Brandt

“Sponsors seemed a fitting term for those who turned up typically in people’s memories of literacy learning.”

            This quote makes sense to me as when I think back to my early reading days, I remember my mom always reading me the old Dr. Seuss books. “Green Eggs and Ham” was always a favorite of mine.  My mom also bought me two books filled with Shel Silverstein poetry and short stories. I’ve read everything in both multiple times. I’ve grown up loving rhymes and childish stories. I still love the more abstract artwork used to illustrate the books as well.

“Throughout their lives, affluent people from high caste racial groups have multiple and redundant contacts with powerful literary sponsors as a part of their economic privileges.”

            You can see with this quote that there are many aspects of life (in America) made specifically for English speaking Americans. Sure there are some children’s shows that teach basics of Spanish,  like Dora the Explorer, but even shows like that are more geared towards teaching English speakers how to speak Spanish and would be no use to someone with Spanish as their first language.  

There is a quote about the raising literary standards in society today. It states that a lot of the times jobs can disappear because of changing technologies like computers and phones. Like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mr. Bucket loses his job at the toothpaste factory because of machines being more productive.