Blad’s article on the issues involving a fixed mindset that students and teachers may have concerning students who are in poverty or are growing up in an urban setting.  Using the words, “fixed mindset” are so eye opening when it comes to understanding how assumptions are easily placed on students in poverty.  Often times the students themselves settle with their intelligence and other educational qualities and believe they cannot change these qualities based on the environment that they grow up in.  Or more simply put, people believe that they cannot change their qualities and accept flaws that comes with them.  Blad discusses a growth mindset in which people believe they can change certain qualities with hard work.  However, taking a turn in the other direction, teachers cannot put the blame on the students.  Students are a product of his or her environment and this is not to be taken lightly.  Each student needs special attention and will work at his or her own pace.  Repairing the injustices that occur in communities is a better project for teachers to tackle.  Get the students involved in the awareness of their community to become more educated about the outside world.  Encourage them to face their circumstances head on and get something out of it.  Teachers primary goal is to educate citizens to interact with others in the outside world.  By having a more active role in society, students and teachers can be more educated on how to either overcome or adapt to these circumstances. 

            In relation the article on ncte.org talks about how writing comes out of many purposes.  This being that anything and everything that you write has some type of purpose.  As teachers, our job is to not only motivate students but also create new ways to show the process and importance of writing.  Teaching through a worldly view can help students to see that they can write for many different people and audiences.  Understanding texts through reading and writing is an experience more than just an obligation.  Involvement in community and culture allows students to control what they write and how it makes them feel.  This experience is more personal and creates better connections between students and teachers.