Journal Entry #10

Rhetoric and Composition- What criteria do employers use when selecting between two similarly qualified applicants of differing races?

English Education- The use of popular and common writing templates in the classroom.

Cultural Studies- The emergence of pornographic reggae songs in the Caribbean islands

Discourse Analysis- How accurate are exit polls of random samples?

Five Topics I Could Research and Write on

How effective are statutes which are enforced to minimized teen alcohol consumption in America?

The similarities between the Church and the Law in society.

Is value consensus, morals and pride still recognized by members of society in their decision-making?

What factors determine whether or not a child belongs in higher education?

Women are growing extensively, in numbers, in the workplace. Can this be attributed to the growing number of teenage delinquencies?

Journal Entry # 9

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 9

 

Answer the following questions about the English education article, “Participant and Institutional Identity: Self-representation Across Multiple Genres at a Catholic College,” by Katrina Powell.

 

1. What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides her work)?

 

The writer is trying to find out how students construct the model of self become relative to school genres and how their background, academic disciplines and goals affect their identity.

 

 

2. How does this author collect the data she needs to answer her question?

 

The author uses various models for case studies and ethnography to collect her data. She studied a wide range of genre systems at a small and private, Catholic-affiliated college in order to make an analysis. With these methods she is able to come to a clear view of the activities of students in order to understand the genres that are responsible for the identities within the activity systems. She also asks a series of questions to a research site to collect her answers.

 

 

3.      What sort of genres do you see your peers using as forms of “self-representation”?

 

In order to form self-representation within Nova Southeastern University, students use their background interest and personality to situate themselves within the clubs and organizations which they feel they are able to perform at best.

 

Blogger # 8 “4 Real: Authenticity, Performance, and Rock Music,” by David Pattie.

Camara A. Ewers
Comp 2000- Journal Entry # 8
Dr. Mason

Answer the following questions about the cultural studies article, “4 Real: Authenticity, Performance, and Rock Music,” by David Pattie.

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides his work)?

The writer is trying to find out the authenticity of the term “realness” in rock music. He asks questions based on the appeal, interests or genuineness of the performers’ work, the response of his/her audience and the commonality of the experience that both have shared relative to the words of the song.


What sort of texts or sources does the author quote from to build his argument?

The author quotes the statements made by previous rock artistes during interviews, as well as reports of concert events. For example, he quoted:

“Richard is using what happened to The Verve as a metaphor for our whole generation. Lost without any idea of what to believe in, he offers us the best he can; the shared experience that we are all fuck-ups and it’s ok. By the time the band are cranking up into "Come On" at the very end, Richard has no need to hector us into sharing his reverie. We are right up there with him, howling at the moon, It’s a high place to be. Ain’t never coming down. (Sutherland)”


In what ways do you see others around you attempting to establish their “authenticity”?

In the campus environment, students try to establish their authenticity through becoming a leader or founder of a club or organization. Another way would be through composition of pieces, such as text or articles. Since Plagiarism is an offense, I would think that each piece of assignment would show the authors authenticity, unless students develop pieces based on past writers thesis or work.

Journal Entry # 7- Discourse Analysis (Professional Editing Strategies Used by Six Editors,” by Jocelyne Bisaillon)

Answer the following questions about the discourse analysis article, “Professional Editing Strategies Used by Six Editors,” by Jocelyne Bisaillon.

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides their work)?

The writer is trying to study the pre-professional aspects of research editing conducted by authors. The writer is making an attempt to identify the approach used by revision experts and whether their approach contributes to the success of inexperienced writers who are trying to edit accordingly. In lieu, the writer investigates the revision process; detection strategies; problem-solving strategies in writing; authentic writing task; and linear process of the professionals.

What is the research methodology of this article (how do they collect their information, and how do they analyze the information they collect)?

The writer conducts a study on professional editors by filming their work while they are engaged.


How does professional editing differ from how students revise their own work?

Professional editing differs from student’s edition through the following ways:

· Professional editors perform their work based from a text by another person. That is from something already written by his/her client or another author.
· Professional editors are assigned limitations by their client. In that, the client will set mandated rules governing the extent to which the professional editor is allowed to change or revise the text.
· Social and Physical environment also differ.

Group # 5- Natalie Dylan Response {Camara And Gretel}

However you respond to this auction is directly related to how you view yourself. You know those promise rings some of you children wear? Thats out of respect for your own oppurtunity to chose when you lose your virginity, not to be dictated by anyone else.

In my opinion, she is on some level, by allowing someone else and perhaps even society, the chance to say when she loses her virginity. If the bids high enough, she will sell it. I'm not saying thats totally wrong because, women do and have married for money. Therefore as far as I'm concerned, that is a moral choice that everyone makes at some point in their lives. What I am saying is that the sanctity of marriage has been systematically desanctified by so many different events and people's personal choices that you have decided on your own, what is right for you and your body.

Journal Entry # 5- Separation Between Theory and Practice in American Universities.

One debate that arose from the text, English Studies was Dewey’s elaborated viewpoint to the fact that universities should assume the responsibility of promoting pedagogy. As he states, “To decline to recognize this intimate connection of professions in modern life with the discipline and culture that come from pursuit of truth for its own sake, is to be at least one century behind times (MCComiskey 12).” Dewey argues that to promote social democracy, the universities must bridge the gap between mind and matter, class and function and one’s destiny. His belief is that the distinction between professions should be viewed as equal importance. In that, the labor force, jobs should not be demoralized based on practice, but rather, there must be seen as an equilibrium based on common intellect. Thus, fostering professional life to flourish on an equal scale amongst students and the quality of education to drastically improve. Dewey notes that, unless this practice is adopted, universities are doomed to failure because dissolution of distinction between knowledge conquers the educational system.

Dewey cared about interdependence in the working world because he saw that devaluing education and intellect amongst the educated to be a form of social barrier and inequality.
If each student receives the same quality of education, then why should the field of practice or specialty which he chooses be more important than the other?
For Dewey, it was imperative to uphold the distinction between intellectuals and the working world, in order to maintain “old-school elitism” which was beginning to decline at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Journal Entry 3

Excerpt from “Inventing the University,” by David Bartholomae

1. What does Bartholomae mean when he says that students must “invent the university” when they write in college?

Bartholomae means that students must learn to adapt the universities' way of language, communication, speech and writing styles, as well as it's sense of knowing, selecting, evaluating, reporting, concluding, and arguing.

2. What does Bartholomae suggest is a way for students to become “insiders” within academic discourse?

By "assembling and mimicking its language," Students must find some compromise between their personal nature and the new found ideals of the institution. Whereas, a form of sync is formed that transforms their style to conventional writing, He suggests the student must take on the identity of a anthropologist or historian in order to have the mindframe of speaking "our" language.

3. Summarize some of the differences between the two examples of student writing that Bartholomae examines, and Bartholomae’s opinion of these examples.

The first argument about creativity was immature and filled with compository errors.
The second argument based her creativity from "inspiration" which followed creativity whilst the first argument, creativity defined was common and easily replicated.
Bartholomae thought that students can replicate their work from other artiste by using ther own sense of originality and stylistic maneuvers in their writing. Thus, through their own means of specialized vocabulary, they are able to produce an efficient piece of argument.