Kosut and Delpit

I found both Kosut and Delpit articles very interesting. As I mentioned in one of my discussion posts, these two articles we should take into consideration since most of us are going into the educational field. I have to say, I'm glad I read them. It sort of given me insight as to what I should expect when I go into student teaching, and then teaching itself. I consider myself a open-minded person, but reading these two articles sort of puts into perspective for me. Going into teaching, I would assume that everyone has the same primary discourse as myself. I think now, when I do head into the classroom and teach, I can't assume that everyone is from the same background as the person sitting next to him/her, or from the same background as myself. As I posted in my Delpit post though, I believe that people can overcome their primary discourse and adopt a secondary discourse to be successful in their job. I can only imagine how new teachers might feel going into a school like one of the MPS schools, like the example of the teacher that was trouble in (I believe) Kosut article. A teacher could get so frusrated that it might turn them off from teaching, when in fact the teacher and student are just not connecting with each other.