Reflection 5C

1. Who is your classmate, what is the component category, what is the name of the choice?
EXAMPLE classmate Liz, component a My California authors blank blank blank

Classmate Jeana, Component a My California authors Weintraub, Stillman, Kipen

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

Jeana focuses on number of aspects pertaining to the city of Sacramento. Jeana speaks about the informality of the people of Sacramento. This aspect differentiates the city of Sacramento from the rest of California that seems to thrive on sociability. This pertains to our other studies in this semester because Freire promotes dialogue and it is interesting that the city of Sacramento is known for not partaking in this behavior. Sacramento is the capital of our state and yet it is the most unsocial of our state.

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

Jeana spoke about Kipen's writings in which she describes Kipen's search to find the absolute center of the country. Kipen knew the center of the state of California and the center of city of Los Angeles, but his lone quest to find the center of the entire country that differs from my readings. His quest had nothing to do with people or interactions, but to do with geography and location. In actuality he found that the center of the country was in the middle of the San Gabriel mountains far away from people and human interaction. As industrialized as our country is the center is in the middle of quiet Serene mountains.

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

My classmate Jeana had a different perspective when she went into reading her chapters. She also read stories that differed from mine very dramatically. When you take a look at a series of California authors there is always going to be variation but exchanging ideas with each other is the best way to understand how we all learn from each other. Not all authors from our state live and write in large cities. We have just as many writers that live and are interested our natural beauties. I completely enjoyed reading these stories and knowing and enjoying other stories that were read.