As I’d watched Momma put ruffles on the hem and cute little tucks around the waist, I knew that once I put it on I’d look like a movie star. (It was silk and that made up for the awful color.) I was going to look like one of the sweet little white girls who were everybody’s dream of what was right with the world. Hanging softly over the black Singer sewing machine, it looked like magic, and when people saw me wearing it they were going to run up to me and say, “Marguerite [sometimes it was ‘dear Marguerite’], forgive us, please, we didn’t know who you were,” and I would answer generously, “No, you couldn’t have

known. Of course I forgive you.”

Le guérisseur a appris à son fils aîné comment on coupe les racines du Diospyros.

fibar -- (fibar bi? the healer? as in feebar / fièvre / fever? -- used as a general term for sickness).

bi -- the (indicates nearness).

jàngal v. -- to teach (something to someone), to learn (something from someone) -- compare with jàng (as in janga wolof) and jàngale.

na -- pr. circ. way, defined, distant. How? 'Or' What. function indicator. As.

taaw+an (taaw) bi -- first child, eldest. (taawan -- his eldest).

bu -- the (indicates relativeness).

góor gi -- man; male.

ni -- pr. circ. way, defined, distant. How? 'Or' What. function indicator. As.

ñuy -- they (?).

dagg+e (dagg) v. -- cut; to cut.

reen+i (reen) bi -- root, taproot, support.

aloom gi -- Diospyros mespiliformis, EBENACEA (tree).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BryN2nVE3jY

I think in today's society a lot of people struggle with gender stereotypes and their identity. Society is set up to believe that the man is masculine and the women is feminine, and that if those traits are switched, then it's wrong. It's hard teaching a child about gender stereotypes because you don't want your child to feel as though he or she can not do certain things, but it happens which "may or may not" cause a crisis with their gender identity. You want the child to explore their options but in this case a lot of parents may not agree because they don't want to cause confusion. According to the article gender stereotypes, or the beliefs and expectations people hold about the typical characteristics, preferences,and behaviors of men and women. A person’s gender identity refers to their psychological sense of being male or female.

This seems to expand upon an earlier annotation that asked whether rhetoric was innate or had to be taught. Here, Astell seems to indicate the "parroting" is innate, but complex rhetoric must be taught.

In any kind of textbook, if there is an aspect to a concept which will cause confusion in the future, it should be covered, even if only in a footnote, so that the reader can study it on their own.