tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post2607838245607078375..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Thoreau as critical thinkerJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-88124088754369221232007-10-28T15:51:00.000-05:002007-10-28T15:51:00.000-05:00I beleive was assigned to read some Thoreau in hig...I beleive was assigned to read some Thoreau in high school, but perhaps I am confusing him with someone less memorable, since I'm so unsure. <BR/> I felt the same way as the student you mentoined after reading Thoreau in your class, but was just too reserved to share. I have no idea exactly what it meant to me, but it caused me to put Thoreau on a list of authors I highly respect and want to AshleyChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991550778159061174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-52405208054211053142007-10-28T11:36:00.000-05:002007-10-28T11:36:00.000-05:00Thanks for dropping by and commenting, all.Just a ...Thanks for dropping by and commenting, all.<BR/><BR/>Just a couple of general comments . . . <BR/><BR/>For me, Thoreau's value in a class whose focus is research and rhetoric is his clear-eyedness, his, to paraphrase him, steady observing of realities only. His isn't a prescription for how to live; it's more like a procedure for discovering that prescription for how to live. His procedure is John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-87307555636471261412007-10-27T12:33:00.000-05:002007-10-27T12:33:00.000-05:00When Thoreau is taught today, it is in literature ...When Thoreau is taught today, it is in literature classes, not writing or rhetoric classes, at least in my experience and the experiences of my friends from other universities.<BR/><BR/>AmyTina Boyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317033463103056116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-34552266961690222482007-10-26T07:41:00.000-05:002007-10-26T07:41:00.000-05:00That is a remarkable passage, John.That is a remarkable passage, John.Sheila Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030653752024764363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-47302057465019363372007-10-26T06:39:00.000-05:002007-10-26T06:39:00.000-05:00Actually, the method you describe is how I was tau...Actually, the method you describe is how I was taught comp at Mizzou. It wasn't until the EMBLOS was in grad school that the current "Rhet-comp" stuff started making a splash, if I remember correctly. Then, of course, came the "Expressiveist" school and then the social critical interpretive crap, and now nobody can write his/her paper bag.<BR/><BR/>Oy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-28607925800732059612007-10-26T06:27:00.000-05:002007-10-26T06:27:00.000-05:00Popularly, it is thought that Thoreau was a deep p...Popularly, it is thought that Thoreau was a deep philosopher in search of universal truth. While that gives us a rather romantic shelf on which to store his writings, it ironically misses the truth. HDT was a loner, quite introverted, uneasy with people, who was considered by others quite the odd fellow. He lived alone out by a pond and happened to keep a diary, a detailed and very valuable Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com