Near the beginning of this essay, Li claims that educators are wary of tampering with China’s “brilliant literary tradition,” choosing instead to honor and preserve the moral and educational trends of the past (51), but as we dive further into…
English 5001
Commentary Week Eight
by Mike • • 0 Comments
Mike Calou Commentary Week Eight The boy who seen the light I was torn by conflicting ideas when I finished reading the Tom Fox article “Basic Writing As Cultural Conflict.” One part of me thinks that teaching writing, particularly at…
English 5870
Mid-term ENGL 5870
by nweidner • • 1 Comment
Ned Weidner ENGL 5870 Dr. DeVries 4/8/09 1) Developing and articulating a working definition of ethnography is important to me so that I can better understand the work we are doing this semester as ethnographers. However, developing a concrete…
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Commentary: Preparing Them for Remediation?
by lmarik • • 1 Comment
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…
English 5001
The Battlefield
by dhamilton3 • • 1 Comment
A battlefield can provoke many different images in one’s mind. We see open fields amass with Redcoats and Bluecoats; painted warriors charging upon the enemy; snipers poised in their high towers, taking down one man at a time; bombs…
English 5870
5870 Mid-Term
by Amble • • 1 Comment
Amble Hollenhorst Dr. Kim De Vries ENGL 5870 Question 2: The question of subjectivity is an important one to discuss because it is virtually impossible for us as people to be entirely objective about the things that we witness. We…