Making school cool

Many times, themes and issues are echoed in a variety of different aspects. This can be especially seen in college courses. Many of the terms that are used in my current English 201 course are used in my other classes, both past and present. The
meanings may not be the same, but the fact remains the terms are seen in a variety of environments.
During the Fall 2006 semester, I took an introductory Journalism class. Many of the same concepts discussed in my current English course were touched upon in Journalism. Networks of many kinds were frequently mentioned. This was a very
broad term and employed many types of writing, such as print and web-based. We talked about the importance and prevalence of print and electronic media. We also read a bit of Marshall McLuhan, the famous English teacher known for inventing the phrase” the
medium is the message”, in this Journalism class.
My current History of Education professor was just recently talking about the different kinds of rhetoric that were used in
the 1800’s in order to convert people to Protestantism. He also introduced us to the Quaker culture. I also learned a great deal
about the culture of different Spanish-speaking countries while in third semester Spanish.
The topic of English curriculums has come up in many of my Education courses. We have studied the way people develop
language, how they process information, and how this relates to teaching different subjects.
The majority of my high school and college writing experiences have dealt with traditional, “academic” writing. When I
took English 171-Gender and Sexuality freshman year, we did close readings and analyzed typography as part of our paper
assignments.
My Geography class focuses a great deal on Earth’s atmosphere, which is similar to blogosphere. Each term illustrates a
“sphere”, or all-encompassing area. The atmosphere surrounds the entire earth, while the blogosphere includes the social
network community of blogs and bloggers.
As is apparent, many scholarly terms and concepts are versatile and “chameleon-like”. They are able to be used in
many different contexts, yet still remain connected.