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My literacy practices

My literacy practices

My name is Ruby Ocampo and I have lived my whole life in Chico. I graduated high school early through an Independent Study program here and started taking college classes full time when I was 16. I got married a year and a half ago and my husband and I are looking forward to not being in school anymore and moving away somewhere else. This is my last year and I definitely have a case of “senior-itis” but I am determined to finish out strong.

As of late, I only do reading for school. Since I work almost full-time and I have my husband and home to worry about I don’t really find time for personal reading. Most of what I read are academic articles and non-fiction books on teaching and literature in my classes which has definitely made me like reading less. That kind of reading really doesn’t do much for me, but I hope that will change when I graduate and I can read things that I choose. As for writing, I have officially lost my taste for it with all the academic papers I have written, but I hope that someday I can encourage my students to separate academic from personal writing and try to still enjoy it.

With that being said, Szwed’s article was interesting because he defined literacy in a way I had never thought of before. I really liked how he emphasized how much people are actually reading and that even if the reading isn’t “academy” approved literature it is still considered reading and plays a part in literacy. What I wonder is whether or not a film or television show would be considered literature in this context. Since some people are more audio learners, maybe hearing people speak the language makes it come to life more for them. Szwed briefly mentions television and radio listening and how these are the biggest competitors of books but he is unsure what they are actually used for since it has to be “more than just simple entertainment.”(pg. 428) Is it possible that film and television are the future of literature? There are still plenty of people who love to read but I just wonder if maybe film and other kinds of entertainment are going to be the only way we tell stories someday and if books will become outdated and only used by scholars. It probably won’t happen, but it’s interesting to consider.

One Reply to “My literacy practices”

  1. Ruby, interesting question about multi modal literacies such as film and television…this would be interesting to follow as a class. When you move towards article groups, you may want to consider the 21st Literacy area, which asks similar questions.

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