Author Archives: The Curly Flower

My final project for this course will focus on how language and communication is imperative in our lives. I will make use of the hashtag #StoryTellingAsResistence to share the content on social media. This multimedia project will use both a blog post and a podcast episode (duration 1 hour and 15 minutes ca) featuring aContinue reading “#StoryTellingAsResistence”

The author of Teens Vogue’s article “What It’s Like to Be Black in a Predominantly White School” (2017) is Stephanie Tate, a young Black woman who has attended North Carolina State University. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, her experience into blackness and womanhood, as well as into social activism, grew exponentially while beingContinue reading “#StorytellingAsResistance in a college setting”

Mexican-American writer and educator Aja Martinez affirms and proves her points on how socially marginalized education can be, especially when it comes to learn, embrace, and integrate different ethnical experiences in a school setting. Martinez discusses these issues in a particular context, both political and geographical. She shares her experience in writing allegories through storytellingContinue reading “Aja Martinez’s educational bilingualism”

Communication is a complex process that every individual faces on a daily basis, whether is verbal or non-verbal. Visual and audio-based communications are imperative when words can’t be the adeguate medium between two people or among a group of people. No matter the type of communication, challenges are present in any situation and it isContinue reading “Min-Zhan Lu’s language and words”

What was your English education like? What memorable experiences did you have in school around reading, writing, and general language learning? Have you ever felt different or “othered” because of your heritage language? Have you ever seen someone close to you “othered” because of the way they speak English? When I arrived in the USA, my English was consideredContinue reading “The Rhetorical Situation”

Last week I’ve had the chance to attend a Civic Engagement event listed under the Civil Rights Day’s program. The panel was hosted by Law professor Mark C. Niles, with the participation of Civic Engagement professor Andrea Libresco. During the panel, professor Niles illustrated us students and participants the meaning and the history of CivilContinue reading “Civil Rights Day – A Brief History Of Civil Rights Law”

Dehumanization (…) is a distortion of the vocation of becoming more fully human. — Paulo Freire The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire is a theoretical book on education, more specifically about critical pedagogy. This type of educational approach happens when teachers create and share knowledge within their group of students. Instructors and professionalsContinue reading “Paulo Freire”