Inventing The University

1) What does Bartholomae mean when he says that students must “invent the university” when they write in college?
He means that they should write as the university would. They should write like a college student would.

2)What does Bartholomae suggest is a way for students to become “insiders” within academic discourse?
By talking to people who are involved in whatever the subject is.

3)Summarize some of the differences between the two examples of student writing that Bartholomae examines, and Bartholomae’s opinion of these examples.
Test taking, or summaries. He thinks that the first essay flows nicely. He says that the girl is to conscious of herself in her writing.