Write a full paragraph of at least 8 sentences. Use at least 3 of the Writing Strategies. Post to OLab. Title: Writing Task 3 Between Two Worlds. Categories: Student Work / Unit 1 / Writing Task Between Two Worlds.
Between Two Worlds:
Oliveraz is the son of Mexican immigrants.  He tells us that he didn’t speak English well enough when he entered preschool. Throughout his difficult educational journey through public school, he writes of a double or “ambiguous” identity that has made it hard for him to feel at home anywhere, in either the US or Mexico. He is “constantly fighting” with the different parts of his identity. Douglass feels so conflicted when he learns the hard facts of slavery that it puts him it at odds with his fellow slaves, “In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity.” Santiago arrives from Puerto Rico and enters school in America only to be placed in a learning disabled class instead of the standard 8th grade class although she is a bright student. She must navigate between her class of 8th grade class outcasts and the English-speaking teachers and students, feeling out of place in both groups.
Have you had the experience of living “between two different worlds”? In your own life how have “ambiguous” feelings or internal conflicted feelings–about language, identity, injustice, or opportunities affected your own educational journey? What actions have you taken to address the conflict? Or, how have you learned to live with it?
