5b

1. Who is your classmate, what is the component category, what is the name of the choice?

I choose Debbie in group 2, who read and wrote about My California authors, Tobar, Steinbeck, Humes, and Warshaw.


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

In the projects we did in 3a and 3b, I talked about L.A. a lot and stereotypes people have of California really being the stereotypes that people have of L.A. So, when she talks about how Steinbeck says that people think of California as a “magical paradise or dream” it reminded me of what I had read and wrote about in the previous projects.

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

She wrote about how the author talked about how there is a myth of California that came from a romance novel, and that is just an imaginary place, but then somehow people went looking for it, and it ended up being here. I knew people had an unrealistic view of California, but I had no idea that this is where it all came from.


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?


Freire focused his ideas on educating people in a way that allows opinions and learning and Debbie did that in her summaries and work with the book. She makes sure that she has a detailed summary of the important things that happened in that story, including her opinions and reasons for them. By doing this she really made me feel like I read the story and was learning about different aspects of the reading at the same time. By doing theses things she combined what Freire’s ideas of dialogue were, so that you can learn from it.


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

It prepared me with more information about California. By researching different things in California, like museums, beaches, and cities, it gave me more of a background to things that California offers. By doing that research and having that basic understanding, it made me able to really take in and appreciate what the book offered.