Text Reflection 1-2
For my second text, I chose the book Teaching Arguments by Jennifer Fletcher because not only is it relevant to my English degree in particular, the cover is also aesthetically pleasing with its white background and little gray polka dots and I think it was possibly the only option left at the bookstore when I went to buy it.
More seriously though, Fletcher begins her book by talking about how she, like many teachers, wants to go back and apologize to the students she had in her rookie years because she wasn't teaching them the best way to write argumentative pieces. As an English major now, I struggle greatly with forming cohesive arguments on papers/research papers sometimes because I don't put enough thought and revision into both the thesis and support I use to back it up. I therefore genuinely agree with a lot of what she has to say - Albeit, English papers in the context of my life are a little different because I obviously do read the books before writing or creating any sort of essay based upon them but I definitely need to spend more time cultivating my arguments and probably re-reading the material if I want to write sensible papers.
One very important quote to consider - "Just because something is available instantly to vision does not mean that it is available instantly to consciousness," (Jennifer L. Roberts of Harvard University).
More seriously though, Fletcher begins her book by talking about how she, like many teachers, wants to go back and apologize to the students she had in her rookie years because she wasn't teaching them the best way to write argumentative pieces. As an English major now, I struggle greatly with forming cohesive arguments on papers/research papers sometimes because I don't put enough thought and revision into both the thesis and support I use to back it up. I therefore genuinely agree with a lot of what she has to say - Albeit, English papers in the context of my life are a little different because I obviously do read the books before writing or creating any sort of essay based upon them but I definitely need to spend more time cultivating my arguments and probably re-reading the material if I want to write sensible papers.
One very important quote to consider - "Just because something is available instantly to vision does not mean that it is available instantly to consciousness," (Jennifer L. Roberts of Harvard University).