3 question worksheet
Think alongside Lakoff and try to put your own views (or your own family’s views) under the microscope. After you have spent some serious time here, then practice reading against the grain. What does Lakoff overlook? Where are his assertions too general? What is outdated?
Make sure to answer these three questions along the way:
1. What are the two parent models that Lakoff presents? When they are transferred to politics, what are the main priorities of each model?
2. How does this reading force you to rethink the debates and results of the last presidential election (Trump vs Clinton)? Give me a good analysis here and throw in some quotes.
3. In terms of college financial aid (both FAFSA and merit/sport/FTIC scholarships), which logics of ‘fairness’ are being used? What parenting logic is being used? What should be changed here and why?
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Lakoff Models of Parenting and National Politics.
Lakoff’s perception of family is revered in the two parenting models. The scholar introduces the two models as nurturing parents and strict fathers (1997). The former is comprised of parents that believe raising their children right remains beneficial to the community whereas the latter are motivates by protecting their children from the outside danger at all costs. Nonetheless, this metaphoric reference of American parents has a significant application to denote the liberals and conservatives in American politics.
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