Allen, Sarah. Beyond Argument: Essaying as a Practice of (Ex)Change. Fort Collins, CO: WAC Clearinghouse, 2015. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. Allen asks a key question: can the personal essay help students better connect with writing in the classroom on an emotional level? Clearly, the argumentative approach is not working as well. Why? Because students know…
Sarah Allen writes that “the academy has become obsessed with argument…other forms of writing have been demoted to ‘preparatory’ work – their unique strengths diminished in the face of the rigors of argument” (3). She feels that students have been inculcated into a culture of argument that has some pretty twisted effects, though it’s unclear…
While posting to Tumblr last night, I noticed that the articles I was posting were really, really drawing me in. But I wasn’t researching writing – I was researching and writing about public perceptions of autism, and hacking of government personnel files, and the story of a young boy with Sanfilippo Syndrome, and police brutality…
