Myself As A Writer: A Self Analysis

I have always enjoyed words; spelling them, reading them, speaking them, hearing them and even writing them. I also enjoy stories, both telling and listening to them. The story of Marissa, the writer is one that hardly gets told. In fact, it is a story that is usually disregarded and neglected all together. The primary reason for disregarding the story of Marissa the writer is because, at a foundational level, I do not consider myself to be a writer. I do not view my academic work as ‘writing’. Therefore, I have not intentionally entertained thoughts of who I am or could be or have been, as a writer. Essentially, this because I do not view my writing outside the context of learning. Learning is nothing other than a natural process. I do not think critically about whatever philosophical meanings there are of learning or education. I’ve never …show more content…
I’ve always felt as if this how learning and writing is ‘supposed’ to be. Therefore, rather than making a big production out of writing I just do research and follow the given guidelines and simply just write. I am not just ‘the student’ but I am the one who has “invented the university” so many times that I am familiar with both my strengths and weaknesses as a writer (Bartholomae, 403).
Why does it matter ‘what it means to be a student?’ This is the focus of David Bartholomae’s essay “Inventing the University.” Through his analysis he essentially describes what exactly it means to be a student of higher education. In the act of being a student, one places themselves in a position that requires them to demonstrate the ability to acclimate themselves with specialized and “peculiar ways of knowing, selecting, evaluating, reporting, concluding and arguing that define the discourse” of academia