Gee Response

BEFORE YOU READ:
The term means contraband, in prison it is a legal object that is obtained illegally.

SUMMARY:
Gee talks about in his article about Discourses, he talks about primary and secondary communities. He gives details about how each effects the members and the requirements needed to be involved. He talks about how some Discourses have tension or conflict when the communities do not interact well. He also ties most of the definitions to language and how it is mistaken for grammar.

SYNTHESIS: 3
Gee's article compares to Porter much like it does with Swales because they all three talk about discourse communities and how they effect and control the individuals involved. Also compares to McCloud on the leg of the Mask and the Individual. McCloud mentions how we change our outside appearance and how we act depending on our surroundings and the people around us.

DIALECTICAL NOTEBOOK:

RESPONSE	QUOTES:
I agree with this quote because some people do not know the difference between the two.	"Language is a misleading term; it too often suggests 'grammar'." page 483
This ties to a "primary group" in sociology which is the first group to socialize an individual, most likely a small group, ex: family or friends.	"This initial Discourse, which I call our primary Discourse, is the one we first use to make sense of the world and interact with others". page 485
This ties the two types together because if it is mastery it is most likely a secondary discourse community.	"We can talk about dominant literacies and non-dominant literacies in terms of whether they involve mastery of dominate or non-dominant secondary discourses". page 486
This I do not agree with because the primary source is always the one to open up the literacy.	"Primary Discourses, no matter whose they are, can never be liberating literacies". page 487
Discourses are for peer review and helping each other, so you would teach others more than you would write for them.	"Within a Discourse you are always teaching more than writing or reading". page 488

META MOMENT:
I think that I agree with Gee's comment that you can not be a part time member. I think that to do your best you have to give your all. If you don't try and be a dedicated participant you can not truly understand and be involved in the conversation and the movements and activities that the community takes on.

THOUGHTS:
I enjoyed Gee's article a lot. Much of what he says and the terms he use are similar to something we are learning about in my sociology class. We are talking about institutions, the statuses, roles, and other things that make up the institutions and what makes them run properly. Much of what Gee says makes me think that he could possibly do some writing for a sociology book.