Summary: “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?”
In “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?”, Kevin Davis argues students going to college may face the choice of changing into someone new, to join a discourse community, or select one more aligned with their beliefs and values.
Davis uses his experience with an unsuccessful attempt to join the English discourse community as a basis for his argument. Initially, Davis “felt like an outsider” (80) when starting his studies as an English major, a degree, he felt, would fit well with his “love of reading and writing” (80). Next, Davis states the reason he never became a member, of the English major community, was the all-in commitment to alter what he valued to join, and instead …show more content…
During this process, both students accepted the viewpoints, forms, and thinking of the social worker discourse community. Moreover, Davis’s research shows that both students began to see a new socially accepting standpoint a necessity for students who want to help members of economic and socially oppressed groups improve their situations. In fact, both students acknowledge trying to change the world around them, ultimately deciding to adapt to join the discourse community of social work, though it was harder for Stella because of her mindset. In the process of coming to college, the two students were agreeable to making a complete transition to write, solve problems, and adopt a social worker perspective, no matter how alien it was to their native communities, the students found themselves becoming someone …show more content…
Each is essential in understanding a text, the author’s argument, and the reader’s understanding and interpretation of the article. I effectively used both to analyze Davis’s “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?” which argues that when going to college, students face the choice of becoming someone new to fit into their chosen discourse community.
The definition of a summary in the Course pack is “putting the main idea(s) of another author’s work into your own words, including the main point(s).” (Heasley 18). In addition to a summary demonstrating an understanding of the main ideas, and arguments made by an author. The summary should introduce the text, offer a brief recount of the original author’s text, be significantly shorter, state the author’s claim(s), evidence, reasoning. It will not contain a personal opinion of the author’s claims, but can call attention to the claims you want to address in your response.
However, a response consists of your claims, and evidence, supporting your reason for agreeing or disagreeing with the author’s claims. The Course Pack defines a response as “assess the item you have been assigned to observe, but you add your reaction and impressions to the report.” (Heasley 20) When writing the response, you should be respectful and polite when responding to a text, even if you do not agree with the author’s
In “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?”, Kevin Davis argues students going to college may face the choice of changing into someone new, to join a discourse community, or select one more aligned with their beliefs and values.
Davis uses his experience with an unsuccessful attempt to join the English discourse community as a basis for his argument. Initially, Davis “felt like an outsider” (80) when starting his studies as an English major, a degree, he felt, would fit well with his “love of reading and writing” (80). Next, Davis states the reason he never became a member, of the English major community, was the all-in commitment to alter what he valued to join, and instead …show more content…
During this process, both students accepted the viewpoints, forms, and thinking of the social worker discourse community. Moreover, Davis’s research shows that both students began to see a new socially accepting standpoint a necessity for students who want to help members of economic and socially oppressed groups improve their situations. In fact, both students acknowledge trying to change the world around them, ultimately deciding to adapt to join the discourse community of social work, though it was harder for Stella because of her mindset. In the process of coming to college, the two students were agreeable to making a complete transition to write, solve problems, and adopt a social worker perspective, no matter how alien it was to their native communities, the students found themselves becoming someone …show more content…
Each is essential in understanding a text, the author’s argument, and the reader’s understanding and interpretation of the article. I effectively used both to analyze Davis’s “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?” which argues that when going to college, students face the choice of becoming someone new to fit into their chosen discourse community.
The definition of a summary in the Course pack is “putting the main idea(s) of another author’s work into your own words, including the main point(s).” (Heasley 18). In addition to a summary demonstrating an understanding of the main ideas, and arguments made by an author. The summary should introduce the text, offer a brief recount of the original author’s text, be significantly shorter, state the author’s claim(s), evidence, reasoning. It will not contain a personal opinion of the author’s claims, but can call attention to the claims you want to address in your response.
However, a response consists of your claims, and evidence, supporting your reason for agreeing or disagreeing with the author’s claims. The Course Pack defines a response as “assess the item you have been assigned to observe, but you add your reaction and impressions to the report.” (Heasley 20) When writing the response, you should be respectful and polite when responding to a text, even if you do not agree with the author’s