me, driving me to learn and put my best foot forward. The only thing that’s the same from now and then is self-doubt I still have that from time to time, it’s definitely a work in process. I take it one day at a time as my confidence continues to build the doubt with fade away. This class over all was overwhelming at times because it seemed like a lot of was being asked of me at once. But I can honestly say I learned a lot, gained so much confidence in myself, and pushed past some fears. I plan to speak up in class more and not have a fixed mindset. I will always remember that whatever environment I’m in as long as we are all there sharing the same common goal we are a discourse community. I will always remember the term making meaning I plan to carry this term in every aspect of life.
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It’s Saturday and most importantly my weekend off from work lol. It’s a beautiful day outside I’m thinking to myself I think ill run some errands, oh yeah and buy that new book that just came out called “On the Come up” by Angie Thomas. That’s the author of “The Hate U Give”. It’s now 1pm when I arrive at the bookstore, I run into Tia one of my goods friends.
“Hey Dom” Tia said “ Hey Tia it sure is a lot of people out today” I said “Oh you didn’t hear there will be speakers here today for a conference” Tia said “Really... I wonder who” I said “ The famous poet Pablo Neruda will be reciting and signing some of his work” Tia said “No way… I have been dying to meet him,” I said “ It doesn’t stop there his guest speaker is James Paul Gee and he will be doing a Q&A on literacy and how we interpret it”. Tia said “ Oh this is going to be amazing”. I said I hurry and grab a coffee before the reading begins. Approaching the stage Pablo Neruda! Everyone stands and claps as he recites his poem my favorite part is… “ But when I call upon my Dashing being, Out comes the same old lazy self, And so I never know who I am, Nor how many I am, nor who we will be being, I would like to be able to touch a bell, And call up my real self, the truly me, Because if I really need my proper self, I must not allow myself to disappear.” This poem is very deep. It challenges you to look within yourself. When I heard him recite that part of the poem I felt like he was talking about me. Everyday I get up and want to be better than I was the day before, and crush everyday. But I allow myself to disappear behind excuses of work and sleep deprivation. I need to wake and be the real me. “Now that’s deep ”Tia said “What was your favorite part?” I said “ The very beginning he came out so strong saying… “Of the many men whom I am, we are I cannot settle on a single one They are lost to me under the cover of clothing They have departed for another city.” Tia states Neruda makes his work relatable because he really is someone who was seeking to discover his true identity. “Of the many men who I am, who we are I can't find a single one” meaning there is a multitude of selves who live inside him. His sense of being completely lost within his own changeable, self (“they disappear among my clothes / they've left for another city”). The next speaker James Paul Gee is ready for his Q&A… Guys think of the term discourse. By Discourse I mean “a socially accepted association among ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group “ Social network”. “ So like a group of people that share the same interest?” Tia said “Yes” Gee said You have to being to start thinking of a discourse like an “identity kit” which comes up with appropriate costume and instructions on how to act and talk so as to take on another role that others will recognize. “ So basically a identity kit is everything you need to know and do to become a part of a specific Discourse”. I said “Yes” Gee said He steps off stage and begins to shake everyone hand as he say goodbye. I shook his hand and said Thank you for all this informative information on literacy and discourse community. I now understand the concept of being, knowing, doing. The article by James Paul Gee speaks to the identity of our discourse community because it lets you know discourse shapes your life and give you beliefs and values to follow throughout your life. I agree with this because I believe I’m apart of a discourse community where I work we all understand the medical terms, we all where the same uniform etc. so there is a understanding and for the eight or twelve hours we work we are a community. Pablo Neruda’s poem is relatable to our discourse community because everyone can choose a part of the poem and identify with it in some way shape or form. We all struggle with who we are at times and where we are going. We all feel like cowards sometimes, not smart enough at times etc. We have to push pass the barriers. Home Page Well-Being Assessment: Flourishing
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