Commentary #7

Adam Russell The Panopticon in the Classroom   When talking about Foucalut and the prison structure of the panopticon, we see it as an apt metaphor for the way people regulate behavior in society.  As James put it in class…

Class Questions

1. How do student or teacher stereotypes affect the composition classroom and student writing? 2. “Academia was where we worked but we wanted a life on the outside.  We did not want to be imprisoned in the institution of higher…

Matsuda ESL Composition

The reading — Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor Paul Kei Matsuda   In this Article Paul Kei Matsuda describes the what writing teachers encounter when embarking on composition studies for ESL writers.  ESL has historically…

Commentary Week Ten

Commentary Week Ten Western Supremacy and Composition   In this week’s reading I believe there are two central issues.  The first issue is related to the elitist attitudes of the “Western” world and the approach the West takes to view…