Assignment 5c

1. Who is your classmate, what is the component category, what is the name of the choice?

~I chose classmate Jessica, component 4a Group 3, authors Firoozeh Dumas, Devorah Major, Michael Chabon and Kathi Kamen Goldmark. I chose the story Cotton Candy Mirrors by, Devorah Major.

2. What is something this classmate said about the choice that relates to any of the assignments in projects 2-3?

~Jessica's wrote that this story focused around fun house mirrors and how we need to look in the mirrors of other peoples eyes to truly learn. This relates to projects 2-3 because we had to take our knowledge and then look at the information through another students eyes. Through this, our knowledge expounded.

3. What is something different this classmate said about their choice that you did not realize before when you completed projects 2-3?

~Jessica stated that the fair's of the authors time were different than the fairs of her, Jessica's, time. I never even thought about this before. I just always thought that the fair was the fair. But it only makes sense that the fair would change with the times, just like anything else.

4. How would you relate this to Freire's ideas regarding dialogue? For example, you went in thinking one idea, your classmate had a different idea. What new idea emerged from this process?

~I went in thinking that the fair was not a big deal, but I learned through Jessica that it can be a big thing for some people. The author said that this was a huge thing in her life and that she looked forward to it. Jessica also said that it was important to her because it signified that school was about to start. I have learned that something as simple as the local fair can mean the world to someone.

5. How has project 2-3 helped you with the readings of the textbook?

Projects 2-3 have helped me with my readings because they helped me to learn to dialogue through reading others blogs. Learning through someone else's typed words rather than their spoken words. It helped prime me for being able to learn from the book.