I think this paper was totally relevant to what we are doing in composition class, and more specifically what I am doing right now! It’s crazy. But really I think this article was related to our bloging and who we are graded on our blogs. With all honesty, this reading was pretty boring, I’m glad it was a short one because this one was hard to stay focused on. I see the point of it though so it’s ok; I understand that not all the readings can be as emotional and interesting as the other ones, so it’s cool. What the reading says about grading conversations is totally logical, you want it students to communicate somewhat casually about academics, and you definitely don’t want them to just socialize because I know from experience as a student that once the socializing starts it’s hard to stop. And I get what they are saying about being aware of the audience, I am supposed to be talking to my peers but I suppose I should always be aware that my teacher could be reading. This is why I riddle my papers with subliminal messages so that my teachers will subconsciously give me good grades. The writer also made a point about diction and who words in an academic conversation should be different from a casual conversation. As they should, words in an academic conversation should be of slightly higher quality than an average conversation. Also, it’s obvious that communication is on a whole different level then it has ever been before due to technology I can text, email, instant message, comment, or call someone whenever I want to and that opens up all sorts of opportunities.