JOURNAL ENTRY # 3
Ò _HE HAS TO INVENT THE UNIVERSITY WHEN THEY WRITES IN COLLEGE BECAUSE THROUGH HIS WRITING HE MUST MAKE IT CLEARLY HIS OWN. USING LAUNGAUGE THAT TIES IT TOGETHER AND MAKES IT UNIQUE, NOT SIMILAR TO ANOTHER. HE MUST FORGE HIS OWN PATH IN WRITING RATHER THAN COPYING ANOTHER.
Ò _HE SUGGESTS THAT A STUDENT AS GREAT POWER BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY INCLUDED IN A DISTINTIC DISCOURSE WHERE THEY BECOME PRIVY TO ITS KNOWLEDGE AND WAYS, BUT HAS THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO TAKE WHAT HE HAS LEARNED AND MAKE IT HIS OWN OR CREATE SOMETHING TOTALLY ON HIS OWN WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE DISCOURSE.
Ò _THE FIRST PIECE WAS CUT AND DRY STORY OF WHAT A BOY WHOM WORE A DIFFERENT COLORED SHOES AND SOCKS THAN THE REST OF HIS TEAMMATES AND ALSO GOT OTHERS TO CHANGE THERE FOOTWEAR’S STORY OF HIS VIEW AND EXAMPLE OF CREATIVTY. BATHOLOMAE THOUGHT THAT THE PIECE WAS SOMEWHAT SEEMLESS. HE SAID IT WAS TIDY AND SMOOTH. IT DID THE JOB BUT I BELIEVE HE THOUGHT IT NOT BE AS GOOD AS THE SECOND EXAMPLE. THE SECOND PIECE WAS ONE OF A GIRL WHOM LOVED MUSIC, PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, AND MADE A GREAT ATTEMPT IN WRITING HER OWN PIECES. HERE HE BELIEVES THAT SHE WAS FULLY CONSCIOUS AND FULLY UNDERSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PIECE. SHE MAKES USE OF GREAT LANGUAGE AND WRITES WITH THE USE OF QUOTATIONS IN, WHICH SHE EXPLAINS. HE LIKED HER EXAMPLE BETTER.

Your answer to question 1 as students having to forge their own path makes me think of a connect-the-dots activity as a good metpahor for academic writing. You need toforge your own path, but intially using the dots that have been placed by other people. Only later can you create your own dots.
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