Journal 9
1.31.13
I am leaving with the realization that I am literate in more than one thing. With the realization that literacy isn’t just a written body of work, it’s much more. Anything that can be learned, practiced, and explained is something you can become literate in. Social literacy is affected by many things, home-life, race, gender, culture, environment, neighborhoods, class, community, and most importantly time.
Reflection
I think that this journal was important because it is where I really came to a realization about my personal literacies. I am literate in Jewish music, and songleading. I also realized that my literacies really are affected by my surroundings. I don't think that songleading would be such a big part of my life if I didn't go to temple. If my parents weren't Jewish, my literacies would probably be different. It makes me wonder what else I could be literate in, maybe art would be a bigger part of my life!