As Soon as she opened her Mouth #2

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"Appalachian woman speak for only a few minutes and powerful attitudes of prejudice and assumptions of inferiority are elicited."


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This quote is very real in today's world and culture. Just because you may speak or sound different then someone else they assume you are uneducated and don't know how to read. This is not the case. Reading and the spoken language to not go hand in hand as we may assume. The research says that is matters about the amount of exposer you had young and a little about your SES status. Just because you may speak different doesn't mean there is anything wrong with your reading and doesn't mean you are not smart. We as a culture have created this stereotype to separate the different social classes in America. If we all would just accept that everyone is different the better off this world would be.


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Web. 28 Aug. 2011 http://www.upen.edu/language

Tall Tales of Appalachia #1

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"My own father spent his life backing up, apologizing for the space he took up in this world."

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Reading about how bad the stereotype is about this fine state it made me very mad. The quote I have chosen to talk about talks about a man apologizing to people because he was from West Virginia and this made him feel less of a man. West Virginians are just like every other person in this country and we have not thing to be ashamed of. If it wasn't for use they would have coal to power the plants that turn there lights. Now a days more and more West Virginia children are going to college because they don't believe that they are not better then anyone else.I was born and raise in this great state and I would never hesitate to tell someone where I am from because I and proud to be apart of a rich and wonderful place as this one and I believe all the other people are jealous because we have so much in this state and they have nothing.

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I chose this picture of the flighing WV and the monutaineer to show that we need to be strong and stand up against anyone who wants to knock this great state down.

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Sports Geekery/Following Sports with Computers, Mobile Apps, & Gadgets.

Web. 24 Aug. 2011http://www.sportsgeekery.com/.