Janice,
Thanks for your response. I know that there are many lurkers out there just like you, and I am very appreciative of you sharing your thoughts. I also know that there are many who can relate to your employment situation and I wish you the best with your health.
Anyone else care to share their reflections about our diversity discussion? Some examples of possible reflections:
1. What did you learn about yourself as you read the messages, responded to messages, and/or read people's responses to yours?
2. Did your thinking about diversity change as a result of this discussion? If yes, how?
3. Any topic within diversity and power within the adult literacy classroom that you wish we had explored some more?
Daphne


>>> Janice Sapp <joyconte at yahoo.com> 02/29/08 11:36 PM >>>

Daphne,
Been lurkin' because I was working at three jobs, all teaching: resigned from two as I need a small surgical procedure which will make some big changes in health for me; realized that I can't keep up this schedule no matter how much I love to teach; I am not able to find a full-time job teaching in a community college; I am no longer able to teach nor do I want to teach ESL in a community college, and that I need to leave the field. I find that I do talk about racism and the other isms in my English class, that I discuss this through the literature that I am able to assign through the book assigned for class, that I can guide the students as I've had an academic and experiential background in same.  (My second graduate degree is an MDiv from Wesley Theological Seminary at AU in DC. I have led many seminars and workshops in this area and can do so through the literature given as a source for exploration.)  I enjoyed skimming the answers daily and realized
 that my answers were on the wrong track---the issue of how teachers are treated at the post-secondary level (er, rather all levels of education in the US) are dismal and beyond, and were not the topic.

I enjoyed the focused discussion.  Thanks Jan Sapp


----- Original Message ----
From: Daphne Greenberg <alcdgg at langate.gsu.edu>
To: povertyracewomen at nifl.gov
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:02:14 PM
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1790] Discussing Diversity and Power Issues for Professional Development in Adult Literacy

Wow-what an amazing two weeks this has been. I want to thank everyone for their participation-this includes: lurkers who took the time to read and think about the posts, posters who asked tough questions, posters who shared deep feelings, attitudes, and beliefs, and last but not least our 2 facilitators Margery and Kathy for inviting us to take the plunge and explore difficult territories.

As a closing exercise, I am wondering if participants are willing to share one or two things that they have learned from this 2 week experience. If you have been a lurker, is there anything that you wish to share now? If you posted something, did you learn anything about yourself by posting, or did you learn anything from the responses that you received or did not receive? Did anything in this discussion lead to any changes or future changes in relation to your involvement in adult literacy? What do you hope we can explore in the future?

Thanks for your continued participation.

Daphne


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