Author: Selina Myrtil

From what I’ve seen so far the “ingredients” of the education narrative genre is experiences/events that happened in a persons  life and how they benefited from it. I think a good place to get started with your own education narrative is to write down a list of things that has happened to you doesn’t have to be bad unless you want that or that’s how life has been for you. After you get your list you can narrow it down to the main 3 things that you see has had the more impact for you then narrow those 3 things into 1. Some concerns and question about writing my own education narrative  I have is about how do I start the narrative off ? Do I start it off by questioning the event I’m talking about ? Do I say have you ever experienced what I’ve been through etc.? Or do I say what do a person in my situation do about it etc? If I was to start off writing my own educational experience I would give some background information on my life and school life as well. But as well I don’t think I have any educational experiences. Do you consider being embarrassed because my parents were immigrants and they had strong accents that I never really liked them going to my parent teacher conferences? I’m still confused on what you consider educational experiences. I did read the 2 articles where one person felt like they didn’t belong because they were an immigrant and the other where the person didn’t belong because  of the time period segregation was still going on. That’s the only question I really had.

When Bunn says we as the readers are authors I think as if he’s basing on the fact that what we would write in school so that makes us writers as well since we’ve had a lot of practice. I tend to write letters , birthday cards and essays. I think the way we already use words on a day to day basis in our everyday lives can help in our college reading and writing career by helping our writing become more personal with our readers and better connections. Based on the article by Bunns he stated that the ways we read a book in this case is like having a regular conversation .And also if the way you write a book is basically a conversation just written or typed it shouldn’t be too hard to even write a book or essay just make sure it follows a specific format and make sure what is said the reader can gain something from it. I noticed in Bunns article as he mentions other professors that they all say that it’s okay to have a similar concept because authors do tend have similar ideas but write about it differently . Furthermore when Bunn mentioned  that knowing ahead of time an assignment can make you a better write I personally understood that. I think that part mentioned above can also refer back to taking a test usually the teacher advises the students to read the question then read the article so you can get not only a gist but a better understanding of what you’re reading as well. Additionally another thing that Bunn mentions is that 2 questions to keep in mind when reading is what is the authors purpose for this piece of writing ?  And who is the intended audience? But I do keep that in mind because everything does have a purpose.