Discuss traditional approaches to the teaching of college writing. Choose one of the “bad ideas” discussed in one of the readings (specify which essay and which idea). Do you agree with the author or refute the author’s argument, using an example from your academic experience to support your position?
References (PDF free online): In Bad Ideas about Writing (BIaW) “First-Year Composition Prepares Students for
Academic Writing” p 18, Tyler Branson and
“First-Year Composition Should be Skipped” p 24, Paul G. Cook and
“Writers Must Develop a Strong, Original Voice” p 126, Patrick Thomas
“Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing” p 131, Rodrigo Joseph Rodríguez and
“Response: Never Use ‘I'” p 134, Kimberly N. Parke
