the conference started at 0850 and I had class at 0900

1. VMI is trying to develop leadership literacies and academic literacies.
2. Experts have power over the novices and can control what the novices due. The class system is the best example of the power dynamics within the corps.
3. My role is a novice and the only power I have is to strain. I know this from the rules set in place by experts, the general committee.
4. The knowledge that is being produced is the ability to endure hardship and integrity.
5. I am a consumer of the knowledge but also a producer every time that I strain hard.
6. Being a rat dynamically changes all literacies because it restructures how you think and act.