Lisa Delpit

We are to watch the movie, “A Girl with a Pearl Earrings”, by the director Peter Weber, that was filmed in 2003. The movie is based on Johannes Vermeer, the famous artist’s life and what is the story behind his painting of the girl with the pearl earrings. The movie is quit modest with the way it presented that period of time with the way they dressed to the way they spoke. It also focused of how art was important, precious and a luxury to attain. It addresses the tough life of people that…

Set in the circa of the 1950's, the movie, "Mona Lisa Smile" is an inspirational film that explores life through feminism, marriage, and education lead by a modernist teacher at the end of a traditional era (Mona Lisa Feminist/ Conflict Theory). The film is very true to the period it was set in; taking great lengths to ensure authentic depiction of the era. Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts, is the main character of the film. The film takes place at Wellesley College, a very prestigious…

roses for the couple. Priscilla had their first and only child Lisa Marie Presley. Elvis, while he may have had a loving relationship with his wife in the public eye, he was anything but faithful to his wife and the mother of his child. Known to have numerous affairs, even with his Hollywood co-stars form numerous movies in his acting career. This was one of the many factors that lead to the divorce of Elvis and Priscilla in 1973. Lisa Marie Presley was born in 1968 and is the only child of…

approach to convey these theories throughout her essay. Delpit uses her experiences as a teacher to describe power relationships in educational environments and how students are affected by the conforming ways of the education system. As an educator, she understands how students are complex and diverse. The dynamic of her essay builds on Freire’s theories by applying them through student experiences. The essay, “The Silence Dialogue” written by Lisa Delpit, expands on Freire’s two ways of…

a group of students all from various socioeconomic, ethnic and gender backgrounds. In “Multiplication is for White People” by Lisa Delpit, she writes of two themes one being the achievement gap. Delpit believes there are factors that if accomplished could help the urban classroom excel and close the achievement gap. The second theme being “the symbiotic interplay”(Delpit, xviii) of her life as a mother, scholar, and activist. I plan to write of some of the elements she talks about: understanding…

differences as a deficit rather than a strength. Those differences could vary from language, culture, home environment, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, gender, etc. In Other People’s Children Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit, Delpit discusses…

Lisa Delpit’s Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom (2006) highlights the cultural issues that take place in the classroom. In Delpit’s writing, she notes problems and advantages, and the students and families that face these problems and advantages. There are problems that can be addressed, politics are also a factor when it comes to the education issues, and the big points in Delpit’s writings highlight the issues that many students face every day in the classroom. To…

in both school and in larger society. Education is administered by the powerful and thus it reflects and propagates stratified society. As Lisa Delpit states in The Scilenced Diologue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People’s Children, “the rules of the culture of power are a reflection of the rules of the culture of those who have power” (Delpit, 1988, 282). That is, education prioritizes…

Response to Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom Lisa Delpit’s analogy in “Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom” is a complex example of a mono-sided dialogue. In this text, Delpit provides a complex set of evidence that indicates that the black population is grossly misunderstood in a classroom setting. The white population appear to have a misconception of what is right for everyone. Delpit cites one of the responses asserting, “They think they…

In The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People’s Children, Lisa Delpit analyzes and discusses the large effects that the “culture of power” has on the education of children whom are of minorities and varying socioeconomic statuses. This “culture of power” is one of the key reasons why the dialogue concerning how to educate a diverse student population is silenced between African American teachers and their Caucasian counterparts. There are many ways to…