Summary of Inventing the University

Ja’Najah White

Professor Maxey

English 1001

1/25/2020

Being a teacher can be a little challenging because it’s not just about your tone of voice or how you present yourself. Teachers should be able to teach students at all levels; it doesn’t matter what subject you are introducing. In order to do that professors have to understand the meaning of teaching professionalism. David Bartholomae journal “Inventing the University” focuses on how the teachers should better themselves as an instructor so their students can better themselves as a writer. A teacher is the one who has all the power; they’re the ones who control what happens inside the classroom. Which means they shouldn’t pretend to be ones sitting on the opposite side of the room being the apprentice. Teachers have the ability to gain research and figure out what is another reason for students to come from basic writers to excellent writers. A writer should write as if they are the readers trying to comprehend the writers’ story. A writer must connect with the reader’s expectations. The goal for teachers is to help students comprehend the main points of writing a paper. Every student falls into a different category of writing. Students are placed in different classroom levels based on their writing skills. Teachers scrutinize students writing so they should be more precise and helpful with the feedback for the student’s papers. Teachers should step out of their comfort zone by finding a way to help basic writers to improve.