Reading 25 Reflections

Thinking back when the class first began I took this class to refresh my memory on skills of reading.  I read a great deal, but to read and write about what I read was difficult.  I really couldn't articulate about it except "it was a good book" and I repeated the things that happened in the story.  Fast forward to present I think this class has really taught be a lot and has prepared to move forward to English 101.  It has taught me how to take a book, article or chapter apart.  The "talk to the text" exercise has really enhanced my skills to really step back and ask myself what was the author trying to tell me, what was the author talking about?  Reading is not only about reading it is about the comprehension of what your reading to articulate it back to other people to let them know what your talking about.  This class has showed me how to do that.  It showed me to take a step back to slow down and understand what your reading.  I believe this is a class that everyone entering college should take even if it is just a refresher course to remind you what college English is all about.  I am really glad I chose to take this class.

Argument "Aha" Moment

School curriculum is removing curside writing from schools.  Cursive handwriting is being removed from schools.  The district feels that the keyboard and cursors have taken away the writing in classrooms.  Common Core State Standards for english is removing menmanship as not being mandatory in schools.  

I disagree with that fact because you will always have to go back to basics in any field when technology fails us.  Its like building a home.  If the foundation is not there the structure will not stand or a relationship will not last without the foundation being solid.  Our foundation is the basic of cursive writing.  When you take away the cursive you are taking the "personal away" from human interaction.  There is very little human interaction because of the technology these days such as texting, blogging, email, and social websites.  Our general is forgetting how to interact with one another.  We can't write a simple note to pass back and forth because we don't know how to write cursive.  A couple can not write a simple love note to put in a partners lunch to remind them that they are important.  A person will not have the ability to take their driver license and sign their name on the application because they will not know how to write their signature.  In a daily log of the events of the day how will you write that note without taking all day writing because you don't know how to write cursive.  What happens when your doing a report and your computer system crashes.  You won't be able to write a quick note and put it in your professors box.  What happens with the simple thing of your phone or computer running out of charge and you have no way to charge it, but you can't write cursive for a quick little note.  Also what about the educationally challenged students who don't know how to use computer systems.  How will they communicate effectively if their not taught cursive writing.  Our society will become robots with only the use of technology.  It is also not fair that grammer school students are punished or penalized for writing cursive.  We always to to have the basics to fall back on.  Technology is moving so rapid and surpassed a whole lot of expections that one day it is bound to crash.  In the event of an emergency and technology is completely shut down.  How will we communicate if not in writing.  This is my "Aha" moment.  Lets keep a solid foundation.