4/27/11 response

One section of a paragraph from Bawarshi's article really stood out to me. It came at the bottom of page 71 and states "We are constantly in the process of reproducing out contexts as we communicate within them, speaking and writing about our realities and ourselves to the extent that discourse and reality cannot be separated" I really thought the last part about discourse and reality not being separated was very important. Once you enter a certain discourse it becomes a part of who you are and may begin to have impacts on such things as your social life. Although you may not constantly be writing in this discourse you are still a part of it even when your "off the job". I also think todays World is such a fast paced one that the statement regarding our contexts constantly being reproduced needs to be understood in order to keep up with the changes that are constantly taking place. If you cant keep up with the constant changes that may be taking place within your discourse then you will inevitably fall behind and not be as successful as you could possibly be.