On Learning to Write Her Name: An Example of ResearchInformed by Literary Anthropology (original) (raw)

That is NOT my name!" insisted the child, verging on tearful hysterics. "Your name is Tara, isn't it?" asked the teacher, puzzled. She glanced at the name tag, which read T-a-r-a. "Yes. But that writing doesn't say it," Tara sniffled. "THIS is how it's sposed to be, like my mommy writes it." She pointed to the label on her lunch kit, "See, T-A-R-A! You only did the T right, the other letters are not my name!" The teacher could see now. Tara needed to be an uppercase girl, a TARA, for a little while longer.. . .