tidbits on teaching writing

I have thoughts to say about writing, teaching writing, and what writing looks like in universities. But for now I just want to leave these little tidbits for my future self.

"We aim to make better writers, not necessarily--or immediately--better texts." --Stephen M. North, The Idea of the Writing Center

"The second thing that it's made me realize is that English departments, film departments, art history departments, comp lit departments do not teach students how to write criticism. They teach them how to write a college level essay that has an audience of one, it’s the person who is grading that essay. I think you need an entirely different curricular structure to teach criticism. The same way I think you need an entirely different curricular structure to teach journalism. It's not just about recording somebody and then writing down what they're saying. You need a different curricular structure to teach something like broadcasting or podcasting or translation or adaptation." --Merve Emre Interview