Having re-read a little, I now find that literacy is more like a red-tape way to bring back the caste system for institutions. People like tiers, it gives them a sense of order. Actually, reading this article has made me feel a little "destabilized about contemporary literacy" and in general (Brandt 345). With so many 'literacies' to choose from, the possibility is paralyzing.
My primary literacy sponsors are my parents (aided by Shel, Dr. Suess, Roald Dahl), countless television shows and video games, the Internet, the schools I went to in Cincinnati, London, Columbus and Athens, my grandparents (who gave me $100 to learn the stock market - I forgot about it for a couple of years and it tanked with everything else), my walks holding hands with the trip God through it's garden, and my friends who like to play music.
I'm sure there are others that I haven't thought of, but what also makes people unique are what literacies they aren't a part of. I'm not religious, I only speak english, I'm not really involved in politics, or even current events, and I don't like to go shopping (I'm pretty sure consumerism is a literacy - The Price Is Right winners?).
I feel like the literacies I'm most familiar with I've reached out for myself, and they were readily accessible for the most part. Most of my literacies have to do with electricity and all that modern jazz, something starkly apparent when the power goes out. I need to work towards being more 'cooking literate'. With access to countless ingredients from all over the world, countless appliances, techniques, and recipes, it's once again almost paralyzing to have that much choice.
So I pop in a hot pocket.
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