https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq Made with mirth en-us 2020-10-18 22:45:42 UTC 2025-12-20 22:50:10 UTC hello@padlet.com rrobins4 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/839743415 2020-10-19 04:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/839743415 averdin2 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841031920 The imagery of greasing the papers in the hat. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841031920 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841033661 It's scary to realize that something I take for granted was intentionally withheld from people to control them. ]]> 2020-10-19 13:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841033661 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841033759 It is so poignant to me that she learned to read even though she is 60. I feel I am still "learning to read": learning to read the news, the signs and symbols, the true intent of politicians, and people.  "Learning to read" is not just  - decoding.

]]> 2020-10-19 13:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841033759 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841033889 Literacy/Education empowered her and gave her the feeling of independence]]> 2020-10-19 13:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841033889 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841036221 "Then I got a little cabin--/
A place to call my own--/
And I felt as independent/
As the queen upon her throne."]]> 2020-10-19 13:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841036221 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841038272 Knowledge didn't agree with slavery-- //' Twould make us all too wise.

This part reminds me of how even now, certain populations are given pathetic levels of education due to low funding, corporate-influences, etc. because some groups do not want other groups to think for themselves]]> 2020-10-19 13:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841038272 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841038317 Knowledge didn't agree with slavery--
Twould make us all too wise.]]> 2020-10-19 13:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841038317 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841039797 Knowledge and the ability to read made the speaker feel independent.]]> 2020-10-19 13:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841039797 tdubinsk https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841040728 2020-10-19 13:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841040728 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841040766 The sneers and frowns came from people who were losing their power, as this freedperson actively seized her freedom and empowered herself through education despite her age and the doubts of others.]]> 2020-10-19 13:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841040766 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841041209 It explains so many current issues with literacy today 

]]> 2020-10-19 13:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841041209 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841041646 Wow she learned to read at 60!!! ]]> 2020-10-19 13:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841041646 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841041969 The more things change, the more things stay the same...Watch ]]> 2020-10-19 13:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841041969 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841047008 With literacy come freedom!!!

]]> 2020-10-19 13:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841047008 jocampbell1996 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841089762 knowledge has the ability to make the powerless feel powerful!

]]> 2020-10-19 14:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841089762 mhostman1 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841591573 The poem makes an explicit link between struggle, literacy, and self-sufficiency. 

The poem is sad in a way. It shows so much reliance on the "Yankees". Knowing, as we do, that they are about to abandon the newly freed enslaved peoples makes me read this poem in a very different light.]]> 2020-10-19 15:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841591573 lgray217 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841624005 This poem resonates with me, because I have heard fellow teachers talk about black/brown students and their inability to be successful.]]> 2020-10-19 15:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841624005 jgordon218 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841756415 The writer desperately longed to read and learn!  It was touching to read the passion in her voice as she sought to read the "hymns and Testament."  She expressed why some people did not want the enslaved African people to read.

]]> 2020-10-19 16:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841756415 https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841872880 Wow
To read the desire the author had to read at 60 brought tears to my eyes. We have drifted so far from this and take a lot for granted. 

Makes me want to help in a greater way. 
Also explains how slave mentality has followed us throughout the years. ]]> 2020-10-19 16:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rrobins4/tapkac0bwita62hq/wish/841872880