Wardle Summary: In "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces," Ellizabeth Wardle argues the difficulties of authority and identity by telling a story about 'Alan' and how he was a new worker and struggled because of the issues of identity and authority in the new workplace.
QD: 3. I think Alan struggled because he didn’t want to change the way that he is to just fit in. To result in a positive way I think that he could have been more open about it and could have tried to compromise to better fit with the new workplace.
4. I agree with what Thompson says because a lot of the time people say things without thinking about them. You often hear people say think before you speak and that is because we unconsciously will say things and sometimes it is not always good because it doesn’t come out the right way.
5. I would agree with Gee because Alan was not willing to change himself to fit into the discourse community. With Gee being in a discourse is being yourself and if he wasn’t able too then it wasn’t the right discourse for himself.
6. I think that Alan is seen as a tool member because with him not willing to change or compromise people may not see that as being a community member.
7. I have had a teacher who was fired for inappropriate use of language.
AEI: 1. Authority is when you are able to be perceived by those you are speaking too in a positive manner. I was an assistant volleyball coach and I knew that the players listened and took in what I said because I had the authority over them, but I knew I had to talk to them in an appropriate manner because they had trust in me.
Reflection: I liked this article because I thought it gave a good insight to talking about identity and authority and the appropriate way it’s supposed to be used.
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