37 thoughts on “Reading Response 2: Carr and Harris (Due 9/1)”

For Friday's lessons, read Joseph Harris's "Words to Come" and Nicholas Carl's "Does not Google Make Us Make Us".

"When you need to reach a specific sentence and agreement in your writing next time, please try to approach this mission in this way.

First of all, you talk about the author's project in your own words. Please do not look at the text at this time Instead work from your memory and understand what the author is trying to do. Leave this summary in paragraph

Use abstracts and lists to write accounts that use interpreted and directly referenced text

The focus here is not only to rehearse what the authors wrote, but also to create a text account that expresses your understanding of the project. "

Please try to "reach agreement" with Carl's article with a reply of about 300 words. Begin with resuming his project from the paragraph and start writing your account. Please come to the class to discuss these two texts

Guardian John Harris said about Nicholas Curl's book "Shawl", "We review human inventions such as maps, watches, typewriters and how they influence our basic thinking "I wrote. The latter article has been modified by Friedrich Nitzchee and TS Eliot, as well as he believes that the "stimulation" and "crazy quilt" information on the Internet caused "rough reading", a thought distracted in a hurry , And superficial learning - as opposed to the era of the book encouraged intelligent humans to contemplate and become imaginative. "

Economist, journalist and diplomat A.H.Z. Carl wrote this book in 1952. Carl was the economic advisor to Franklin Roosevelt and President Harry Truman's government and spent a lot of time on the economic and diplomatic missions in Europe and the Far East. He has gained a lot of experience and observed that most people 's misfortune comes from impulsive, shortsighted or unethical behavior. · Show colleagues, strangers, or occasional acquaintances "unexpected friendship". Amidst the history of religion and myths, frank hospitality and friendly performance often turns into a turning point and rewards angel, gods, or those who will help while not being aware of being loyal.

When I was young I was able to read the Harry Potter series from start to finish. Well, as Carl insists, "The deep reading that often appeared in the past became a struggle." My information volume seems to have affected my attention. You can not concentrate on articles for more than a few minutes unless you check your mobile phone or open a new Chrome tab and display it in the click hole of the link. I must consciously force myself to read articles of over 500 words. I scroll to the end of the article, decide how much readings remain, and in the end it is custom to decide whether to finish the article, to view the article or to continue reading. On average, you rarely will be able to connect because the reader rarely completes the entire article. In the investigation by Nielsen Norman Group, we found the following.