"A southern mountain dialect that is often used to characterize poor whites."- felt that this was a stereo type because there are a few white middle class that live in an area that has a strong southern dialect.
Last paragraph of page 124-and top of 125~ The two children brought some literacy knowledge with out having been formally taught, but developed the concepts from the environment around them.
"To the extent that parental education-which is going to affect the frequency and the types of reading and writing people do-is related to poverty, this makes some sense.~ I agree if the parent shows no interest in education as the child's role model they too will develop the same distaste for education and reading and writing.
I don't think Jenny (Donnie's mom)had a distaste for education, or reading and writing! I think the major point the author is trying to make is if students don't have experiences with reading and writing schools need to provide it. They should not assume because some parents are not able to read and write that these parents do not care about education. Jenny clearly did.
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