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Higher Learning: Reading and Writing About College

by: See, Patti; Taylor, Bruce

Higher Learning: Reading and Writing About College

by: See, Patti; Taylor, Bruce

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9780131141636
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0131141635
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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This anthology of imaginative literatureby student as well as professional writerscontains stories, poems, drama, essays, letters, and memoirs about all aspects of college life in order to motivate readers, especially first-year students, to read, discuss, write, and think critically about the problems and challenges of succeeding in college.Historical and cultural diversity offers readers a broader context in which to appreciate and understand the college experience. This 2 nd edition includes 13 new pieces. These selections provide good and bad examples, individual experiences, parables of the admirable, cautionary tales, and funny stories.An excellent reader for students, teachers, and lifelong learners.

Preface

About the Authors

xii

Credits and Permissions

xiii

CHAPTER ONE Where We're Coming From

(54)

LEAVING OTHER LIVES

From Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington

(5)

MEMOIR (1901) Prejudices in 1872 force the author to sleep outside during his journey to college, but when he finally reaches what he calls his "promised land," he must pass an unconventional test before he is admitted.

Incurring My Mother's Displeasure

Zitkala-Sa

(3)

MEMOIR (1900) Recounts the author's difficulty balancing her Native American childhood with learning the "white man's ways" at college and living with the pain of disobeying her mother by continuing her education.

From One Writer's Beginnings

Eudora Welty

(5)

MEMOIR (1983) Chronicles the author's earliest memories in a household that valued books.

Saved

Malcolm X

(4)

MEMOIR (1965) Malcolm X uses his time in jail to hone his reading and writing skills.

Miss Rinehart's Paddle

Jeri McCormick

(2)

POEM (1991) Depicts the loss of power for students who always follow the rules and those who can't help themselves.

50% Chance of Lightning

Cristina Salat

(9)

FICTION (1994) Best friends and high school seniors decide their futures much differently: Robin has the guts to "come out" in a column in her school news-paper, but she is unsure that she will find her life's plan in a college catalogue.

Somewhere in Minnesota

Peter Klein

(2)

POEM/STUDENT WRITTEN (1979) The "brilliant future" that awaits many high school graduates is especially bright as portrayed in their senior photos.

Jeff Richards

(5)

ESSAY (2000) First-person account of what it's like to live and thrive with a learning disability.

School's Out: One Young Man Puzzles Over His Future Without College

Laura Sessions Stepp

(19)

ARTICLE (2002) A high school graduate chooses the factory over the university.

8th Grade Final Exam

(12)

EXAM (1895) An original test on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, Kansas.

FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING

(2)

SELECTED FILMS

(5)

CHAPTER TWO School Daze

(56)

LIFE IN THE FIRST YEAR

A Day in the Life of...

Greg Adams

(2)

POEM/STUDENT WRITTEN (1994) Offers a sequence of concrete nouns and brand-name products to show one college student's life in which the only action is "rewind," a clue to get up and do it all again.

My First Week at Mizzou

Andrew Hicks

(5)

JOURNAL/STUDENT WRITTEN (1995) A blog of one student's first week at a mega-university.

From Diary of a Freshman

Charles Macomb Flandreau

(3)

FICTION (1901) Depicts the dialogue between an academic advisor and a failing student, who attempts to convey the impression of success in his courses.

Take This Fish and Look at It

Samuel H. Scudder

(4)

ESSAY (1874) A retrospective look at the interaction between Scudder as a young botany student and his professor, who teaches an important exercise in observation.

Hunters and Gatherers

Jennifer Hale

(3)

JOURNAL/STUDENT WRITTEN (1996) An excerpt from a course journal shows the connection between one student's social life and what she's learning in her history classes.

Theme for English B

Langston Hughes

(2)

POEM (1924) Shows the difficulty of one student who feels alienated from his teacher because of the color of his skin and the freedoms it allows him.

From Lummox: Evolution of a Man

Mike Magnuson

(6)

MEMOIR (2001) A weekend in jail helps this suspended student find his path as an intellectual.

The English Lesson

Nicholasa Mohr

(12)

FICTION (1977) William and Lali, two Puerto Ricans, enroll in Mrs. Hamma's Basic English night class against the initial reluctance of Lali's husband.

Outside In: The Life of a Commuter Student

Patti See

(6)

ESSAY (1998) Describes a less-than-traditional college experience in which the only friends the narrator makes during her first year are professors and custodians.

From I Walk in Beauty

Davina Ruth Begaye Two Bears

(5)

ESSAY/STUDENT WRITTEN (1997) Tells the story of how one student simultaneously received one of the worst and best grades a student can.

From The Freshman Year Thrill Ride

Missy Loney and Julie Feist

104

(8)

LIST/STUDENT WRITTEN (1997) Offers personal advice on how to maneuver through the freshman year thrill ride.

FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING

107

(2)

SELECTED FILMS

109

(2)

CHAPTER THREE Student Relations

111

(70)

FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOVERS

Raspberries

Jennifer Fandel

112

(2)

POEM/STUDENT WRITTEN (1993) Discusses the heaviness of new love, often too much for the vine and the heart.

Ten Commandments for a College Freshman

Joseph McCabe

114

(4)

LETTER (1963) Offers advice to first-year students in a personal letter from father to son.

First Love

R.A. Sasaki

118

(11)

FICTION (1991) Looks at what happens to young lovers when one goes away to college and one stays at home.

Carmen

Jennifer Sheridan

129

(5)

FICTION/STUDENT WRITTEN (1996) Best friends make their way through college by taking turns mothering each other among people who do not seem to care.

"Who Shall I Be?" The Allure of a Fresh Start

Jennifer Crichton

134

(5)

ESSAY (1984) Students sometimes expect to find a reinvention of self at college.

What It's Really Like

Frank Smoot

139

(2)

POEM/STUDENT WRITTEN (1995) A never-taken chance at love.

No More Kissing - AIDS Everywhere

Michael Blumenthal

141

(2)

POEM (1989) The link between love and death is portrayed through the metaphor of a kiss.

The Blue-Light System

Katie Roiphe

143

(7)

ESSAY/STUDENT WRITTEN (1993) A discussion of freedoms that allow a woman to say yes and/or no and the complications those choices create for both genders.

Dear Concerned Mother

Jill Wolfson

150

(6)

ARTICLE (2001) Writing students in juvenile hall offer great parenting advice to their teacher, whose son is giving her some trouble.

The Undeclared Major

Will Weaver

156

(147)

FICTION (1989) A farm kid struggles with telling his dad he's majoring in English.

The Good Student Apologizes to His Professor and to the Girl in Room

303

Ron Watson

162

(2)

POEM (1988) The need to impress a member of the opposite sex sometimes pulls students away from the classroom.

Homeward Bond

Daisy Nguyen

164

(4)

ESSAY/STUDENT WRITTEN (1998) Illustrates the differences between school and home, places to use one's mind and one's heart.

Everyday Use

Alice Walker

168

(14)

FICTION (1973) An older daughter returns to the country homestead with new ideas about family relics.

FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING

176

(2)

SELECTED FILMS

178

(3)

CHAPTER FOUR Teacher, Teacher

181

(50)

WILL THIS BE ON THTE TEST?

Did I Miss Anything?

Tom Wayman

182

(2)

POEM (1993) A creative response to the question most teachers loathe.

Grading Your Professors

Jacob Neusner

184

(7)

ESSAY (1984) Offers three "levels" for students to grade their own professors.

From Tales Out of School

Susan Richards Shreve

191

(8)

ESSAY (2000) Stories about school days from the author's perspective as student, teacher, and parent.

No Immediate Danger

Mary McLaughlin Slechta

199

(7)

FICTION (1997) An African-American woman applies for a fixed-term teaching position and carries with her to the interview more than she imagined.

Teachers: A Primer

Ron Wallace

206

(5)

POEM (1989) A series of sonnets depicts influential teachers in the narrator's life and how they helped form the future poet.

Open Admissions

Shirley Lauro

211

(11)

DRAMA (1983) One teacher's helplessness in dealing with a student who is underprepared and one student's demands to be taught, not simply passed with B's.

What Teachers Make

Taylor Mali

222

(10)

POEM (2002) It's about more than making money.

FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING

225

(2)

SELECTED FILMS

227

(4)

CHAPTER FIVE Been There, Done That

231

(50)

LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

Walt Whitman

232

(2)

POEM (1892) The difference between the way a poet and a scientist see the world, as well as a brief lesson about hands-on learning.

The Art of Regret

Jonathon Ritz

234

(8)

ESSAY (1999) Looking back on "what if" and its remorseful cousin "if only."

Raising My Hand

Antler

242

(3)

POEM (1990) The narrator scrutinizes his formal education for lessons that did not, and perhaps could not, prepare him for adult life.

The Eighty-Yard Run

Irwin Shaw

245

(11)

FICTION (1942) Centers on the post-college years of former Big Ten football player Christian Darling and his moment of grace in practice.

Reunion

Dawn Karima Pettigrew

256

(3)

POEM/STUDENT WRITTEN (1998) A rumination on the rift education has made between the narrator and her Native American background, especially in the company of her boyfriend and colleagues.

Scarlet Ribbons

Michael Perry

259

(4)

ESSAY (1999) Tells the story of how a registered nurse became a writer and why that was not so great a change as one might first expect.

Signed, Grateful

Kate Bo yes

263

(5)

ESSAY (1998) A returning adult student writes a thank-you letter to the professor who motivated her to overcome her fear of public speaking and eventually enroll in a doctoral program.

Passion

Monica Coleman

268

(5)

ESSAY (1997) A woman who thought she knew her life's plan discovers a new calling she can't refuse.

On the Radio

Richard Terrill

273

(2)

POEM (2003) The difference between what's learned in school and what's learned from experience in the world.

FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING

275

(2)

SELECTED FILMS

277

(4)

Appendix THINKING AND WRITING ABOUT FILM

281

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