Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Clever
I've just finished reading the North introduction and have just started on "The Winds of Change" article and had a thought that I had to get out on "paper" before continuing. We are learning the paradigms and modes of inquiry not just to familiarise ourselves with what has already been said, but also because we are "preparing for membership in the intellectual community" as well. Very clever.
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Watched the "fight Club" clip - I guess I'm not "clever" enough to figure out the connection between the clip and the reading - sorry! But I did enjoy it - particularly the line "How's that working out for you? What? Being Clever. Great. Keep it up then." Perhaps when we're trying to label the secret ingredient successful writers have mastered it's just that, being clever. For some, it works out great. For others...I can sense in some students' writing - especially the seniors I teach who seem so desperate to prove how witty and smart they are - a sense they are trying too hard. As E.B. White said, "writing is an act of faith. Not a trick of grammar."
ReplyDeleteAnnette, thank you for the comment! Sorry for not noticing till just now. Glad you enjoyed the clip. Fight Club is one of my all time favorite films. The purpose of the clip was to simply point out the situational irony in reading about students "preparing for membership in the intellectual community" whilst we are sitting in a class doing precisely that. I found that to be rather clever (on Julie's part - to assign this reading).
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