Summary of Charles Deemer Article

The article of English Composition as a Happening by Charles Deemer proposes reshaping of the English Composition course. There is a clear division between the teacher "wise-authority" and the class "recipient-of-knowledge" making effective communication impossible. Charles states a "university should not be a factory molding students." Education is an experience involving both student and teacher, in the same way the student needs to participate the teacher needs to engage the class. Education is not just a teacher lecturing a class, rather than a teacher challenging the students mind to form an opinion of their own. How much knowledge you acquire depends on the influence from your teacher and your own participation.