Of all challenges faced by college and twelfth grade students, few inspire as much angst.
Of all challenges faced by college and twelfth grade students, few inspire as much angst. Blogs vs. Term Papers The format — meant to force students to make a point, explain it, defend it, repeat it (whether in 20 pages or 5 paragraphs) — feels to a lot of like a workout in rigidity and boredom, like practicing piano scales in a minor key. Her provocative positions have lent kindling to an intensifying debate about how best to teach writing in the era that is digital. “This mechanistic writing is an actual disincentive to creative but untrained writers,” says Professor Davidson, who rails against the form in her new book, “Now The thing is that It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and…