Those who are Self-Taught

Having background knowledge in the Spanish Language, I picked as a first choice En Los Dos Idiomas: Literacy Practices Among Chicago Mexicanos, an article by Marcia Farr. I thought this article would be interesting because I thought it would talk about the discourse of spanish speakers in Chicago. The article talks about much more than that. It describes more deeply how many Mexicans travel back and forth to earn money and make a living. And with that being said, it talks about how their literacy is poorly affected as a result. These specific Mexicans (as case studies were conducted) only went to school for a few months learning acquiring very few literacy skills. However, these very determined Mexicans find ways to teach themselves, a point that I find very inspiring. This finding also expells myths of previous authors studied, such as Kozol, which generally would find that illiterates can't teach themselves/learn, let alone funtion.