by Will Shine Success in higher education and life itself, as many of us came to believe, was contingent upon ‘good writing’—that is writing well (never good). When I was a freshman in college, I was required to take a writing-composition class. Now this wasn’t some sort of unique prerequisite for bad writers; unless you’d taken…
by Amin Amouhadi Writing is a skill, and like any other, practice makes one better at it. This rather banal platitude, I will explain, should invoke a pregnant pause. What do we mean by ‘writing is a skill’? We are familiar with other skills, like swimming, driving, etc. What is common to them all is…
by James Strawn I can vividly remember the day in June that I received an email inviting me to serve as a TA in the upcoming fall semester. Considering the impacts that COVID-19 was having on university budgets nationwide, I was more than ecstatic that I had at least procured funding for the next semester.…
by Vanessa Swenson Writing is writing. I’ve reminded myself of this often this semester as I’ve worked as a WIP TA for two dance classes. I have never taken a dance class—or ever danced, really. I was excited to be able to work with students again, but I asked myself, what could I offer 100…