I think that the most significant thing about the David Foster Wallace's piece is when he talks about actually taking in the information verses just sucking the information in to only spit it out later. This is very similar to what Pablo Freire was saying about understanding and applying what you learn to your life, as oppose to just taking it lightly.
Even though there are many different subjects a student may take in a semester, the student must realize that it is important to synthesize all of the information; but how one takes in the information varies between person to person. This fasinates me because I think that as long as the subject is meaningful to the individual--and it doesn't matter if the person "receive" what he or she should from the situation-- but yet the individual at least understands why the information is taught or given.
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