My personal writing philosophy is one that most people who dislike English classes can all connect to. I believe that learning how to write at a high level is important to students and people who are looking to obtain high position jobs, but forcing all students to learn how to write at such a high level is a waste of time. Majority of people write papers all throughout their pre-college years and have mastered the basics of writing. However, most liberal arts colleges make their students continue their writing courses even though they have no interest in pursuing a career that involves such high levels of writing. All throughout high school I would write papers for my English classes, and while I got high marks on all my papers, I never enjoyed writing. The topics were always so forced and I would always write in a way that my teachers would find appealing, so in a way it was not what I wanted to write. Writing, to me, is similar to forcing a person to make an impossible choice. Either write the way your teacher or professor wants you to, or suffer the consequence of a failing grade. English classes give a false illusion of choice, and I believe that is where my disdain for writing stems from.
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Ivan WarnerI am a first year at Emory University in a English 101 writing course. Archives
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