Inventing the University

For the first three semesters of my college career I was a biology major, when I transferred to the U I declared my major as art history. The difference in the discourse communities is pretty large. Biology requires a completely different use of vocabulary and thinking compared to the Art History work I have been exposed to. The thing I found most interesting in "Inventing the University" was how Bartholomae discussed how teachers need to be more "precise and helpful when they ask students to "think," "argue," "describe," or "define." I definitely have run into certain situations within both discourse communities where the teacher has not been specific enough on exactly what they require and what guidelines must be followed. Each discourse community requires a different style of writing so how each piece is written also depends on the audience within the discourse community.