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I second the opinion about Ruby Payne's book. She explains various differences among the lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic group in a clearly understandable manner. I think it's a must-read for people who teach first generation college students and those students who enter college at the developmental level. Those two groups of students overlap to a great degree. Lois Lois Martin, M.S. Director, Academic Support Center Goshen College 1700 South Main Street Goshen, IN 46526 574-535-7576 [log in to unmask] Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. At 12:47 PM 2/22/2007, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I'm new to this listserv so excuse me if you've already discussed this. >But Ruby Payne has a great book, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, >about the effect of socio-economic class in schools. One of its main >themes is the use of language and how it relates to success in school. >It is one of the best books I've read to help me understand where so >many of my students are coming from, what rules they are following and >how I can help them understand their own written and spoken language so >they can have an educated choice about how they write and converse. It's >not about good, bad or better or best, it's about having enough >information to choose what will work for you or not in terms of >individual success goals. > >Vickie > >-----Original Message----- >From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Diana Calhoun Bell >Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:42 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Language, status and discrimination > >Hi all, >It sounds like some of you may be interested in a great little book I >found that I use with my teacher education candidates (as they seem to >perpetuate langauge lore). Anyway, it is put out by Penguin and the >title is Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for >Fun and Spite. The author is June Casagrande. It has great chapters like >"Snobbery Up With Which You Should Not Put,"Copulative Conjunctions: Hot >Stuff for the Truly Desperate," and "I'm Writing This While Nakes--The >Oh-So-Steamy Predicate Nominative." >Diana Bell > >"To do things for students that they can do for themselves is not >generosity but impatience." (Mina Shaughnessy) > >Dr. Diana C. Bell >Academic Resource Center Director >136 Madison Hall >University of Alabama in Huntsville >Huntsville, AL 35899 >(256)824-3142 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your >subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web >browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > >To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your >subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your >web browser to >http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > >To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]