Charles Golden
ENG110J
Prof. Cripps
9/25/18
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- Gee says that Discourse entry is near impossible without the right training/introductory into it. I agree with this immensely.
- Cuddy’s talk is based upon one thing, “Fake it till you become it.” I find this to be untrue and think it would be a hindrance to Discourse entry rather than a help.
- Gee says that by purely faking it you run the risk of being outed as a pretender. On this topic, I agree with him.
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- Gee says by faking it you run the risk of being outed as a pretender. “The lack of fluency may very well mark you as a pretender…,” (Gee 10). When one is marked as a pretender then that is all people will see and access to the intended Discourse will most likely be cut off. If a redneck country farmer put on a white coat, walked into a hospital, and started talking doctor jargon with the nurses and other doctors they’d think he was crazy. They would see how he looks and how he talks; as well as how he sits, stands, writes, even how he blows his nose and know or at least feel that he does not belong and that farmer’s access to joining the medical Discourse would be blocked. It would be blocked because one cannot just go in and pretend to be there. I’m pretty good at football but that doesn’t mean I’m going to walk into a Packers practice, I could definitely do it at a Patriots practice though because they are awful.
- Gee says that Discourse entry is near impossible without the right training/introductory into it. I agree with this immensely. If one does not have the right tools, such as the terms/acts/mannerisms, he will not be accepted into his chosen Discourse. The only way to completely understand/enter a Discourse is to be, as Gee puts it, in an apprenticeship with someone already in that Discourse. This apprenticeship helps one learn how to act, speak, think, value and believe in order to be a part of the Discourse. Gee also states that one cannot just understand one thing in a Discourse but must know all of being in a particular Discourse to join it.
