reflection 2

Reflection 2

What information that in this unit did you find interesting?

In unit 1, I was introduced to the correct way to understand and think critically. After I learned how to understand what is critical literacy is, in unit 2 is more on perspectives. The reading 2.1 battling the bullies is the interesting part in this unit. This article described and focuses on the bully cases that were increase in Australian education institution currently. This article also includes the experiences of one student being bully in his school and he was traumatic and always gave excuses to go to the school. The parent in addition need to be more concern on their children like what Mary Watson had done to help his son from traumatize. Furthermore, school must be more aware on this serious problem instead of doing nothing.

Were any concept/tasks/terminology difficult to understand?

The concept that I find difficult is perspective, and this concept still blurred and need to polish up to be better in the future. Background reading 2.2, ‘language, perspective, ideology’ explain the technique to find the perspective. As illustration, the writers compared two local foreign newspapers on the almost exactly same with different approach and bring some difficulty to the reader to understand and find the main point. Background reading 2.3 ‘texts and textualities’ teach how some picture and text can describe the hidden meaning that the writer wants to show. This method makes me confused and I still try to master this technique.

Differences between two readings.

In the ‘battling the bullies’ the writer tell about the bullying cases getting worse day by day in Australia. The purpose of this article is to inform how bad and serious this bully cases and the writer support and strengthen the article by putting the picture of someone been bullied to shows to parent and educational institution to take some action toward this problem. But in the ‘language, perspective, ideology’ the writer want the reader to think more wider, critically and out of a box instead just understand the article.