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Quintilians institute of oratory

Quintilians institute of oratory. Quintilian believed that professions of the grammarian and teacher of rhetoric should be in some degree united (Content and context should be united) Facility in speaking is attained by exercise in it, and by reading, hearing,…

Vico Commentary

This chapter begins with a chastisement of  the thoughts of Francis Bacon, who according to Vico acted like  a “potentate of [a] mighty empire” that upon reaching the highest  ranking available lost all sense of reason and practicality in a…

Commentary Week Nine

Commentary Week Nine Composition Wars Now I know why there is a split between the English purists (composition teachers) and ESL teachers. Teaching English composition is a culturally esteemed position. This issue is directly related, in my opinion, to Kenneth…

Commentary Hooks

“Rebels Dilemma” By Bell Hooks “Academia was where we worked but we wanted a life on the outside.  We did  not want to be imprisoned in institutions of higher learning that would reward us and then demand that we stop…

Commentary 7

Tina Bell English 5870 21 April 2009 Commentary 7 I do not really understand what Michel Foucault is saying. Well, this is not exactly true. I think I understand a substantial portion of what he is saying, but I am…

Change

Tina Bell English 5001 2 April 2009 Commentary Week 7 Our lives, our world is becoming more global with every passing day. Technology has given us avenues of connection we could only dream of before today, and every day brings…

Commentary: Preparing Them for Remediation?

I found Rearticulating Articulation by Russell and Foster a fascinating read.  A “cross-national perspective” really does shift the way one looks at oneself, one’s culture, and in this case, one’s educational system.    I didn’t realize that the United States…