So I received an email regarding and updated syllabus being posted for a class and after ten minutes grew frustrated as the "Syllabus" link still on the left hand navigation bar under forum continued to take you to the version posted on January 13th whereas the "Syllabus" link on the top navigation bar had the updated version of the syllabus listed under discussion.
I mention this not merely to vent my frustration but also to highlight or rather ponder freedom presumes a need to be free, or in its most extreme case bondage or imprisonment. Tools meant to make us free automatically presume that such a need exists, and with the whole "blogging for class" phenomenon sweeping academia the presumption of bondage is not universal.
The challenges with "tools" especially for literacy lies not just in the "tools" but in assessing "literacy." You need first to know in what ways or even if someone needs to be free before you start providing them "freedomtools." Literacy can be defined in so many ways so it then gets down to intent. Ebonics is fine on the block but if your "intent" is to get a job or have a career in a certain industry you need to ascertain the correct "literacy" for that industry. Freedom is directly tied with bondage and I guess the issue is to whom or what are you bounded to?
Okay so this has turned into a vent, but it has also served as tool for freedom as I was all bound up by frustration and now I feel a little bit better.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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