Matt

  • Why Do So Many Students Not Like Writing?

    Every semester I begin my writing classes by asking students to write a one page introduction letter that discusses their feelings and experiences surrounding writing. From these I tend to find my classes to be made up of the following: Continue reading

  • Why a Writing Instruction Blog?

    I doubt if the memory will ever leave me.  It happened on a sunny Monday in late September during my first year of teaching.  On my desk sat a four inch stack of slightly crumpled computer paper–the first student essays… Continue reading