After comparing my summary of Derek Bok's essay "Protecting Freedom of Expression on the campus" with three other students in the class, Kathryn Rupp, Melanie Woldt, and Brenda Porter, I have noticed that, while many of the interpretations of Boks origninal essay are different, the main idea of the summaries are the same. This is essential in knowing that the essay was interpereted as the author had intended.
When comparing each students summaries paragraph by paragraph all of our major points, although worded differently, were consisted in context. Porters paragraph summary was slightly more detailed and in depth than the others but when reading through all of them separately the essay overall came across the same. I did notice, however, that Porter's summary was more consistent on the topic of freedom of speech and did not focus as much on racial issues. Kathryn Rupp's summary came off as more in support of how freedom of speech affects others rather than what is more lawful. I felt that Melanie Woldt's summary was a good mix of both and did the essay justice.
I found after reading my summary and comparing it to three others that there were key points that each one of us missed, but they all came to the same conclusion. If we had all worked together to combine our ideas into one summary it would have shown thorough details and had every main point highlighted. It is interesting to see how each person interperets the same essay in their own way. Everyone read the article and wrote summaries that varied in length, context, and wording, but no matter what the main idea of the summaries was consistent with Bok's original essay.
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