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Reading Response 5-6-10

The first article from Janet Emig does an interesting job reminding us of how we learn.  I used to use a similar idea when I would tell my students to use flash cards for memorization because it uses all the…

Question #3– Spivak Yes, I agree with Spivak.  I think that over time, if one learns to write well in a normal context, then that same person will have the ability to write for an audience.  In a sense, they…

ESL Post

The main idea that I got from the first reading of this week is that 2nd language learners have a history of not being represented well in the college English classroom.  In the beginning, it was deemed that anyone who…

Midterm– A3 & B2

A3. In writing classes today, how might a perception that studying rhetoric will lead to virtue manifest itself in pedagogy?  You may draw on your experience as a teacher and/or student, as well as our class discussion. Teaching rhetoric as…

Nyaya Poster Boy

The feeling I get when I read about Nyaya is one of sharing, compatibility, and caring.  I feel that the rhetorical form of Nyaya is concerned with finding common ground in regards to the truth between two parties as opposed…

Medieval Response

I am not sure I totally agree with Ramus’s point that scholars of rhetoric do not need a well balanced background in order to be good orators.  In everyday life, I find that people who are smart in many areas…

Week 2- Commentary

I often look at people who can’t get along with others, or who always seem to be at odds with society, and I say, “That person just doesn’t get it.”  What I usually mean by this is that they don’t…

Week 1 Read On

All of the readings this week had me agreeing with them.  I found myself on the side of Socrates and Isocrates without having much knowledge about their opponents.  I looked at some of the techniques that allowed me to agree…

5/5/09 Log-5870

Joel Manfredi natural cures for herpes Log for 5-5-09 Dr. De Vries Ferguson, “Don’t Believe The Hype”     Joel reads the Log   Adam remembers how the book “Dirt” got brought up… because it was from the four points…