Journal Entry #3

• What does Bartholomae mean when he says that students must “invent the university” when they write in college?

That the students or writers must rise up to the occasion and must write with passion and with professionalism and distinctness. They must represent writing in all of its aspects professionally and in the right manner. They must be able to speak the language of writing.

• What does Bartholomae suggest is a way for students to become “insiders” within academic discourse?

They must be engaged in the discourse and learn to extend themselves into the commonplaces, set phrases, rituals, gestures, habits of mind, tricks of persuasion, obligatory conclusions, and necessary connections that determine the “what might be said” and constitute knowledge within the various branches of our academic community.

• Summarize some of the differences between the two examples of student writing that Bartholomae examines, and Bartholomae’s opinion of these examples.

The first was rather short and simple while the second was somewhat longer and more complex. The first wasn't very well thought out and lacked "rising to the occasion" or creativity while the second presented a well rounded view and opinion around the subject and was accompanied with solid vocab and a smart manipulation of language.

Bartholomae thought of the first essay as tidy and somewhat seemless yet it lacked originality and length upon describing such a diverse topic.

Bartholomae thought of the second essay as simply magnificent and playful in a way in which the language was manipulated to bring about the writers persona. He also thought it was a difficult style and highly qualified.