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12019-05-04T21:22:36-07:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5c105811plain2019-05-04T21:22:36-07:00Mary Laffidybbaa6fac1a2d68d7d027a0bc645072eb108dbf5cThis is a really neat comparison of how education is portrayed in the different works we have studied. I mentioned either in my journal or one of my posts that the group of friends in Lagoon are all very educated, but they stay to themselves and somewhat "other" themselves. They only use their pidgin language and act certain ways around each other; I believe their reasoning is so that they can appear educated to others, but it still proves your point that they don't get out of their comfort zone. I think the fact that Binti introduced so many diverse concepts for a children's novel proves how unique and influential it is.
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12019-04-27T03:59:31-07:00Kiisha Hilliardd91712a2483a528aa121e75983c3454ac050719fEmbracing cultures: ready or not?9plain2019-05-01T11:53:13-07:00Kiisha Hilliardd91712a2483a528aa121e75983c3454ac050719f