Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Writing instruction at lower levels, particularly in US high schools, is organized ...

Writing instruction at lower levels, particularly in US high schools, is organized around standardized assessment. Students are trained to turn out the world's worst literary form: the five-paragraph essay:

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The five-paragraph essay is so rigid that *any* attempt to enliven it is actually *punished* during the grading process. One cannot deviate from the structure, on penalty of academic censure.

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