Readings: Order counts!

Wow, do I wish I would have done our readings in the order they were on the Syllabus! "A Brief History of Rhetoric and Composition" in the Bedford Bibliography gave such a great and comprehensive overview, including Kinneavy's importance and motivation. I know this would have not made me like his paper any better, I really do not like when writers miss their own stated aims (especially in a paper about aims), however it certainly brought a much brighter light to the historical aspects that he was trying to emphasize. The changes of rhetoric and composition over time, seem to follow many of the same "evolutionary" changes in other areas of pedagogy. What will be interesting to follow will be the how dynamic changes in rhetoric and composition will be with the huge technological boom that has just occurred. It seems that these areas will receive the greatest impact due to the availability of email, texting and related "writing" technologies. People of all ages are spending more and more time writing and reading. Even though they are not composing compositions, there is sure to be an impact, whether positive or negative on composition.