Does speaking your family’s language in school leave you at a disadvantage? Richard Rodriguez states “It is not possible for a child-any child- ever to use his family’s language in school. Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and to trivialize the nature of intimate life- a family’s language.” This statement is one controversial issue that has been in many recent discussions; the implementation of a student’s private language in a public school setting. On the one hand, bilinguist advocates argue that the implementation of a private language into a school atmosphere is beneficial since students would gain a better understanding of their language than of the one already established. On the other hand, those
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The purpose of public schooling is to allow all students to have an equal opportunity to an education. Keeping a private intimate life is important for a student because it gives them an intimate side to their otherwise public lives.
The implementation of a private language on a school environment denies a child a sense of pride for their culture and ultimately diminishes the purpose of public school. In “Decolonizing the Mind,” Ngugi says that those who do not know the language used in public school will be undermined(period?) His first language was Gikuyu, it was used in both school and at home. It reminded him of the traditions and upbringings and love and education and the culture of his public life. Even in school Ngugi found that using his native tongue was beneficial since it was used in a public school system. He was content with using his native language everywhere because in “[his] first four years [of school] there was still harmony between the language of [his] formal education and that of the Limuru peasant community” (Ngugi 549). By making this statement, Ngugi demonstrates that he was content with using one …show more content…
Today’s education system influences the millions of children in who are a part of the public school system; society is ultimately being influenced by what they are learning in school. Not only does this affect those who are in school but also the rest of the world because those attendees are the future. The fate of following generations is dependant on today’s education, so for those who care about the future outlook must take this into consideration since everything is dependant on that
The purpose of public schooling is to allow all students to have an equal opportunity to an education. Keeping a private intimate life is important for a student because it gives them an intimate side to their otherwise public lives.
The implementation of a private language on a school environment denies a child a sense of pride for their culture and ultimately diminishes the purpose of public school. In “Decolonizing the Mind,” Ngugi says that those who do not know the language used in public school will be undermined(period?) His first language was Gikuyu, it was used in both school and at home. It reminded him of the traditions and upbringings and love and education and the culture of his public life. Even in school Ngugi found that using his native tongue was beneficial since it was used in a public school system. He was content with using his native language everywhere because in “[his] first four years [of school] there was still harmony between the language of [his] formal education and that of the Limuru peasant community” (Ngugi 549). By making this statement, Ngugi demonstrates that he was content with using one …show more content…
Today’s education system influences the millions of children in who are a part of the public school system; society is ultimately being influenced by what they are learning in school. Not only does this affect those who are in school but also the rest of the world because those attendees are the future. The fate of following generations is dependant on today’s education, so for those who care about the future outlook must take this into consideration since everything is dependant on that