Blog Post #3

So far I am really enjoying the class. It has completely altered my views on composition. I better understand rhetoric and its importance to composition. I think that Rhetoric is an important subject for students to learn. If I had been taught this new thought process of rhetoric earlier on in my high school days I think I would have understood my composition courses better. My whole thought process on things is expanded. I now notice minute items and begin to figure out in my head how they are persuasive to me. I then begin to contemplate how they influence me through logos, ethos and pathos. This can be troublesome at times because I end up missing a whole lecture because I am busy contemplating on how the chalk on the chalk board is trying to persuade me. However, it definitely puts into perspective a great way to get my future students introduced to composition. I definitely agree that rhetoric can completely change the composition classroom. For some reason this whole idea of rhetoric gets me excited about composition. Maybe that is because I feel like I understand its importance to humanity better?
I definitely believe that what I have learned in these first few classes should be taught to students early on in their education careers. I think that it will help students, as it has me, get their minds open and be able to express more in their writing. Of course I still have some skepticism because some students might not understand this idea of rhetoric at all and therefore it could completely turn them away from composition and result in horrible grades and writing skills, but I guess that is the same with all new teaching ideas. There is always someone who won’t understand it or who opposes it. However, all in all I think I am getting to understand this whole idea and actually find it interesting.