Inventing the University

I think that what Bartholomae means by using the phrase "invent the university" is a term that a lot of people can find themselves doing at college or in their life. I think it means that even though you may not be particularly apart of a certain discourse or know what something means is that you need to "invent" ways to get yourself through that particular task, such as writing a simple paper for english when you may be a math major. You may not always know what every assignment means, but you make it through it by breaking it into steps that allow you to learn as you go along to complete the task.

Bartholomae Reading

When Bartholomae says to "invent the university" he means that the student needs to move into the world of the university step by step using different ways of thinking, arguing and establishing authority. The student needs to take on the role of the authority that they are going to be. He means that the student has to apply what they are learing and have learned and be able to use it in their working and everyday lives when they are done with college. the student is inventing their future with using all the different and complicated ways of thinking and aruging in a college setting. The student must take ideas and push theselves to think as an expert is thinking, the student is inventing their future and what their lives will later be like.

fridays response

David Bartholomae's quote "invent the university" means that you use what you learned at college in your real life. You are going to be in the real working world and when you are there in order to make a different you need to invent ideas and thoughts and then incorporate them into your everyday working life. Youre not learning something you are thinking of something or Inventing"something! This is a competative world.