Comp 1 1203 11/13/13 My Father‚ my Literacy Sponsor Before I took Freshman English 1203 class‚ I never knew what a literacy sponsor was. I didn’t know that my father was in fact my literacy sponsor either. Reading the book Writing about Writing has fully helped me to understand what a literacy sponsor is. One of the Authors in the book‚ Deborah Brandt claims a literacy sponsor to be‚ “any agents‚ local or distant‚ concrete or abstract‚ who enable‚ support‚ teach‚ model‚ as well recruit‚ regulate
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Jesse Bottemiller Allison Pinkerton English Composition 1 28 August‚ 2013 Literacy Sponsors As a child‚ I was constantly held in high regard. Whether it was my parents gloating about my intellect‚ or how I was a “smart ass” at a young age. I was shaped by my parents; they always pushed me to strive to be ahead. My literary background was formed by my parents positively influencing my development through their own actions and guidance‚ my peers‚ and my own interest. My mother always gave me
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Writers - The Bravest of the Human Race Writing is intimidating‚ in that nothing comes out the way it should‚ even after several attempts - these hours spent boggling your brain cause the feeling of disbelonging‚ that this just is not for you‚ and by the time you shut yourself completely down to writing‚ your obvious surrender causes the grader to splatter the paper you spent hours on with red ink‚ which is enough to sink any human deeper into the abyss. It is not even that
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the reading‚ The Sponsors of Literacy by Deborah Brandt she talks about how literacy was received and withheld from people because of socio-economic classes. Brandt claims that there is a connection between literacy and economic development or as she refers to them as sponsors of literacy which can either help‚ sensor‚ or withhold all together the ability to be literate. Literacy provides an upward mobility or at least the means to move upward in social classes and without literacy there is no means
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1. Throughout Brandt’s “Sponsors of Literacy” she explains in depth the roles and qualities of literary sponsors. In summary‚ she explains sponsors are powerful figures‚ usually more knowledgeable and well established. Literary sponsors are used as models and figures of encouragement. Brandt provides examples of literary sponsors being teachers‚ military officials‚ older relatives and priests. Alongside human sponsors‚ literary sponsors can also be organizations like school systems‚ churches and
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Literacy is more than just words. Literacy is a rhythmic melody that has been recited‚ altered and progressed in many forms over centuries. Deborah Brandt’s article “Sponsors of Literacy” offers an analytical approach of how an individual’s literacy is developed by different opportunities‚ tied with economical growth. The physiognomy of literacy is approached and strengthened by what Deborah calls “sponsors of literacy”. Sponsors are educated influential representatives in a specific domain who develop
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In the article from “Sponsors of Literacy”‚ Deborah Brandt compared two children from two different families‚ and how each of them have been affected when accessing and developing literacy because of the environment of family. One‚ Raymond Branch‚ was born in a rich family and lived in resourceful town. Different from Branch‚ Dora Lopez‚ was born in a poor family and lived in the same town as Branch but poor resourced environment. Although these two children had grown up in the same town‚ environment
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This is a place meant to facilitate learning and literacy. In Deborah Brandt’s essay “Sponsors of Literacy‚” Brandt describes the process of how people become literate and the effect of their economic and family backgrounds on their learning. Sherman Alexie’s essay “Superman and Me” provides an example of the process of becoming literate. Alexie’s essay is the story of Alexie’s first encounter with reading and learning on the reservation. Literacy is an opportunity provided through economic ability
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depends on a person’s “sponsor”. Two people could grow up and live in the same neighborhood‚ but someone could be better off than the other. Deborah Brandt talks about a situation like this in her article Sponsors of Literacy. She talked about two people named Raymond Branch and Dora Lopez. Even though they were both born in the same year and lived in the same town‚ they received different levels of education. This is due to the fact that they had completely different sponsors. “…Raymond Branch‚ as
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Sponsors and Sports In the world of sports‚ everything from the cups the athletes drink from to the stadiums they play in is up for grabs. The four major sports are a playing field for the teams as well as major companies hoping to influence the public. While there are some positives and negatives to sponsors‚ a line has to be drawn somewhere. The four major sports‚ Major League Baseball‚ the National Basketball Association‚ the National Football League‚ and the National Hockey League all generate
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