For this week's blog, I decided to read From Silence to Words: Writing as Struggle, by Min-Zhan Lu. p153-162. What I found most interesting about this reading was how much the English language was condescended upon during the Anti-Rightist movement. Just speaking the language itself was considered an anti-revolutionary act and for the author, made life much more difficult in the midst of the two conflicting worlds. Transitioning between the "home" and "school" languages could not have been done without contradicting one or the other. The same concept also surprised me in the sense that once she became fluent in the voice of the Working-Class student, the English meaning of the word "class" began to lose its meaning to her, after much exposure to her "home" life. I agreed with pretty much everything she wrote in her piece, because it was an autobiography to some extent and. Overall, I thought this real-life experience of the author was a very enlightening story to read and really depicted how the struggle between her "home" and "school" life caused her to go through the hardships and confusion at such a young age. It really makes us think about how far the education system progressed from that time to the day today.
B Choe
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Brian,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you stated at the end of your post how the reading really made us think about how far the education system has progressed. I think that our generation sometimes takes education for granted. After reading your post and "Silence to Words" I have a greater appreciation for our education system.