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Marcus DeLaPena
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Student Responsibility: The key to being successful at the college level Student Responsibility plays a key role in becoming a successful writer at the college level. Patty Strong, Lennie Irvin, and Donald Murray all talk in their articles about how students can succeed in college and what they will need to know and expect when writing at the college level. All three Authors explained their message in different ways but all three message’s imply that student responsibility is key for college writers. Although the authors took different approaches for their article, All three Authors can agree that Student Responsibility is a big part in making sure that a college student does well. Donald Murray, a college professor at the University of New Hampshire, discusses in his article, “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts,” that he believes that student responsibility is the biggest part in being a successful writer at the college level. Murray believes that it is the student’s responsibility to make sure they manage their time accordingly and put enough time and effort into their work so that it is of quality. Murray also discusses one of the main problems Transitioning students face is not only being able to read their own work critically, but to read their work constructively. “Writers must learn to be their own best enemy.” Murray wants the writers to be responsible for receiving criticism and praise and being able to use that feedback in a constructive way. Although Murray talks a lot about being your own critic and revising your work with more care, all these points fall under the subject of student responsibility and how Murray wants the writers to look at their work more critically. Patty Strong echoes Murray’s beliefs in her article, “How Do I Write A Text For College? Making The Transition From High School Writing,” by discussing how she believes students must be responsible for viewing

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