Invent the University

I feel invent the university means to recreate the university to fit to yourself. My invention of the University is going to be different from everyone elses invention of the University. It is a composition of experiences that help to form your idea's of success and the means you use to get you there. He uses the word invent because in a sense you are the creater of the experieces you encounter.

Firday post

When the article dicusses "inventing the university," I think the author means that one has to be creative and invent different ways of functioning in the new discourse community. When one first enters the university setting he or she does not know all the proper ways of interacting. A person must "invent" ways of being a part of the community until he or she learns how to do so.

Invent the University

I think "invent the university" means that you need to learn the system of the university. You need to be able to figure out how to use the academic setting and apply it to your future career and goals. By "inventing the university," you learn to take advantage of the help of teachers, alumnai, fellow students, etc. and notice other opportunities to advance and network within your career field.

Bartholomae Response

The Bartholomae essay for class is an essay that talks about "inventing the university". What this means I believe is that university students upon entering a type of "discourse community", they manage to make their way through this community by picking up what they learn and going along using observations and thus the student sort of "creates" their environment or language in a particular situation. This seems to be common with students that are unfamiliar to a new area of study and its discourse community.