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Post by Professor Garfinkel on Sept 24, 2015 1:53:21 GMT
Please respond to the following question in approximately 100 words (half a typewritten page):
Pick your favorite reading so far from Conscious Reader. What features of that reading most attracted you, for example, the history or the geography, the encounters with people or the personal reactions of the writer?
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Post by jonnyraskin on Sept 24, 2015 3:56:19 GMT
My favorite reading thus far in the year from the Conscious Reader was, "Does IM Make U Dum?" by Martha Brockenbrough. This reading was most related to the time we are currently in and it relates to me due to my generation of upbringing. It was very interesting to read a persons view on abbreviations and how it has become the common culture. It was also very interesting to read the different criteria and circumstances in which using these abbreviations would be appropriate. The reading stated that using abbreviations is not always the right path to take, i enjoyed this because I fully agree with it in that, the couple seconds one saves by using abbreviations, its not worth looking like a dumb person. It makes individuals look less bright if they use these abbreviations in the wrong settings.
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Post by aflores on Sept 25, 2015 23:49:58 GMT
"Does IM Make U Dum?" by Martha Brockenbrough was my favorite read from Conscious Reader because I connected with that the most out of the readings. Being alive at a time where internet is used almost everyday, it’s easy to use internet jargon in everyday life because it’s faster and people seem to get their points across. However, Brockenbrough made a great point in when she said that Internet abbreviations are useful, but they have to be used with the right people. You can’t just send your professor an email that sounds like a text you would send to a friend. The convenience of using the shorthand of words is not worth you looking like an idiot in front of someone you’d want to impress. The IM language, as Brockenbrough pointed out, is best used in casual conversation on the internet or text and not in a professional setting.
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Post by hallierosee on Oct 1, 2015 22:14:34 GMT
My favorite reading so far in the year from the Conscious Reader is, "Does IM Make U Dum?" by Martha Brockenbrough. The reason I was so drawn to this reading is because it does connect so directly to my generation and how we are growing up. I enjoyed reading from her perspective about how abbreviations are not always the best to use when it depicts your level of intellectualism. It makes individuals look not as smart if they use these abbreviations in the wrong instances. As helpful as abbreviations are when you are texting friends, they are not appropriate to use when you are sending an email to your boss or professor. Abbreviations are convenient to get your point across in a text but it is not something you should use when talking to someone you want to make a lasting impression on. The IM language, as Brockenbrough stated, should be used in conversations with friends and not in professional settings.
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Post by laurengatun7 on Oct 4, 2015 15:27:17 GMT
My favorite reading from The Conscious Reader was, The teaching of Literature, by Flannery O' Connor. My dad is a High School English teacher and oftentimes he comes home distressed because none of his students read anymore. It also distresses me because most of the conversations I ever want to have with people are about books and it makes it really hard, when people don't know what I am talking about because they don't read. I think O' Connor had a lot of powerful quotes, such as, "The fact is people don't know what they are expected to do with a novel, believing, as so many do, that art must be utilitarian, that it must do something, rather than be something. reading is one of my favorite hobbies and novels are always something to me. I have thought about it a lot, and I believe I would have a lot of fun being an English teacher like my father. I would have people write and read and do things that make me happy and so it is good to read what is the best way to teach novels to people who don't want to read and to know how to get people to love the art of reading as much as I do.
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Post by zgorokhovsky on Oct 12, 2015 2:23:25 GMT
My favorite reading so far in the Conscious Reader is "The The Impotence of Proofreading" by by Taylor Mali. I like this piece of work the most because I can relate to it. I understand what the author is saying and where he is coming from. I know realize the importance of proofreading from a professional point of view. Although the reading in the book was very hard to understand, the audio tape was much easier and had a humored stand. I think that Taylor Mali gathered all of this information from young adults who use social media and other socially active platforms to convey their messages. This method of communicating is best suitable for casual conversations with a close friend. But, this may also be very harmful to potential professional interactions with a professor or business employer.
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Post by avielgaft on Oct 12, 2015 16:22:12 GMT
"Does IM Make U Dum?" by Martha Brockenbrough was my favorite reading in the Conscious Reader by far. This reading was a taste of our current generation. We live in world that is mainly being operated by technology. We often prefer to use abbreviations and save time while doing so. This passage provided its readers with another perspective of how to approach and treat abbreviations. It tries to educate and inform about the right place and the right time for using those abbreviations. The Writer doesn't provide an answer for her own question, rather provides more points of view and help the readers to answer the imposed question. This passage made me realize that abbreviations don't make you stupid, but rather a creative writer. Although, we can only use abbreviations in particular settings.
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