More from the Professor

"Because attention is limited, to understand works more deeply we need to slow down and take note of aspects of the reading that we find significant. Then, using those notes and reviewing the work, we can come to a hypothesis about what that significance might be. "

Between the advice that this professor has offered even before the course has begun, the intro courses I've been taking on writing, and the book I've recently been reading, I've really learned a lot about slowing down and reading more closely and deeply, as I touched upon in a previous entry. I hope to continue putting this knowledge to use in my own reading and writing so that, if I am admitted, by the time I reach graduate school, I will be caught up to where I ought to be.