Journal Entry #3

1. When Bartholomae says that students should "invent the University" he means that the student should properly research what he/she will write about and become an expert in the particular subject.

2. To become "insiders" within the academic discourse Bartholomae suggests that students can locate themselves, aggresively and self-consciously in a particular subject. This way the student can become original and act as "colleagues in the academic enterprise"

3. In some of the examples that Bartholomae critics in the creative writing excerpts, he concludes that the first is obvious in the fact the writer stated his idea as original and unique, and the writer failed to maintain his sense of self throughout the composition properly. In the second excerpt, which is the better of the two according to Bartholomae, this author uses her own experiences with creativity throughout the entire composition from beginning to end, unlike the first author, and connected her final thoughts on creativity with the previous experience from before.