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==**March 8, 2011 : Education **==

**By: Sherman Alexie **
==In this inspiring article, Alexie describes his educational experience by telling us about his childhood, and also how he believes that just like him, others should work to help people through the field of education.== Commentary: It was very intresting to me how Alexie was able to bring his message to us with specific details, and with relation to himself. It always amazes me how people seem to migrate to jobs that may have helped them when they were young.

Alexie Jr., Sherman. Superman and Me. The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric. Denise B.Wydra, Boston, Bedford/St.Martin's, 2009, 110-12. Print.

By: Frances Willard
==In this familiar article, Frances Willard explains his theorys on the experience of learning to ride a bike, how this simple act of stabalizing a two wheeled transport shapes many young lives, and the coorelation to all other skills we learn throughout our lives.==

Willard, Frances E. "How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle." Language of Composition. (2008): 459-460. Print.

By: Ellen Goodman In this irritated article Ellen Goodman declares that technology cannot replace old fashioned communication and supports her argument with allusions and expert testimony.
Commentary: I agree that letters are much more personal and should always be used for special occasions such as weddings or deaths. However, I think her essay ignored how technology has improved communication. For example, it used to take months for people on separate sides of the world to communicate, but can now instantly. Therefore, I do not think that technology is as destructive as she seems to think.

Goodman, Ellen. //In Praise of a Snail's Pace.// The Language of Composition. Denise B. Wydra, Boston, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009, 221-223.

**﻿March 23, 2011: Gender** **Women's Brains**
==**By: Stephen Gould** **In this informative essay Stephen Jay Gould asserts that there are talented women despite all the one-sided scientific research done comparing men and women brains, and therefore, women are not necessarily inferior to men.** Commentary: I agree with this essay because you infer from scientific research, and the conclusion may not be always true. Therefore, women are not necessarily inferior to men. Also, there are many talented and successful women around the world.==

Gould, Stephen J. "Women's Brains." The Language of Composition. 2008. 349-55. Print.

By: Rachel Carson
===In this analitical excerpt of the book //Silent Spring// Rachel Carson explains her view of using chemicals in the environment and how she feels about other chemicals that people use to kill enemies: she does this by giving examples on how the chemicals arent doing anything to help, but reather hurting the environment with useless poisoning.===

Commentary:This excerpt is a very powerful thing to read. it really makes you think about what people use on their crops and on the insects that always seem to come back.

Carson, Rachel. "Silent Spring." //The Language of Composition//. 'Comp' 2008. Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin Aufses. Boston: Beford/St. Martin's, 2008. Print.

By: Loren Eiseley
===In this except of //The Bird and the Machine// Loren Eiseley ponders on the idea of robots, the experiences he has had while exploring the world, and the birds that made him think about how he lives: That robots will be smarter than humans; that there is still marvels out in the world; and that a simple thing like a bird can be so beautiful.===

Commentary: This essay is very long and boring but it gives a good account of events in the authors life that would be obscured if he didnt tell them. It also builds his credibility when he ties what he is thinking into his own life.

Eiseley, Loren. "The Bird and the Machine." //The Language of Composition//. 'Comp'. Renee H. Shea, Lawrence Scanlon, and Robin Dissin Aufses. Boston: Beford/St. Martin, 2008. Print.