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I feel that the statement made by Stanley Fish was an accurate one because I have experienced a composition course that was extremely boring from her teaching style and method of teaching to the assignments she gave. She always gave the class boring topics to do reports on and dull topics to discuss. She never allowed us to use our imaginations or broaden our minds with new or exciting issues. Some of those boring topics included how to papers, compare and contrast, steps in a process, knowing how to recognize and write good sentences. We learned about sentence structure, sentence fragments, how do research paper and so forth. The topics that we were given, we had most of the information already provided for us, or we were told where to look to find the information we needed. That required very little imagination. We never got a chance to create our own topics and use our own ideas to see how well we were able to create as well as use the information that was taught to us. I feel that the information that was taught could have been learned in a dorm or coffee shop. I feel that it was not challenging in the least and did not stimulate my mind but instead put me to sleep. I think that it would be a good experience to take Stanley Fish’s class because I feel that it would be a challenge for me. His method of coming up with your own language would take a lot of creativity and effort. It would make me think of plenty of creative words, while stimulating and exercising my brain. It is also something I have never done, so I am sure it would be fun but still quite interesting. Although form and content are just as important, I feel the way it is taught will determine its worth.
July 9, 2009