Re: entrance essays YUCK
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 02 Jan 1998 09:59:33 -0700 (MST)
Sorry mattis, most writing must reach those who don't know a good cigar to
be writing in the first place--students get a lot of instruction and
encouragement to write in their k-12 educations and many have learned to
accept the writer's challenge long before an entrance essay forces them
to...frustration is integral to most writing processes so I suggest you
learn to accept and even use it! will
On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Mattis Fishman wrote:
> Will wrote:
> > yesterday's nytimes had a good article on the subject--as a writing
> > teacher I think it's a good thing that high school students begin to
> > experience writing that will affect their lives--such sniveling
> > complaining about the challenge of doing so makes me think such folks
> > don't deserve the challenge of an education! will
>
> I do not have the original post available, so perhaps I am wrong to take
> issue with your adjective, "sniveling". One need not be averse to the challenge
> of good writing to be frustrated by the task of writing an ingratiating
> essay, upon which one's future may twist, for a group of reviewers who
> may not even know a good cigar end when they see one.
>
> Mattis
>