Author: Maya Lee
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A Box of Glasses
Education is like a box of glasses. Students try them on and discover lenses that work for them and lenses that don’t. One pair could change your life.
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“Alone Again, Naturally”
Who am I doing this for? To impress my mom? To please my dad? Everyone is going to die- education should be an effort to endear you to yourself.
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Education vs. The Self, or Education of The Self?
Education often attempts to strip intellect from expression, resulting in education feeling more like imprisonment than liberation
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Transferable Skills vs. Student Interest
In increasing rigidity, Beaufort may be more effective at teaching transferable writing skills, but may also lose the interest of her students.
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Modernizing Composition
Encouraging future success by pursuing applicable knowledge, and stressing that composition courses are an entryway to writing, not a certification.
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The Internal Axiological War
The internal axiological war boils down to the question if you believe writing is for the writer, or for the reader. Perhaps both?
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What came first, the learning outcomes or the course design?
When I felt unconfident in creating a composition course, reading about desired learning outcomes boosted my confidence and helped revise my work.
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The Systematic Seperation of Me From Me
Education can no longer be perceived as a student processing facility. Both hooks and Sommers reflect a sense of writing and education as self-discovery.
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Your Mind as a Garden
Through reading from a variety of gardens, you can diversify the content of your soil and grow increasingly beautiful and more interesting crops.