Comments on: Labor Takes a Seat in the Classroom http://writinginthewild.com/2007/09/14/labor-takes-a-seat-in-the-classroom/ "nothing natural about it!" Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jane http://writinginthewild.com/2007/09/14/labor-takes-a-seat-in-the-classroom/comment-page-1/#comment-4544 Jane Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:30:44 +0000 http://writinginthewild.com/2007/09/14/labor-takes-a-seat-in-the-classroom/#comment-4544 Ray, I'm intrigued by your family literacy assignment. Are your students able to get past individualistic explanations for why their parents or grandparents did not go to college? I can envision a student who feels him or herself to be on the cusp of "making it" in college assuming that hard work and distinctive talent were the ticket to their distinctive success. I've been intrigued by the Labor Awareness program at U of Kansas -- given how many college students work now in service jobs, I've wondered how such curriculum might find its way into our academic coursework. http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/AboutLaborAwarenessProgram.html Thanks for the interesting post. Jane Ray, I’m intrigued by your family literacy assignment. Are your students able to get past individualistic explanations for why their parents or grandparents did not go to college? I can envision a student who feels him or herself to be on the cusp of “making it” in college assuming that hard work and distinctive talent were the ticket to their distinctive success.

I’ve been intrigued by the Labor Awareness program at U of Kansas — given how many college students work now in service jobs, I’ve wondered how such curriculum might find its way into our academic coursework.

http://www.umkc.edu/labor-ed/AboutLaborAwarenessProgram.html

Thanks for the interesting post.

Jane

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