Icarus' Journal

3:00pm: Class on teaching writing.
For those interested: Delpit wrote a critique in 1988 flatly stating that a "culture of power" plays out in classrooms, i.e., that while white middle class kids have privilege and access to the language of power, POCs (largely black, urban, poor) do not. From her perspective, teaching strategies that assume everyone has equal access do kids a disservice.

Seems relevant to many of the questions people have been wrestling with on LJ lately. If anyone's interested, help yourself -- Delpit, 1988.

3:21pm: FIC: Out Of Bounds - John/Rodney - NC-17 overall
The story in one file up to an earlier chapter: Out Of Bounds.

Title: Out Of Bounds
Author: Icarus
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: John/Rodney
Summary: "That's your ignorance speaking. You're not aware that they're a ravening mob that will gleefully tear you limb from limb."

A/N: Thank you once again to my tireless betas (we're having fun), rabidfan and roaringmice, and now tingler and mariamme, too.

Previously in Out Of Bounds: Known more for his jumps than his artistry, figure skater John Sheppard hires ex-skating champion and "artiste" Rodney McKay to be his coach. Their teasing friendship warms into something more. After a year of training and preparation... the U.S. Championships.

( 'That's your ignorance speaking. You're not aware that they're a ravening mob that will gleefully tear you limb from limb.' )