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How do we uncover culture within ourselves? How do we see the biases we hold? How do we come to see ourselves and others differently?

__Before Class:__ How would your educational experience have been different if you only had limited access to books? What advantages have middle class children been given?
 * Superman and Me: **

How do you think the American culture would be different if "Standard English" had masculine and feminine forms?
 * Taming Wild Tongue: **

__During Class:__

Race, Identity, and the Importance of Discussion http://www.tolerance.org/tdsi/asset/race-identity-and-importance-discussion

**A Question of Class** While reading this article, did you feel like you grew up as a part of the 'they' or 'us' group? Were you ever discouraged from making certain friends? Why do you think "poor people" are only associated with alcoholism, teen pregnancy, drugs, and crime?

//"I grew up trying to run away from the fate that destroyed so many of the people I loved, and having learned the habit of hiding, I found I had also learned to hide from myself."//

**How to Tame a Wild Tongue ** //"Flies don't ever enter a closed mouth."// Have you ever felt discouraged to voice your opinion in a classroom or at home?

//"Until I can accept as legitimate Chicano Texas Spanish, Tex-Mex ad all other languages I speak, I cannot accept the legitimacy of myself."// //"I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing."// Have you ever felt as though others do not appreciate you or your culture because of the language you speak?

Does does this article relate to Precious Knowledge?

//I feel like one cancels out the other [American and Spanish cultural values] and we are zero, nothing, no one. A veces no soy nada ni nadie. Pero hasta cuando no loy soy, lo soy.// What do you think about this quote? How does it make you feel? **Superman and Me ** Is is fair for him to have to save his own life? Does your language differ depending on where you are and who is around you? As a teacher, how could you compensate for kids coming in "behind?"

//"A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike."//

Do you see any connections between two or even all three of the readings? How have you felt isolated within your own culture? If you have never felt isolated, how is your acceptance in society affected your perspective?

Inquiry Guides: Victoria Hogue, Amy Bowers,Margaret Sikes