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I agree with Holland’s claim because it affects me and all the other college students and job seekers. I believe that more should be done in school so that I am prepared when I start looking for a job. I believe that schools should offer more creative writing classes. In the article “A Passionate Unapologetic Plea for Creative Writing in Schools” written by Rebecca Wallace-Seagall, she states “If young people are not learning to write while exploring personal narratives and short fiction, it is because we as educators need more training- or the specifics of the curriculum need development”. I think that if I had more writing classes I would be more prepared and do better in higher level English classes. In my own experiences I found that reading
In the 2013 NBC news article, “Johnny Can’t Write, and Why Employers Are Mad”, written by CNBC’s Kelley Holland, she introduces the substandard state of lack of responsibility taken for writing and communication problems in schools of all grade levels. Holland explains according to the “Association of American Colleges and Universities conducted by Hart Research Associates 80 percent said colleges should focus more on written and oral communications”. Holland points out that “Nobody takes responsibility for writing instruction”. Holland implies that this problem affects not only job seekers and college students, but school districts also. Holland notes that this problem starts early on she reports according to William Elliot “an adjunct professor
Why is professional writing declining in America’s workforce? In Sam Dillon’s “What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence”, Dillon blames this decline on the American education system. Dillon writes to administrators and educators in the “Higher Education” section of the New York Times to convince them to increase the teaching of professional writing in schools. Dillon displays to his audience the current business world that students going into the workforce are creating. This initiative is being created so students are prepared when they graduate and go into the workforce and millions of dollars aren’t spent trying to teach students things that they should already know. Dillon persuades educators and administrators to improve professional
...ad and Write" teaches us the importance of learning how to communicate effectively. If we do not know how to read and write, we can not ensure the expansion of knowledge that makes our civilization grow and prosper. All levels of the education system should teach the importance of reading and writing because they enable us to create new ideas that can change the world. If we do not teach it now, who would know about us in the future?
THE PAST :.. In days gone by, the four species managed to live in perfect harmony. Witches, werewolves and vampires lived in secret, blending in with the humans on a daily basis - and the humans remained completely in the dark about their existence. It was after thousands of years of living this way, whilst everything was completely normal, that a small group of vampires decided that they’d had enough. They spent months devising plans.
The previous week they had performed the spell successfully. After contacting Mordred, Merlin and Morgana had arranged to meet him and Aglain, the leader of the druid camp, in the woods near a small waterfall, halfway between Camelot and the grave of Gorlois. Morgana always went on her annual pilgrimage to her father's tomb at this time of the year, at the end of spring.
Many times, high school students are assigned to write essays based on inspirational figures or literature read in class, often requiring the same rhetoric following fastidious rules of English and sprinkling decorative wording across pages. Obeying the formats demanded by teachers is easy enough, but it is not creatively challenging. Author of "What Should Colleges Teach?", Stanley Fish, claims it is to learn the proper ways of composition alone that allows students to flourish; however, I question if it is possible to follow these principles too closely. Can it be so that the curriculum being taught in high schools fail to allow students to realize the potential creativity that can be involved when writing? Instead students are possibly turned
In Stephen King’s essay, “On Writing” he stresses the importance of reading as an invaluable tool to improve one’s writing. However, why does being a good writer matter to someone who is not a writer? In the New York Times article, “What Good Writing Indicates, and Doesn’t,” Brock Haussamen writes that “good writing—writing that is clear and interesting and free of most surface errors—is a reliable indicator of certain job-rated abilities.” Enhanced writing skills, developed by extensive reading, showcase job-related abilities, improve written and verbal communication skills and can lead to advancement in the workplace.
Dawn. Dawn broke slowly over the icy, frostbitten mountains that surrounded the city. The golden streaks waving goodbye to the sordid darkness of the shadows. The orange blazing ball raised it’s head just above the horizon. The city stood there like a cold, arctic slab of washed out grey iron.
The land was dead, and he was a specter as his bloody white form crept from the border. His solid hooves lightly kissed the ground with each careful step. He was thankful that his colors, obnoxiously flashy as they were, did not absorb much heat as it was a hot summer day and the sun beat down relentlessly from its throne in the sky. Its rays filtered down through the foliage of Deephaven, warming his skin, and he avoided patches where the leaves did not provide sufficient shade. The stallion was in no hurry to speed this affair and expend his energy, as shown by his cautious gait.
Diego was a ordinary high school kid just trying to fit in with the crowd, he wasn’t athletic or strong mentally and physically but he was a very intelligent kid. He always had straight A’s and knew almost everything in every subject. Even though he was so smart, he didn’t think he was good or strong enough because a few days ago Diego and his brother Carl 14 years old, were mobbed while walking home from school and it’s an event that he won’t ever forget.
It was the first week of school. The smell and the warmth of April's wondrous springtime filled the people of Namimori with ease at this pleasant experience of the first few months of spring. Adults were getting ready for their jobs while children were preparing themselves for both, their first day of school and their possible reunion with Hibari-san's tonfa. Of course, if the students are late, that'll be unfortunate.
I am a the youngest of two Nigerian children. Growing up in Nigeria, the Nigerian education system placed more emphasis on Math and Science courses while placing less on English/Language Arts courses. Although this system may have been flawed, it suited people like myself who the mere thought of having to write an essay or read a book sent shivers down my spine. I believe there are two types of people in the world: those who have a passion for reading and writing, and those who try as much as possible to avoid it. I unfortunately fall into the latter category.
Jacob I am writing this letter to you in hopes that youll read it with an open mind. Let me start off by saying that I am writing this to you from a very genuine place in my heart. The first time fate brought you into my life I wasnt looking for you, and for once I had been so sure that I was getting into something that was so right, as sure as i was and am about my feelings for you it wasnt that simple. We're left now to pick up the pieces of what should have been or what could have been. As much as i want to be with you i cant force you to be with me.
As I saunter onto the school field, I survey the premises to behold people in coats, shielding themselves from winter's blues. The sun isn't out yet, but the place bursting with life and exuberance, with people gliding across the ice covered floor almost cat-like. The field is effervescent and despite the dire conditions, the field seems to have taken on a life of its own. The weather is bad and the ice seems to burn the skin if touched, yet the mood is still euphoric. The bare shrubs and plants about the place look like they've been whipped by Winter himself. The air is frosty and at every breath the sight of steam seems to be present. A cold, cruel northerly wind blows across the playground and creates unrest amongst some. Crack! The crisp sound of leaves is heard, as if of ice splitting and hissing. Squirrels are seen trying to find a point of safety, scurrying about the bare trees that lie around the playground. Mystery and enigma clouds the playing field, providing a sense of anticipation about the place. Who is going to be the person to spoil the moment? To kill the conversation?
Writing is an important part of everyone’s life, whether we use it in school, in the workplace, as a hobby or in personal communication. It is important to have this skill because it helps us as writers to express feelings and thoughts to other people in a reasonably permanent form. Formal writing forms like essays, research papers, and articles stimulates critically thinking. This helps the writer to learn how to interpret the world around him/her in a meaningful way. In college, professors motivate students to write in a formal, coherent manner, without losing their own voice in the process. Improving your writing skills is important, in every English class that’s the main teaching point; to help students improve their writing skills. Throughout my college experience I have acknowledge that