Delpit Pratt

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…learner Elizabeth was a critical thinker and had common sense. Her effort at her age to relearn to read was tremendous. Losing her reading skills made her feel disenfranchised. Delpit recognized that her students who lacked Standard English were disenfranchising themselves from elevation in society. Therefore, she had to work toward homogeneity in her classroom so that all would have an equal opportunity to communicate in a manner accepted by an educated society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**