Response to article

Critical Inquires into Language in an Urban Classroom. By, Bob Fecho. Research in the Teaching of English. Vol 34. Feb 2000.

I believe that discussing the strength and power of language is very important to talk about, but sometimes it can be taken too far, and that is what I believe that the author of this article does. I don't know if it was just that I didn't agree with Mr. Fecho's point of view or if I just didn't read it the way that he wanted it to be read, but either way I felt it very difficult to get through the article. I think that it was a great how many other sources that he sited and how he really knew what he was talking about but I think that there were ideas that he overlooked. At the very beginning he talked about putting up a facade and how these students were doing this. I personally believe that putting up a facade in front of certain people is just something that we all do! This is almost a defense mechanism to defend ourselves from being judged, we always want to try to fit in. I think that this article was an ok read, It wasn't something that I would recommend.