Selfe's summary

Dustan Wilson
Eng 100
pages 301-305
In Cynthia Selfe's article " Lest We Think The Revolution is a Revolution", she talks about changes, technology and the status quo of how technology is affecting the way educators adapt to the always changing power of the computer. In Narrative #2 she explains the difference between " Land of opportunity" and "Land of difference." Land of equal opportunity, is that which was portrayed as the typical American family with a nice new house, smiling children - the family who kept up with the Jones as having everything that made them happy. Technology was just beginning the accelerating push toward growth and innovation. Its where people could get excited of all the things that could be discovered with the new software that was coming forth. America is still the land of opportunity but only for some, not all, thus the "Land of difference." The history of slavery in this country, the history of deaf education, women's suffrage, immigration, and labor unions remind us of the fact that opportunity is basically for the privileged groups within this country. Land of difference, is where people of different color, poor people, and people who are out of work, and single-parent families dont have the opportunities with technology that others have. The images in this article show people back in the 50s, happy and loving life.The ability to envision a world where race and differences don't matter isn't what the images, in this article show.


Part 2

" Americans are the canny and sophisticated minds behind the text, behind the image, behind the technology. We are the designers, the providers, the village benefactors".
I believe that I could talk more about the way we(Americans) have become rulers in this technological world.
How we have all this technology that could be shared with less fortunate people.