I'm just not feeling the readings this week. Again, Spandel had to talk about stuff that I did care about in the beginning of the chapter like Mr. Graphite. The only thing that I thought that was interesting was when she said, "Students look to us for writing ideas not because we inspire them, but because it is easier to follow an assignment than to think on your own what you will write." That is definitely the truth, but it makes for boring papers. I mean really who wants to read the 75 versions of "what I did on summer vacation". I did like the section the end by Tom Newkirk about banning books and also banning student stories. I don't want to get on a tangent, but banning books is one of my biggest pet peeves.
I really enjoyed the essay Scott's Gift, but I have no need to talk about it further.
The reading about the I search paper was helpful, because I knew a little bit about it but not a lot. It seems that it would make for more exciting research and reading as well. I'm not really sure if the I search paper is going to help students before the "accepted" research paper that they're probably going to encounter at some point.
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