https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0 Made with fortitude en-us 2020-06-26 16:10:30 UTC 2020-06-26 16:56:11 UTC hello@padlet.com kpayne65 https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641190203 There are so many layers to this text. We jump back and forth between timelines (this to me is sad.... to see that she is getting rejected in both timelines). There is an element of gender here where she is getting paid less than the men without any degree when she has a masters. There is an element of religion when she gets called out for not singing Christmas songs. But the fact that school is not where she learned to read or felt successful is the most poignant to me. ]]> 2020-06-26 16:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641190203 katiekelel1 https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641201275 I agree to the layers in the text and the jumping between timelines.

I didn't think to much about the rejection of her as a child. I clearly saw it in her adult foray into journalism. But you are right. But through it all, she seems to say how much she as learned through these experiences.]]> 2020-06-26 16:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641201275 kpayne65 https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641203425 Yes, I do think the point of her reflection has to do with her learning through her experiences. ]]> 2020-06-26 16:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641203425 kpayne65 https://padlet.com/kpayne65/ch3i9mime5jabhw0/wish/641212238 Questions the text asks:

To what extent does her gender effect her ability to be successful?
How does the literary cannon and the white male nature of it effect perspective of self?
What is the role of school in the creation of a love of learning?
Can school create a true love of learning?

She never finds a true sense of belonging anywhere. The librarians don't even remember her, I think she mentions at one point. The only character we see her make a true connection to is Jo--an outsider to even her own story. I think this ties to her rarely--if ever--seeing herself reflected in the books she read. Immigrant parents working hard, supporting a family far away, living in some unspoken fear. She did not find that in Nancy Drew or Swiss Family Robinson, as much as she may love them.
I wonder if this effected her confidence in writing her own stories later in life... or maybe it doesn't matter... since the publisher didn't want her voice anyway...

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