This last semester I took a class about language and how it affects culture. This class uncovered the different ways that language as well as literacy affects the people who use it and the way language is used to express culture. The class spoke of the way that literacy created a divide between the people of a certain language. Those who are literate are able to enjoy the benefits of reading, writing and communicating while those that are illiterate do not have such a privilege. Literacy is an incredibly powerful tool that everyone should be able to wield. It is our job as future teachers to empower our students with this skill as well as the many others with which we will be equipping them.