Journal Entry #3

"Inventing the University"

1. What Bartholomae means when said that students must "invent the university" when they write in college is that a student must be able to accept that they have now reached a new level in their educational studies. That now, being past the high school level, we must take on a completely new approach when writing educational papers. Students must be able to write appropriately in college and not get stuck on the mindset that they have now moved on from. The way that studies are now conducted in universities is much more differentiated and professional compared to that of the prior learning. A student should then be able to learn how to take in different standpoints of arguments and studies, and be able to come up with their own personal point of views that one day may be used in their field of profession.
2. Bartholomae suggests that students should consider themselves as privileged to be allowed to being, "the insider", the person with the inside information to a very important course. One is to also take into fact they should also feel privileged on being able to speak on the subject. As students, we are expected to be active and engaged in what we speak about, but we are also expected to continue to improve our style of writing. Thus, slowly, but surely, we tend to pull away from the presence of typical writing, as to more formal and professional writing.
3. The handful of differences between the examples of student writing Bartholomae examines and opinionated are interesting in its own ways. The first writing seems to be of less thought and structure, while the second writing seems like a lot more effort and thought was put into work.The use of vocabulary can be significantly distinguished between the two papers. In addition, the first paper had a somewhat more arrogant point of view for creativity, while the second writing was more open and knowledgeable of the things that influence us him in life. The first writer took it upon himself to accept full credit for his "creativity", while the second writer was more observant and open to admit that his "creativity" was influenced by the things that he may do on a daily basis. Bartholomae felt as the first writing was not very elegant or influential. However, the second writing, obviously being more well written, he saw as more consistent and grammatically correct. The writer of the second paper was more tougher to read and understand, thus, Barholomae says that it will be easier to accept the idea that indeed the writing was "original and unique".