I had fun reading both assignments. They are promising and can help us to understand how to deal with difficult scholarly sources. Karen Rosenberg describes her student years and she is straightforward about her complications in the college. According to Karen Rosenberg have difficulty reading in the college is obvious. We are expected to be able to read, comprehend, analyze and write about different subjects. I like her technique how student should be able talk about scholarly sources with professor and with their peers. I always start listening to my professor and paying attention to the topics he/she would concentrate on, which usually is best indicator where should I begin to read, underline important definitions and if I am tenacious, which is best indicator that I will finish my class with good grades. I would suggest this to every student, who just started college and has trouble with scholarly papers.
Mike Bunn’s experience with his college years are also utterly impressive. I have to admit that I was impressed with his intro, he was describing his student years and was trying to be witty, which made me more interested in his writing. We can see vividly college is for almost everyone challenging. The author is introducing various ways to read like a writer. As stated by author when we start reading, we should always try to get underneath of the writer If we will begin to dig out what the writer was trying to tell us, we will be better reader and writer. We should ask question why he/she prefers this tone or genre? We should try get in authors shoes and head.
In conclusion, my point of view is that we all need some experience to start reading like a writer and I am convinced that after trying and not giving up, we will achieve success.
I totally agree with you. I truly found Bunn’s passage to be really interesting and more detailed. I learned a lot more from Bunn because he pointed out things I never considered or even thought about it. In the beginning, he gave a brief paragraph about a theater in London and used that as an example to think about the sentence structure. As you said, we should try to get in the author’s head and shoes to improve our writings because we are already writers.
I have to agree with you for Bunn’s introduction. I was immediately hooked after that first paragraph. I loved how interpersonal he was and how he helped make me feel like I was not alone in the struggle. I think it was just such a great way to open a paper that I would normally be extremely bored with.
I love how you pointed out both Bunn’s and Rosenbergs introductions describing their college years. It really drew more into the text because it’s relatable, seeing as we’re in college ourselves. You also state how listening to the professor and the topics they “would concentrate on, which usually is best indicator where should I begin to read, underline important definitions…”. This is a good takeaway tip for me as I usually just go with the flow of things. I would see how its more wiser to understand exactly why the professor chose the article we are reading.