I think it’s really uneven & depends on a lot of factors. It’s my first year teaching rhet comp and it’s striking how many kids describe their HS experience (writing especially) as mindless test prep, rigid rule following, & generally useless. Lots of learning/unlearning happening.

Same and I’m sorry it was so quick! I was scrambling to not be late to my first session. Hope you enjoyed the conference and that CEL is going well.

So many thoughts on why this might be the case. I think you’d find Robert Scholes duology on “the rise & fall of English” useful for examining this shift, though you might disagree with his conclusions.

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#HackYourStack is going strong!!

Will miss you in Denver, but looking forward to being on your home turf next year!

The cruel irony is having kids forced me to be more discerning with how I use my “free time.” It’s like I developed time management as soon as I had no more personal time to manage. 😅

I think about this all the time. It’s impossible for me to wrap my brain around.