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“Becoming Literate: A Lesson From the Amish” by Andrea R. ... To us this is not being literate because he is just simply copying what he hears or sees. ... If you can not read and write on your own, and understand what you have read or wrote then I would not consider that person literate. ... will believe that he is literate as will the rest of his family and the Amish community. ...
I think Fishman illustrates all the differences between the Amish’s view of literacy and “mainstream” America’s view on literacy not just to show how different they are, but to show that we would not be able to be literate in the other world if our views are different. ...
Fishman’s passage about Amish literacy is to show how that even though we may not think or believe those people are literate, they are in their own way. ... I believe that Fishman wrote this passage to show that all people are literate, just in different ways, and as people, we must realize that even if their views of literacy do not match with our own. I mean who are we to say who is literate or not. Perhaps what we consider literate is not to another group.
Approximate Word count = 1513
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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