Nelson memo#6

I thought it was interesting that while working through the mess of his inquiry, Compano came to new realizations about his students. He talks about using school literacy and curriculum to help students orient themselves in different communities. It makes me think about our projects and how we may fall into some new and intriguing discoveries about ourselves and our students throughout this research process.

Ma-Lee's idea of cultural identity made me think of my own students. They are all from other countries, and I bet that many of them would say that they identify with their native culture. I wonder if you ask the same kids in a few years how their cultural identities have changed, you might see some of the confusion that Ma Lee feels. I hope that my students can grow and change to embrace American culture as well as the culture of their Home countries. 

Compano's idea of the teacher researcher as relational identity. It makes sense to me that the teacher researcher can be creative and thoughtful while also looking at the big picture. This aligns with my philosophies.  I am definitely a big picture person, and I am not afraid to make mistakes. The teacher researcher as a relational identity relates a portion of the research work to the whole classroom. Ideally, this is what I would like to do as well.